Jan Liebermann, 18, from Germany, has won the 2024 Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC).
The competition took place in Armagh on 12–14 August.
Liebermann beat 12 competitors in the Senior Category (for post-Grade 8 players aged 21 and under), to win £4,000, five international recitals and a trophy presented by Neiland & Creane Organ Builders.
Liebermann is a student of Professor Gerhard Gnann at the Johannes Gutenberg University School of Music in Mainz, where he also studies organ improvisation with Lutz Brenner. His competition recital programme comprised the Concert Overture in C minor by Alfred Hollins, the Adagio from J.S. Bach’s Toccata, Adagio & Fugue BWV 564, and the Prelude & Fugue in G minor, Op. 7 No. 3 by Marcel Dupré.
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