26th International Festival “The Days of Organ – Dies organorum”: CARLOS BOLLO
The 26th International Festival The Days of Organ – Dies organorum will be opened by Carlos Bollo, organist of the Cathedral of Leon. This young Spanish organist is the winner of the 5th edition of the Francisco Salinas Organ Competition, where he was also awarded the Montserrat Torrent Prize. He will present to the Belgrade audience works by J. S. Bach, L. Vierne, as well as his own improvisation.
The concert is supported by the Instituto Cervantes in Belgrade.
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Fantasia and Fugue, for organ in G minor, BWV 542
Carlos Bollo (2000)
Improvised partita on a chorale
Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
Symphony No. 1 for organ in D minor, Op. 14
Prelude
Fugue
Pastorale
Allegro vivace (scherzo)
Andante (quasi adagio)
Finale
Biography:
Born in Mugardos (Galicia, Spain), Carlos Bollo (2000) was fascinated by Music from a very young age. He studied the Professional Piano Degree at the Conservatorio Xan Viaño of Ferrol, graduating in 2018 with Honours in Piano and Improvisation. Since that same year, he has been studying at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen (The Netherlands), where he graduated in 2022 in Organ (under the tutelage of Erwin Wiersinga, Sietze de Vries and, until 2021, Theo Jellema) and Piano (with Nata Tsvereli), finishing his degree studies in both instruments summa cum laude. In June 2024, he graduated from his Master’s degree in the Prins Claus Conservatorium with “Summa Cum Laude”, having studied under the guidance of Sietze de Vries and Erwin Wiersinga.
As part of his academic curriculum, he also studied fortepiano with Paul Komen and harpsichord and basso continuo with Johan Hoffman.
He also received master classes from pianists such as Boris Berman and organists such as Wolfgang Zerer and Michel Bouvard. Thanks to his activity as a liturgical organist in his homeland and in Groningen he developed as a skilled improviser. He has recently been awarded at the 5th Francisco Salinas Organ Competition in Burgos, Spain, with the First Prize and with the “Montserrat Torrent” Price.
He is also the titulaire organist of the cathedrals of Mondoñedo (E) and, since August 2024, of the cathedral of León (E). He is currently active as an international performer.