Jan Kleinbussink (born 1946) is a Dutch classical musician who specializes in the performance of old music. He is the

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of the Central Church in

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, also known as the Lebuïnus Church. He is also well known for his contributions as an instrumentalist and conductor to recordings of J.S. Bach,

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, Graupner,

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, W.A. Mozart, and

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. Kleinbussink studied piano, organ, orchestra and choir conducting, composition and music theory at three Dutch conservatoires:

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, Deventer and Rotterdam. After graduating he continued his specialization in

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and

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with

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, and

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. During the 1970s he was also active as a composer. Kleinbussink taught

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at the Rotterdam Conservatoire and performance at the

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. In 2007 he was included in the Dutch

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