Jakob Lkk presents Cormorant 2775

Improviser and composer Jakob Lkk presents Cormorant 2775, a composition inspired by a cormorant drying its wings on the stationary blade of a submerged windmill in the year 2775. While fishing, it hears underwater sounds it can’t identify: rustling pipes and singing bells. Cormorant 2775 also marks the premiere of a new synthesiser sample set based on the overtones of Amsterdam church bells.

Music for Cormorants is about Jakob’s fascination with cormorants.

A first tribute to this bird can be heard on 25 October 2025 in the Orgelpark, Amsterdam, and for the decor of the event, any photo of a cormorant is welcome through info@jakoblkk.nl

Jakob Lkk is a composer and improviser on synthesizer, piano and organ. He studied composition at Goldsmiths College in London, organ at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and improvisation with Loïc Mallié, successor of Olivier Messiaen at Église de la Sainte-Trinité in Paris. He was organist of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam from 2007 to 2022, where he founded groundbreaking music and sound art series for the cathedral space. He played in festivals around Europe with the project Cathedral Mobile, a composed structure for improvisation with organ, live electronics, various instruments and dancers. In recent years, he made a series of ambient compositions for installation art, including Humus with Mariëlle Videler, and Between Light and Spiraling into Infinity with Children of the Light in MU Hybrid Art House and La Vilette in Paris.

The people at Orgelpark have kindly offered a limited amount of free tickets for Subbacultcha members. Please make a reservation by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘Jakob Lkk’ in the subject line + your name in the email.