Curricullum – Conductor and Artistic Director
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Erik Janssen was born
in 1966 in the Netherlands. He got a degree on conducting at the Alkmaar
Conservatory, in 1989 and in trumpet, at the Sweelinck Conservatory
in Amsterdam in 1992. In 1995, on the same school, he finished a Master
degree in conducting with Danny Oosterman.
During his trumpet career, he played in many great orchestras such
as the Amsterdam Wind Orchestra, Netherland
Philharmonic Orchestra, Dutch fanfare Orchestra
and many more. He conducted the Brassband Schoonhoven in
the period from 1992-2001 with great success, and after he was the
conductor of the Brassband Rijnmond, Dutch Champion
of 2004, and 5th place in the 2005 European Brass Band Championship.
Rijnmond was invited to the famous All England Master
Brass Band competition in Cambridge as one of the first non British
Brass Band.
During his career, Erik Janssen has won several prices, and was the winner of a lot of contests, such as 10 times winner of the dutch federation top championship with Zaandijks Fanfare Band and the Brassband Schoonhoven, A and B Band, he won 5 times with Brassband Rijnmond the brass band championships in different sections, 2 times winner of the brass band festival in Leeuwarden conducting Brassband the Goorn, and in many other festivals.
As a guest conductor
he did some musicals and school concerts with the Royal Conservatory
of the Hague.
Since June 2006, Erik Janssen is appointed as the
professional conductor of the fanfare band of the Dutch army
police (Trompetterkorps der Koninklijke Marechaussee).
He is also the conductor of the Marechaussee Big Band
and of the Verão Amizade Summer
Music Course since 2005.
He collaborates with Molenaar Edition
since 1993, one of the world's leading Sheet music Publishers
for concert bands. Erik Janssen became the artistic
director of Molenaar Edition in 2001.