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Brain tumour claims organist, 62

Brain tumour claims organist, 62

The leading Dutch musician Aart De Hort, organist at Rotterdam’s St Laurentius and St Elisabeth cathedrals since 2003, has died after a severe illness.

Aside from his church work as an organist and choir conductor, he was pianist for the dance faculty at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

 

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