Jan Cober (born 1951) is a Dutch

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and

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player.

Life

Jan Cober is the child of a musical family from the village of Thorn, Netherlands. He played the clarinet in the ''Royal Harmony of Thorn''. He studied conducting and the clarinet at the Conservatory of

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and completed both studies with a ''Prix d'Excellence''. Between 1972 and 1977, he was the first clarinet of the ''Nederlandse omroeporkest'' (Dutch broadcast orchestra), and starting in 1977, he was the solo clarinet player at the ''Residentie Orkest'' in

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. He has worked with famous conductors

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and

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. At an NOS broadcast course and competition for conductors led by

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, he entered the final rounds. Since 1976, he teaches clarinet and conductorship at the ''Brabants conservatorium'' in

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, the

Maastricht Academy of Music The Maastricht Academy of Music, Dutch: ''Conservatorium Maastricht'', located in the city of Maastricht, is one of nine music academies in the Netherlands. The academy is a faculty of the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Zuyd in ...

and the Conservatory of

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. Additionally, he is part of the European Institute for Conducting in the Italian city of

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. In 1995, Jan became the conductor of the Royal Harmonie Sainte Cécile Eijsden.

Works dedicated to and premiered by Jan Cober

''European Overture, Op.42'' for concert band by Javier Pérez Garrido

References

1951 births Living people Dutch male conductors (music) Maastricht Academy of Music alumni Academic staff of the Maastricht Academy of Music Academic staff of the Utrecht School of the Arts People from Maasgouw 21st-century Dutch conductors (music) 21st-century Dutch clarinetists 21st-century Dutch male musicians {{Clarinetist-stub