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Knijff, Jan-Piet was born on May 8, 1966 in Haarlem, Netherlands.
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Jan-Piet Knijff
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Jan-Piet Knijff, musician, educator. Finalist Paul Hofhaimer Prize, Innsbruck, 1998; recipient First Prize and Audience Prize, International Bach Competition, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997, Second Prize, Hindemith-Micheelsen Competition, Rotterdam, 1996, Third Prize, Hendrik Andriessen Competition, Utrecht, 1992, Finalist, Tournemire-Langlais Competition, Haarlem, 1992.
Education
MM, Conservatory of Amsterdam. Studied, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Career
Organist-in-residence Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, City University of New York, New York City. Concert organist in residence St. Paul's Church National History Site, Mount Vernon. Director of music St. Michael's Lutheran Church, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2000—2004.
Music director St. Boniface's Church, De Rijp, Netherlands, 1990—1994. Adjunct professor Institute for Early Music, Music Academy Trossingen, Germany, 1994—1997. Director of music Emanuel Lutheran Church, Pleasantville, New York.
Member Arts Committee, City Council, Haarlem, Netherlands, 1993—1998. Director music Emanuel Lutheran Church, Pleansantville, New York. Organist, musical director Union Temple, Brooklyn.
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Membership
Member of Royal Dutch Society Organists, American Guild Organists, Organ History Society.
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Married Brigitte Pohl.
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Finalist Paul Hofhaimer Prize, Innsbruck, 1998. Recipient First Prize and Audience Prize, International Bach Competition, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997, Second Prize, Hindemith-Micheelsen Competition, Rotterdam, 1996, Third Prize, Hendrik Andriessen Competition, Utrecht, 1992, Finalist, Tournemire-Langlais Competition, Haarlem, 1992.Finalist Paul Hofhaimer Prize, Innsbruck, 1998. Recipient First Prize and Audience Prize, International Bach Competition, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997, Second Prize, Hindemith-Micheelsen Competition, Rotterdam, 1996, Third Prize, Hendrik Andriessen Competition, Utrecht, 1992, Finalist, Tournemire-Langlais Competition, Haarlem, 1992.