What is Gijsbert Lekkerkerker?
{{Infobox person | name = Gijsbert Lekkerkerker | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|2|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Woerden]], Neterlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|23|1947|2|13|df=y}} | death_place = [[Harmelen]], Neterlands | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = organist | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Gijsbert Lekkerkerker''' (13 February 1947 – 23 October 2022) was a Dutch organist. At the age of 17, Lekkerkerker was appointed organist of the Maranathakerk in [[Woerden]]. He annually gave about 35 organ concerts in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Israel. He was also an organ teacher.<ref>[https://www.hetkrantje-online.nl/nieuws/algemeen/84524/franse-onderscheiding-voor-voorburgse-organist- Franse onderscheiding voor Voorburgse organist] 9 May 2017</ref> He was awarded the silver medal in Paris in 2003 by the French [[Arts-Sciences-Lettres]] for his interpretations of [[organ (music)|organ]] works by [[César Franck]], [[Alexandre Guilmant ]] and [[Charles-Marie Widor]]. In 2014 he received this medal for the second time, now in silver with gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orgelnieuws.nl/organist-gijsbert-lekkerkerker-75-overleden/ |title=Organist Gijsbert Lekkerkerker (75) overleden|work=orgelnieuws.nl|date=25 October 2022|access-date=26 October 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Lekkerkerker died in Harmelen on 23 October 2022, aged 75.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.rd.nl/artikel/995927-organist-gijsbert-lekkerkerker-75-overleden |title=Organist Gijsbert Lekkerkerker (75) overleden|work=Reformatorisch Dagblad|date=25 October 2022|access-date=25 October 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lekkerkerker, Gijsbert}} [[Category:Dutch organists]] [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:People from Utrecht (province)]] {{Bio-stub}}