Collegiate Church | XIV-XIX | Romanesque, Gothic | Catholic Church
A musical celebration of St Domitian (6th century), patron saint of the Collegiate Church, which houses the shrine of St Domitian, a masterpiece of Mosan art. With organ works by Piet Lincken and others from the Middle Ages.
Piet Lincken (Belgium-Sweden, born in Normandy) is an organist, composer and pianist. He is also known as a writer and visual artist.He trained in France (Caen, Rouen, Paris) as well as in Dublin, Hamburg and Aarhus (DK).Since then, Piet Lincken has given many concerts and premieres of his works, for example in Paris at the organs of the Church of the Holy Trinity (Olivier Messiaen's parish), Saint-Sulpice, St-Germain-des-Prés, Brussels Cathedral, and in Switzerland at Gstaad-Château d'Oex, etc. His compositions have been premiered at the international level.His compositions have been premiered internationally (such as his Psaume 49, for symphony orchestra, choir and soloists, Mexico), or during his participation in numerous festivals such as Les Boréales (France) devoted to the Nordic countries.In Belgium, Piet Lincken has composed for the Grand Orgue of the Chant d'oiseau church in Brussels. He collaborates with soloists, as he did for 15 years with the pianist Rita Bouboulidi (New York), who was a pupil of the famous teacher and organist Nadia Boulanger. He also writes about numerous artists, particularly from Scandinavia.