Guus Janssen
Guus Janssen (born 13 May 1951) is a Dutch composer of contemporary music and a recording artist. A pianist and harpsichordist, he is also active as a jazz performer. He studied piano and composition at the Sweelinck Academy of Music in Amsterdam with Ton de Leeuw and piano with Jaap Spaanderman.
Guus Janssen
Dutch composer and pianist.
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- Name
- Guus Janssen
- Born
- 13 May 1951
- Birthplace
- Heiloo, Netherlands
- Occupation
- Musician, composer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Fields
- music · piano performance · harpsichord performance
- Honours
- Matthijs Vermeulen Award · A. Roland Holst-Penning
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Guus Janssen (born 13 May 1951) is a Dutch composer of contemporary music and a recording artist. A pianist and harpsichordist, he is also active as a jazz performer. He studied piano and composition at the Sweelinck Academy of Music in Amsterdam with Ton de Leeuw and piano with Jaap Spaanderman.
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He also studied piano with Ton Hartsuiker. He has performed with John Zorn, George Lewis, Han Bennink (and Bennink's group Clusone Trio as a guest), Theo Loevendie, and Gidon Kremer. He teaches at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. He won the Matthijs Vermeulen Award in 1984. He composed two operas in collaboration with Friso Haverkamp and has released several CDs.
The field of work recorded is music, piano performance and harpsichord performance. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz. Work by Guus Janssen is recorded in the collections of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are Matthijs Vermeulen Award and A.
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• Name — Guus Janssen • Born — 13 May 1951 • Birthplace — Heiloo, Netherlands • Genre — Jazz, classical • Occupation — Musician, composer • Instrument — Piano, harpsichord • Associated Acts — John Zorn, Han Bennink, Gidon Kremer, Georg Lewis, ICP Orkest, Mark Feldman, David Kweksilber
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• Open Music '92 (Открытая Музыка-92) in Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Guus Janssen was born at Heiloo.
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Heiloo.
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Discography
• Klankast (Geestgronden, rec. 1987–1991) • Lighter (Geestgronden, rec. 1992–1995) with Ernst Glerum, Wim Janssen • Chamber & Solo (Geestgronden/Donemus rec. 1982–1996, ed. 1997) • Zwik (Geestgronden, 1996–1997) • Hollywood o.K. Pieces (Geestgronden, 2001) • Guus Janssen, David Kweksilber (Geestgronden, 2006) • Out of Frame (Geestgronden, 2008) • Meeting Points (Bimhuis, 2015, with Oene van Geel, Lee Konitz, Michael Moore (jazz musician), Ernst Reijseger, Ernst Glerum, Wim Janssen, Han Bennink a.o.) • VOSTOK Remote Islands (Relative Pitch Records, 2023) Guus Janssen, Fie Schouten, Vincent Courtois
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- Janssen, Guus (jazz), Oxford Music Online, 2003
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2003
- Janssen, Guus, Oxford Music Online, 2001
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2001
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Guus Janssen
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- “Guus Janssen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.20160303174913. Guus Janssen: „Muziek is een prachtige manier om zonder woorden te gebruiken toch een eigen mentaliteit of levenshouding te laten spreken.“.
- 2.Redactie Jazz Nu. Guus en Wim Janssen, een familieonder-neming. 2022-07-26.
- 3.Schouten / Courtois / Janssen salt peanuts*.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. Penguin. 2002. 0-14-051521-6.
- Jazz-Lexikon, A–L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Bd. 16512). Reinbek bei Hamburg. 2004. 3-499-16512-0.
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Janssen, Guus (jazz), Oxford Music Online, 2003Crossref registry
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Janssen, Guus, Oxford Music Online, 2001Crossref registry
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