Guus Janssen

Guus Janssen (born 13 May 1951) is a Dutch composer of contemporary music and a recording artist. A pianist and harpsichordist, he is also active as a jazz performer.

Guus Janssen
Guus Janssen performs with the David Kweksilber Big Band in Cologne, Germany, in 2017.
Background information
Born (1951-05-13) 13 May 1951
Heiloo, Netherlands
GenresJazz, classical
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentsPiano, harpsichord
Associated actsJohn Zorn, Han Bennink, Gidon Kremer, Georg Lewis, ICP Orkest, Mark Feldman, David Kweksilber

He studied piano and composition at the Sweelinck Academy of Music in Amsterdam with Ton de Leeuw and piano with Jaap Spaanderman.[1] He also studied piano with Ton Hartsuiker.[1] He has performed with John Zorn, 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, 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[2]
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References
  1. Janssen 2004 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Feitag, Vladimir (1999). Dzhaz ot Leningrada do Peterburga: Vremya i Sud'by. Sankt-Peterburg: KulʹtInformPress. p. 208. ISBN 9785839201644. OCLC 44774976.
  • Filanovskij, Boris. 2003a. "Gjus Jansen/Guus Janssen". In Pro gollandskuju muzyku [On Dutch music], edited by Irina Leskovskaja, 318–29. St Petersburg: Institut Pro Arte.
  • Filanovskij, Boris. 2003b. "Gjus Jansen: 'Menja zanimaet nesinhronnost' žizni'" [Guus Janssen: 'I Am Interested in an Asynchrony of Life']. In Pro gollandskuju muzyku [On Dutch music], 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. ISBN 978-90-5330-372-6,
  • 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 and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.


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