Jan Vriend (born November 1938 in
Benningbroek) is a Dutch
classical music
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composer
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,
conductor
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,
organist
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and
pianist
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. He lives in
Gloucestershire
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,
England
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, and has lived there since 1984.
Studies and career
Vriend studied at the
Amsterdam Conservatory
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from 1960 to 1967, with Else Krijgsoman (piano), Anthon van der Horst and Jan Felderhof (music theory), and
Ton de Leeuw (composition). During this period, he also studied electronic music with
at the
University of Utrecht
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.
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Vriend won the Conservatoire of Amsterdam Prize for Composition (1967), the Schnittger Organ Prize (1966) for his composition ''Herfst'' (Dutch for "Autumn") and the ]Gaudeamus International Composers Award
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with '' Huantan'' in 1970.
As a conductor, Vriend has directed several choirs and instrumental ensembles which perform both early and contemporary music. Perhaps the best-known of these is the ASKO Ensemble Asko or ASKO may refer to:
* Asko (name), a male given name common in Finland and Estonia
* Askø, a Danish island
* Asko Cylinda or Asko Appliances AB, a Swedish company producing household appliances
* AskoSchönberg, a Dutch chamber orchestra
* ...
, which he founded in 1965.[
]
Discography
* 1978 - ''Variations'' on Bart Berman, piano: Vriend, Hekster, Loevendie, De Vries
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, Kleinbussink (Golf)
* ''Elements of logic'', ''Huantan''. Residentie Orchestra Het Residentie Orkest (; known also in English as ''Residentie Orkest The Hague'') is a Dutch orchestra based in The Hague. The orchestra is currently resident at the Amare performing arts centre in The Hague.
History
Henri Viotta founded the orch ...
with conductor Ernest Bour and Radio Wind Ensemble with conductor Hans Vonk
* ''Herostase'' by Harrie Starreveld, flute and Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet (Music + Practice)
* 1996 - ''Hallelujah II'' on Asko Ensemble Asko or ASKO may refer to:
* Asko (name), a male given name common in Finland and Estonia
* Askø, a Danish island
* Asko Cylinda or Asko Appliances AB, a Swedish company producing household appliances
* AskoSchönberg, a Dutch chamber orchestra
* ...
(conductor David Porcelijn
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David Porcelijn studied flute, composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in The Hague. He also studied the baroque flute, specialising i ...
) plays Jan Vriend, Willem Boogman, Klas Torstensson ( Donemus)
* 1996 - ''Huantan'' on Fifty Years International Gaudeamus Music Week ( Donemus)
* 2009 - ''Entre el olivo y el hombre. Du-Dich-Dir. Choir-book (part 1). Ensembles. Nederlands Kamerkoor, Klaas Stok (KTC)
*2010 - Jets d'orgue for organ, recorded at Haarlem St. Bavo church by Jan Hage
References
External links
Official Website of Jan Vriend Extensive biography
at Donemus, Amsterdam
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1938 births
Living people
20th-century Dutch classical composers
21st-century Dutch classical composers
Dutch male classical composers
Dutch male conductors (music)
Gaudeamus Composition Competition prize-winners
People from Noorder-Koggenland
Dutch male classical pianists
20th-century Dutch conductors (music)
21st-century Dutch conductors (music)
21st-century Dutch classical pianists
20th-century Dutch male musicians
21st-century Dutch male musicians