300 Years Vater-Müller Organ: Monuments #18
17 October 2026
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Hampus Lindwall performs a World Premiere on the Anniversary Vater-Müller Organ.
Hampus Lindwall is widely regarded as one of the leading organists in the world of contemporary organ music. To mark the 300th anniversary of the Vater-Müller organ, he will give a special evening concert as part of the Monuments music series.
The programme features three new works for organ, including one composed by Lindwall especially for the Vater-Müller organ. Lindwall previously performed at the Oude Kerk in 2021 as part of the Silence series, and returned last year for a performance with Ellen Arkbro and Hanne Lippard.
Programme
To be announced soon.
About Hampus Lindwall
Hampus Lindwall is a Swedish organist, improviser, composer and sound artist. His work sits at the intersection of contemporary music, experimental sound art and electronic music practices. A former student of Rolande Falcinelli, he has been Titular Organist of the Église Saint-Esprit in Paris since 2005. From 2018 to 2023, he taught improvisation at IMEP in Namur. Lindwall is active internationally both as a performer and as a collaborative artist. He has given the world premieres of works by Cory Arcangel, Tarek Atoui, Noriko Baba, Raphaël Cendo, Phill Niblock, Mark Fell, Mauro Lanza and Stephen O'Malley, and performs regularly throughout Europe, North America and China. His recordings have been released on labels including Ideologic Organ, Blank Forms, SUPERPANG, Matière-Mémoire, Clean Feed and Ligia Digital.
About the Vater-Müller Organ
For three centuries, the Oude Kerk has been home to the Vater-Müller organ, one of the Netherlands' most important historic organs. The present instrument was built by Christian Vater and later enlarged by Johann Caspar Müller, from whom it takes its name. It replaced the earlier Niehoff organ, famously played by the composer and organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Construction began in 1724, and the organ was completed in 1726. Shortly afterwards, however, it had to be dismantled due to subsidence in the church tower. Once the tower's foundations had been repaired, Müller reinstalled and further expanded the instrument. In 1870, the organ underwent a major restoration by Bätz & Co. under the direction of C.G.F. Witte. This restoration later became the subject of a long-running debate about the appropriate approach to restoring historic organs. The most recent restoration, carried out by the firm Reil between 2015 and 2019, returned the organ to its historic splendour. Since May 2019, it has once again been in use and remains an internationally admired part of the Oude Kerk's rich organ heritage.
