About Jan Van der Roost
Born 1956. Jan Van der Roost is a Belgian conductor, composer, musicologist, music arranger, music teacher and musician.
Jan Van der Roost (born Duffel, 1956) is a Belgian composer.
Van der Roost was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, and followed further studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. Since 1984 Van der Roost is a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Lemmensinstituut. He is also a guest professor at the Shobi Institute of Music, the Nagoya University of Arts, and Senzoku Gakuen.
Works 1834 (Concert band) A Highland Rhapsody (Concert band) A Highland Rhapsody (Fanfare) A Year Has Four Lives (Children's choir) Adagio for Brass (Brass band) Adagio for Winds (Concert band) Adagio for Winds (Fanfare) Albion (Brass band) Algona Overture (Concert band) Amazonia (Concert band) Apollo Arghulesques (for Clarinet Quartet) Arpád (part 2 from 'Sinfonia Hungarica') Arsenal Attila! (part 1 from 'Sinfonia Hungarica') Autumn Avalon Balkanya Ballad for Bass Trombone Bassonnerie Beata viscera Brasiliana By the River Cantabile e Ritmico Canterbury Chorale Canzona gothica (for Trombone) Castellum Céad Míle Fáilte Centennial Prelude Ceremonial March Chemical Suite (for Trombone quartet) Christmas Time Concerto Doppio (Per due clarinetti e piano 4 aspetti sonori) Concerto Grosso (for Cornet, Trombone and Concert band) Concerto per Tromba Concierto de Homenaje (for guitar and piano) Concordia Condacum Contemplations Contrasto Grosso (For Recorder Quartet and String Quartet) Conzensus Coventry Carol (From Joy To The World) Credentium Crescent Moon (Concert Band) Cuprioles Domus Donar Dublin Dances Dynamica Flashing Winds (Concert Band) Glorioso Images (Rental) (For Alto Saxophone and Orchestra) Jupiter Manhattan Pictures Mercury Metalla Montana March Nobilitas Orion Osakan Jubilee Puszta: Four Gipsy Dances Rikudim Signature Singapura Suite Sonatina Piccola (for piccolo and piano) - commissioned by and dedicated to Peter Verhoyen Spartacus - Symphonic Tone Poem Suite Provencale Tirol Terra Fortis Volcano
This list is currently incomplete; you can help by going to www.janvanderroost.com/en/work/ and adding more of his compositions in alphabetical order.
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Who is Jan Van der Roost?
Belgian composer
When was Jan Van der Roost born?
Jan Van der Roost was born on 1 March 1956 in Duffel.
When did Jan Van der Roost die?
Jan Van der Roost died in Belgium.
What is Jan Van der Roost's occupation?
Jan Van der Roost is a conductor, composer, musicologist, music arranger, music teacher and musician.
What nationality is Jan Van der Roost?
Jan Van der Roost is Belgian.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Jan Van der Roost
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