Liuwe Tamminga

Liuwe Tamminga (born 25 September 1953 – died 28 April 2021) was a Dutch organist and harpsichordist, known for his performances of Italian Early Music. Born in Friesland, the Netherlands. Early studies in organ, harpsichord and composition at the Conservatory of Groningen, from which he graduated with distinction. He lived for three years in Paris where he studied with André Isoir and Jean Langlais. Awarded the Premier Prix for interpretation and the Second Prix for improvisation. In 1980 First Prize Winner in the Dutch Organ Improvisation Competition, in 1982 awarded the Prix d'Excellence. Since then he was living in Bologna, where he first undertook private studies with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini on the early Italian organ repertory. After the restoration of the two historical instruments in the Basilica of S.Petronio he was appointed organist there. He has recorded two compact discs together with Tagliavini, one dedicated to Italian and Flemish masters and another to Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli; these were awarded the international prizes Antonio Vivaldi by the Cini Foundation in Venice and the Choc de la Musique by Le Monde. He regularly played together with The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and the Cappella Musicale di San Petronio and has made many recordings with them. He has broadcast for Radio France, BRT, KRO, Radio Suisse, Danish Radio, Finnish Radio and the RAI. He has been invited to give masterclasses at the Accademia di Musica Italiana per Organo in Pistoia,the Conservatory of Utrecht, the New England Conservatory in Boston and the Lemmensinstitute in Leuven. He performed all over Europe, in the U.S.A, and in Japan.