About the Festival

The festival was founded in 1951 on the initiative of the City of Haarlem in order to involve the Müller organ in the Holland Festival. The first International Improvisation Competition took place in 1951, the International Summer Academy in 1955. Since 1986, the festival has taken place biennially during the month of July. The 54th Organ Festival will be held in July 2022.

The International Organ Festival Haarlem is organised by the foundation 'Stichting Internationaal Orgelconcours'.

The board
Rein van der Kluit (chairman), Nico Verloop (treasurer), Laura van der Wijden (secretary), Adriaan Helmig and Luc Ponet (members)

Honorary member of the board
Prof. Dr. Christoph Wolff

Artistic Committee
Peter Adriaansz, Liesbeth den Boer, Leo van Doeselaar, Jan Hage, Dirk Luijmes, Ansgar Wallenhorst and Peter Ouwerkerk (chairman)

General Manager and Producer
Peter Ouwerkerk on behalf of OpenOor

Fundraising
Caecilia van Stigt (www.caeciliavanstigt.nl)

Marketing & PR

STartPR Haarlem (https://startpr.nl)

The Festival is member of concourswijzer.nl

The festival is in the possession of the 'Culturele ANBI-status'. Click here for the ANBI relevant documents.

Bank details:
IBAN NL77 INGB 0670 9604 38
BIC INGBNL2A

Account holder: Stichting Internationaal Orgelconcours
The name and address of the bank is:
ING Bank N.V. 
Foreign Operations 
PO Box 1800 
1000 BV Amsterdam
Please choose for the transfer costs ’OUR’

KvK: 41223348

VAT: NL0027.83.873.B.01