Robert Janssens

Robert Janssens (born 1939) is a Belgian composer and conductor. He is a French-speaking member of the Union of Belgian Composers, one of whose essential missions is "to disseminate the orchestral production of our compositions".

Janssens studied at the Royal Conservatory of Liège and Brussels. He initially taught at the École Normale in Brussels. He later became Professor of Orchestra Conducting at the Brussels Conservatory and Director of the Brussels Academy of Music and the . He is the founder and president of the , which regularly presents works by contemporary Belgian composers.

Janssens mainly composed works for large orchestra, including a piano and cello concerto and the ballet Yerma, premiered by the , but also piano works and several string quartets. Among his religious works, the Mass of the artistes is particularly noteworthy, as is the Requiem, which was celebrated with standing ovations at its premiere in Brussels in 2004.

He is the permanent conductor of the Ensemble symphonique de Bruxelles.

Works Quatre impromptus for piano, 1977 Les marionnettes de Toone for orchestra, 1978 Conversations for flute, clarinet, oboe and bassoon, 1981 Narcisse to a text by Frederika Blanka for voice and orchestra without piano, 1981 Le chant du pou for flute, 1982 Le Messe des artistes, dite de St François for soprano, women choir and orchestra, 1982 Prélude et fugues for organ, 1983 Concertino for clarinet and piano or strings, 1984 Concertino per fagotto for bassoon and orchestra or piano, 1987 Hommage à Ravel for piano, 1987 Silver Trio for flute, violin and cello, 1987 Les chemins de la liberté for two pianos, 1988 Les sonates de l'Abbaye for chamber orchestra, 1988 Trio for flute, violin and viola, 1988 Toy toy for piano, 1990 Mutatis mutandis for cello, double bass or viola and piano, 1991 Utinam for piano, 1991 Concerto n°2 for piano or violin and orchestra or violin and piano, 1992 Zodia, 1992 Disneyland for clarinet and piano, 1992 Sonate "facile" for clarinet and piano, 1992 Yerma, ballet, 1992, 1996 Voyage au pays sonore... for alto saxophone, percussion, accordion, piano and synthesizer, 1993 Sonatine for recorder and harpsichord, 1994 Thème et variations for flute and guitar, 1994 String quartet n°1, 1999 Concerto for cello and orchestra, 2001 String quartet n°2, 2004 Requiem for mixed choir and orchestra, 2004 String quartet n°3, 2005 Kid Soon for soprano, choir and orchestra, 2005 Trio à clavier, 2005 Trio for violin, viola and cello, 2005 Kyrie? Allo? for soprano, baritone, women's and children's choir and orchestra, 2006 Vidimus Stellam for mixed choir, organ and orchestra, 2007