Klaas Bolt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Klaas Bolt

Dutch musician

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1927

Place of Birth: Appingedam, Groningen, Netherlands

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1990

Profession: organist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Klaas Bolt (March 6, 1927 in Appingedam – April 11, 1990 in Haarlem) was a Dutch organist and improviser.
He taught improvisation at the Sweelinck Conservatory (named for Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, a Dutch organist and composer of the Renaissance) in Amsterdam, where Masaaki Suzuki was among his students.
Bolt was a proponent of the use of slow tempi when playing hymns.
He played many hymns at his weekly evening hymn sings, which drew substantial audiences.
He would typically improvise the hymn introductions at these events.