{"id":80246,"date":"2017-09-04T14:18:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T12:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=80246"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:50","slug":"princess-christina-concours-names-award-after-dead-medical-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/09\/04\/princess-christina-concours-names-award-after-dead-medical-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Christina Concours names award after dead medical student"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maarten Oomes at the 2014 final of the Princess Christina Concours.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

The Princess Christina Concours, a prestigious Dutch competition for young musicians, will name one of its awards for young and talented musicians after Maarten Oomes, a 19-year-old medical student at Erasmus MC, who passed away during the Eureka Week.<\/p>\n

The student, who grew up in Hoogeveen, was a very gifted guitar player. At age 11, he won the National Guitar Awards (RTV Drenthe devoted a TV report to it at the time<\/a>). At age 16, he won the 15-19 age category at the Concours.<\/p>\n

Active at MFVR<\/h3>

In addition, Oomes was an active member of MFVR, the study society for medical students at Erasmus University\u2019s Faculty of Medicine. \u201cHe was highly engaged and served on a lot of committees,\u201d said the President of the society, Andries van Vliet.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear Maarten, you touched many people\u2019s hearts,\u201d MFVR members wrote in the faculty\u2019s In Memoriam<\/a>. \u201cThe grief we feel due to your loss is indescribable. We would have loved to spend many more years with you. We miss you immensely.\u201d On Friday, some eighty students will take a bus to the funeral.<\/p>\n

Oomes passed away last week in his home in Capelle aan den IJssel, where he lived with his brother. Earlier in that week, he had served as a guide to new students at Eureka Week. At the Night of the Songs that closed off the week, a minute\u2019s silence was observed to commemorate Oomes.<\/p>\n

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