JAN LIEBERMANN – ORGAN RECITAL: Prize-winning young organist Jan Liebermann from Frankfurt (Germany) will give an organ recital at Selby Abbey

- including music by JS Bach, Alfred Hollins and Marcel Dupré. Admission is FREE.

Jan Liebermann (born 2005) received his first piano lessons at the age of 7 and began playing the organ with dean's cantor Bernhard Zosel in Kronberg in 2018. In December 2019, he was accepted into the Young Academy of the HfMDK Frankfurt am Main as a young student in the organ class of Prof. Carsten Wiebusch.

Since the winter semester 2022/2023, he has been studying the organ with Prof. Gerhard Gnann, and organ improvisation with Lutz Brenner in the pre-college programme of the Mainz University of Music. He also takes piano lessons in the master class of the International Piano Institute Bad Homburg with Prof. Dr. Lev Natochenny.

Jan has just been announced as the 1st prize-winner at the 2024 Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC). Other accolades include winning 1st prize in the solo organ category of the 2021 “Jugend musiziert" competition, winning 2nd prize at the International Organ Competition Wuppertal in 2023, prizewinner at the first international organ competition in Deidesheim 2020, the "International Young Organist Competition Moscow" 2020, and the Concours International d'Orgue de Dudelange 2023. Jan won a special prize in the “Deutsche Stifung Musikleben“ and won a scholarship from the Jürgen-Ponto-Stiftung Berlin in 2021.

Concert appearances have already taken him to the organs of many important churches, including Freiberg Cathedral, Essen Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral in London, Truro Cathedral, Stiftskirche in Stuttgart, St Michaelis in Hamburg, Freiburg Minster, St Jakobi in Lübeck and St Lamberti in Münster. He also played as part of the "Frankfurter Orgeltage" in the Heiliggeistkirche in Frankfurt am Main and at the "Hörprobe" concert series organised by radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The concert was broadcast live on the radio.

In spring 2024, Jan performed all six of Johann Sebastian Bach's trio sonatas from memory at several public concerts. The debut concert in Mainz was broadcast live on the internet and marked an unprecedented complete performance, especially for an artist of his age. The Rotary Club of Mainz then honoured him with the 2024 Cultural Award for his artistic achievements and commitment.

To expand his musical expressiveness, Jan received further inspiration from renowned organists such as Daniel Roth (Paris), Olivier Latry (Paris), Prof Tomasz Adam Nowak (Münster), Ben van Oosten (Rotterdam) and Léon Berben (Cologne). www.janliebermann.com

To see clips of Jan playing click:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/D3fxCeXtFikWNUn6/?mibextid=WC7FNe

https://youtube.com/@liebermannjan?si=qENIsiOPQtiAVPCi

Selby Abbey is open every day and welcomes visitors from 10.00am to 4.00pm.

A full programme of all events and services at Selby Abbey can be viewed on the Abbey website:   www.selbyabbey.org.uk