JONG, Margreeth De

Margaretha Christina de Jong (born 1961) is a Dutch organist and composer. She studied at Rotterdam Conservatory, earning diplomas in Church Music, Teaching Musician Organ, and Performing Musician Organ with distinction in 1986. Further specialization occurred in Switzerland with Guy Bovet and at the Schola Cantorum in Paris with Marie-Louise Jaquet-Langlais, where she received the Prix de Virtuosité in 1988.

In 1988, de Jong won first prizes at international organ competitions in Paris and Haarlem. Her contributions to French organ culture were recognized with the Silver Medal from the Société Académique "Arts-Sciences-Lettres" in Paris in 1994. In 2012, she was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Since 2001, she has been organist of the Nieuwe Kerk in Middelburg, and since 2014, city organist of Middelburg. De Jong also composes for various ensembles, with her works published internationally.