Official website:
http://www.willemtanke.com
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/WillemTanke
Willem Tanke (b. 1959) studied organ and improvisation with Jan Welmers, music theory with Joep Straesser and electronic music with Ton Bruynel at Utrecht Conservatory. In 1985, he finished his studies with the Performance Diploma for Organ with full marks (the grade of 10 and honours), and also with diplomas for music theory and improvisation.
Willem Tanke was a professor of organ at Utrecht University of Professional Arts Education from 1988 until 2000. Since 2001, he teaches organ, improvisation and theory at Rotterdam Conservatoire.
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Indian Rhythms
Olivier Messiaen was one of the primary composers that introduced Eastern modes and rhythms to the organ world. In the video below, Willem Tanke shows how an improvisation can be built using two different but specific Indian rhtyhms: Ardha Shikhar Taal and Ardha Jhaptaal.
YouTube Channels
YouTube is a great place to visit in order to see and hear many different organists improvise. Some even have their own channels. Listed below are artists and other YouTube channels that include improvisation videos as a significant portion of their content.
Artists
- Nigel Allcoat – YouTube Channel
- Martin Bacot – YouTube Channel
- Justin Bischof – YouTube Channel
- David Briggs – YouTube Channel
- Eric Dalest – YouTube Channel
- Michael Joseph – ProfJoseph4855
- Paolo Oreni – YouTube Channel
- Vidas Pinkevicius – YouTube Channel
- John Riley – YouTube Channel
- Wolfgang Seifen – YouTube Channel
- Willem Tanke – YouTube Channel
Other Users
- chamade216 shares videos of Pierre Cochereau, Olivier Latry, Philippe Lefebvre and Jean-Pierre Leguay
- Vincent Hildebrandt
- aristide0cc shares videos of Pierre Cochereau and Pierre Pincemaille
- Simon19DK
- Theodopolis
- Henk van den Brink shares videos of Sietze de Vries
Playlists
- The French School of organ improvisations
- Every video referenced on organimprovisation.com is included in this playlist