Jan Van der Roost was born in Duffel, Belgium, in 1956. He studied
trombone, history of music and musical education at the
Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (Louvain) and continued his studies at the
Royal Conservatoires of Ghent and Antwerp, where he qualified as a
conductor and a composer.
At present, he teaches at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (Belgium), is special guest professor at the "Shobi Institute of Music" in Tokyo, guest professor at
the "Nagoya University of Art" and visiting professor at Senzoku Gakuen in Kawasaki (Japan). Besides being a prolific
composer, he is very much in demand as an adjudicator, lecturer,
clinician and a guest conductor: his increasing musical activities
brought him to more than 40 different countries in 4 continents,
whereas his compositions are being performed and recorded all over the world. Early 2001, a full CD containing 4 of his works
for Chamber Orchestra was released with EMI Classics while the
Slovakian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) recorded 3 of his
compositions in the same period, released early 2003 by the German
label "Valve-Hearts". Early 2004, "PHAEDRA RECORDS" will bring out
another "classical" CD with exclusively his compositions, containing
soloconcertos for Trumpet, Guitar and Horn.
His list of works shows a wide variety of genres and styles, including
e.g. 2 Oratorios, a Symphony and some smaller works for Symphony
Orchestra, a Guitar Concerto (dedicated to Joaquin Rodrigo), a Concerto
for Trumpet and String Orchestra (dedicated to and commissioned by the
Norwegian virtuoso Ole Edvard Antonsen), a Double Concerto for 2
Clarinets and String Orchestra (dedicated to Walter and Anne Boeykens),
a cyclus of "Lieder" (= "Songs") for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra,
works for Strings or Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Music, numerous Brass
and Wind Band compositions (including a 3 movement Symphony for large
Wind Band), Choral Music, Instrumental Solos etc ... Many of these
compositions have been broadcast on radio and TV in various countries
and most of them have been recorded on CD by reknowned performers all
over the world. Jan Van der Roost exclusively composes commissioned
works, till now coming from such countries like Belgium, Holland,
Switzerland, Italy, the USA, Japan, Spain, France, Singapore, Austria, Canada, Norway,
Germany, Finland, Luxembourg and Hungary.
Jan Van der Roost Website
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