euràvent Hans de Jong

BIOGRAPHY
Hans de Jong (1957) combines his activities as a saxophone soloist and chamber music player with composing. He is professor of classical saxophone at the Royal Flemish Conservatory, Antwerpen.

About 150 compositions are dedicated to him: especially chamber music in various combinations but also concerto's by René Pieper, Kees Schoonenbeek, Tera de Marez Oyens, Henk Badings, Kees van Unen, Jo van den Booren, Joop Voorn, Janpieter Biesemans, Marc verhaegen, Frits Celis, Alexander Raskatov, Martin Vojtisek, Liana Alexandra and Patrick De Clerck.

In cooperation with Paul Hermsen (piano) the seven part CD series "Vintage of European Saxophone Music" with exclusively original chamber music compositions for saxophone and piano was released on Casa Nova Records.

Hans de Jong is editor of the "Saxophonar" sheet music series at the German Tonger Verlag, Cologne.

As a composer and saxophone player he won contests in Corciano, Martigny and Antwerpen.

Besides the commands of The Dutch Foundation for Composition, Hans de Jong also composed on request of Actual Music Foundation Brabant, Belgian Radio, Province of Gelderland, and Samo.

Compositions a.o.:
Charisma (Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Orchestra, Ed. BRT library, Brussels); Concertino da Camera (Alto saxophone solo and 11 instruments, Ed. Tonger Verlag, Köln); Omaggio a Kristina D. (Wind Orchestra, Ed. Molenaar, NL), Five songs from Sappho ( Mixed Choir and Saxophone Quartet, Ed. Ascolta, NL), Perturbation (Saxophonesextet solo -sopranino to bass-; brassensemble and percussion, Ed. Donemus, Amsterdam); Le Rêve et la Folie (Alto saxophone solo, Ed. Tonger Verlag); Kurban Bayrami (Trombone Quartet, Ed. Tonger Verlag). Recordings on BV Haast, World Wind Music, Casa Nova Records and STH Records; Editors Tonger Verlag, Molenaar Edition, Ascolta, Donemus

Saxophones: Buffet Crampon Prestige Alto Saxophone, Vandoren mouthpiece A 35, reed nr.3; Keilwerth SX 90 II Silver Soprano Saxophone, Vandoren mouthpiece S 27, reed nr. 3 and Keilwerth SX 90 R Silver Tenor Saxophone, Vandoren mouthpiece T 35, reed nr. 3.

Hans de Jong is frequently invited for concerts , masterclasses and lectures abroad , he travelled recently amongst others to England ( Royal College London ), Switzerland ( Hochschule Basel ) , and Japan (Universities Tokyo, Kobe etc) .

contact information:
tel 0032478758975 fax 003232570483
e-mail hans.de.jong@telenet.be
amerikalei 172 b-2000 antwerpen


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