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dejongdejong, styled DeJongDeJong, is an organ and harmonium duo from The Netherlands. The two organ brothers, Euwe de Jong and Sybolt de Jong, have appeared internationally and made recordings of their arrangements of cantata movements by Johann Sebastian Bach. They play on historic organs.and a variety of harmoniums.

History
The De Jong brothers both graduated from the Conservatory of Groningen. Sybolt de Jong studied organ and harpsichord and is now working as a composer, teacher and arranger. Euwe de Jong studied organ and music theory and is now teaching Music Theory at the Conservatory of Utrecht.

Since 2006, the Dutch organ brothers have become well-known for their arrangements of cantata movements by Johann Sebastian Bach for organ duet. With their combined music making on historic organs, the DeJongDeJong duo plays Bach’s music in a different way. Their CD series now comprises eight volumes. Since 2010, the De Jong brothers have also performed on a variety of harmoniums.

In addition to their Bach duet activities, since 2010, the brothers are working with other musicians under the name of DeJongDeJongPlus. Their organ and harmonium duo forms a variety of different ensembles, adding a saxophone, a viola or a cello, vocalists from a single singer to a double quartet, a dance company, extra harmonium players or a trapeze duo. The repertoire performed in the various resulting groups is specifically composed and arranged by the brothers and by colleague musicians.

Recordings
Organ and harmonium duo DeJongDeJong has become well-known for their arrangements of cantata movements by Johann Sebastian Bach for organ duet. Since 2006, they recorded eight cd's. The last volume was awarded 'Bach CD of the year 2018' by listeners to the Dutch music broadcaster ‘Concertzender’.