33947 King Road
Abbotsford
BC
Born in The Netherlands, Aart Bijkerk pursued his musical
training at an early age, studying with renowned organists such
as Frans van Tilburg and Herman van Vliet. Aart has specialised in
the works of the French romantic composers such as Dupré,
Guilmant, Vierne, and Widor. In 1998 he played the complete 8th
symphony from Charles-Marie Widor during the Widor Festival
in the St Joriskerk ( Saint George’s Church ) in Amersfoort, The
Netherlands. A frequent participant in organ competitions on the
historic eighteenth-century organ in the Grote Kerk of Maassluis,
Aart was twice awarded first prize. He has served as organist for
a number of churches in The Netherlands, and since immigrating
to Canada he is connected with the Canadian Reformed Church
in Yarrow, and frequently is a guest organist at Abbotsford and
Chilliwack Churches.