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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Organist\u00a0Johan Hermans\u00a0has cultivated an exceptionally active international concert career. Acclaimed performances in cathedrals, monasteries, and concert halls in cities such as Paris, New York, Melbourne, London, Hong Kong, Brussels, Adelaide, Erfurt, Osaka, Rio de Janeiro, Seattle, Singapore, St. Petersburg, Sydney, and Washington, D.C. have firmly established his reputation as an artist of distinction.<\/p><p>Masterclasses and lectures at universities, as well as recordings for radio and television stations worldwide, frequently complement his concert engagements.<\/p><p>Hermans commands a vast repertoire and has given numerous world premieres of new organ compositions, several of which were dedicated to him.<\/p><p>He pursued his studies at the\u00a0Lemmens Institute\u00a0in Leuven and at the\u00a0Royal Conservatory of Li\u00e8ge, Belgium. He completed his academic training with a thesis on\u00a0\u201cRhetoric and Affect in the Music of J. S. Bach\u201d\u00a0and earned the\u00a0Dipl\u00f4me Sup\u00e9rieur\u00a0(equivalent to the\u00a0Prix d\u2019Excellence) in the art of organ performance. Both the Flemish and Walloon governments awarded him scholarships for advanced studies with renowned organists in France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and Italy.<\/p><p>At the\u00a0Municipal Conservatory of Hasselt\u00a0and the\u00a0Municipal Academy of Music in Genk, Belgium, Hermans teaches artistic and liturgical organ performance, chamber music, and practical harmony. Since October 2006, he has served as Cathedral Organist of\u00a0St. Quintinus Cathedral\u00a0in Hasselt, and since January 2009 as City Organist.<\/p><p>Moreover, Hermans is the founder and director of the\u00a0International Organ Festival of Hasselt and artistic director of several organ concert series in his region. He also serves as\u00a0Dean of the European Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO).<\/p><p>Hermans has been honored twice by the\u00a0Acad\u00e9mie des Arts, Sciences et Lettres\u00a0in Paris.<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42ea116 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42ea116\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a339a2c\" data-id=\"a339a2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6faaa3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6faaa3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIOGRAPHY Organist\u00a0Johan Hermans\u00a0has cultivated an exceptionally active international concert career. Acclaimed performances in cathedrals, monasteries, and concert halls in cities such as Paris, New York, Melbourne, London, Hong Kong, Brussels, Adelaide, Erfurt, Osaka, Rio de Janeiro, Seattle, Singapore, St. Petersburg, Sydney, and Washington, D.C. have firmly established his reputation as an artist of distinction. 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