Guus Janssen (born 13 May 1951) is a Dutch composer of

contemporary music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial ...

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 Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw (Rotterdam, 16 November 1926 - Paris, 31 May 1996) was a Dutch composer. He occasionally experimented with microtonality. Life and career Taught by Henk Badings, Olivier Messiaen and others, and in his youth i ...

and piano with Jaap Spaanderman.Janssen 2004
. He also studied piano with Ton Hartsuiker. He has performed with

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

, 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.

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 Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz ...

, Michael Moore (jazz musician), Ernst Reijseger, Ernst Glerum, Wim Janssen, Han Bennink a.o.)

Festival performances

* Open Music '92 (Открытая Музыка-92) in Saint-Petersburg, Russia

References

*Filanovskij, Boris. 2003a. "Gjus Jansen/Guus Janssen". In ''Pro gollandskuju muzyku''

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edited by Irina Leskovskaja, 318–29. St Petersburg: Institut Pro Arte. *Filanovskij, Boris. 2003b. "Gjus Jansen: 'Menja zanimaet nesinhronnost' žizni'" uus Janssen: 'I Am Interested in an Asynchrony of Life' In ''Pro gollandskuju muzyku''

edited by Irina Leskovskaja, 330–34. St Petersburg: Institut Pro Arte. *Janssen, Guus. 2004.
Take Ten: Guus Janssen: 'Muziek is een prachtige manier om zonder woorden te gebruiken toch een eigen mentaliteit of levenshouding te laten spreken'
. ''Draai om je oren: Jazz en meer'' website. (Accessed 16 February 2010) *Oskamp, Jacqueline. 2003. ''Radicaal gewoon: Bestaat er zoiets als Nederlandse muziek?''. Amsterdam: Mets & Schilt. , *Schönberger, Elmar. 1986. "String Quartet or 'String Quartet'". ''Key Notes'', no. 23:13. *Waa, Frits van der. 1994. "Guus Janssen and the Skating-on-Thin-Ice Feeling". ''Key Notes'', no. 28, no. 3 (September):8–13. *Waa, Frits van der. 2001. "Janssen, Guus". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by

Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was publ ...

and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

External links

Official site
1951 births Living people People from Heiloo Dutch composers Dutch pianists Dutch jazz pianists Dutch harpsichordists 21st-century pianists {{Netherlands-composer-stub