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Jan Van der Roost

Jan Van der Roost was born in Duffel, Belgium, in 1956.

He studied trombone, music history and musical education at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (Louvain) and continued his studies at the Royal Conservatoires of Ghent and Antwerp, where he qualified as a conductor and a composer.

Today he teaches at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, and serves as guest professor at the Nagoya University of Arts and guest professor at Senzoku Gakuen in Kawasaki. In 2013 he was appointed principal guest conductor of the Philharmonic Winds OSAKAN (Japan).

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Jan Van der Roost was born in Duffel, Belgium in He studied at the Lemmensinstituut and at the Royal Conservatories of Ghent and Antwerp.

The texts, by William Shakespeare, inspired Jan Van der Roost to compose profound and appealing music, largely in the style of Henry Purcell (in the first part).

Jan Van der Roost was born in Duffel, Belgium, in He studied trombone, history of music, and musical education at the Lemmensinstituut in.

Besides being a prolific composer, he is very much in demand as an adjudicator, lecturer, clinician and guest conductor. His increasing musical activities have taken him to more than 45 different countries on four continents, and his compositions are performed and recorded all over the world.

In early 2001 a CD containing four of his works for chamber orchestra was released by EMI Classics, and the Slovakian R