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Van Landeghem, Jan (b. November 28, 1954, Temse). Belgian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and organ works that have been performed in Africa, the Americas and Europe; he is also active as an organist.
Prof. Van Landeghem studied composition with Peter Cabus at the Maastricht Conservatory and composition with André Laporte, fugue with Albert Delvaux and organ with Kamiel D'Hooghe at the Brussels Conservatory. He studied at Georgia State University in 1985 and at Jagellonian University in Kraków in 1985, both on a Fulbright Scholarship, and had regular contact with Karel Goeyvaerts from 1991-93. He also attended courses in Belgium with Paul Brandvic, Johan Duyck, László Heltay, and Lucas Vis, in France with Xavier Darasse and Iannis Xenakis, in Germany with William Porter and Harald Vogel, and in The Netherlands with Anders Bondeman and Piet Kee.
Among his many honors as a composer are the Horlait-Dapsens-Prijs at the Brussels Conservatory (1980), the Wendungen Prijs from the Festival van Vlaanderen (1993, for Epitaffio) and the Camiel Huysmans Prijs in Antwerp (1994, for Epitaffio). He has also received the Prijs voor Vocaale Compositie in Ghent (1995, for Een tent van tamarinde), the Prix de la musique contemporaine Flandre in Québec (1995, for Silent Scream) and the SABAM Prijs voor Nieuwe Muziek Compositie (1995, for his entire oeuvre). In addition, he has received the SABAM BAP-Prijs (1996, for Modale Suite), the DMP Prijs (1996, for Uit de kleine wildernis) and First Prize in the Internationale Gezelle Wedstrijd (1999, for Gezelle Triptiek). He has also been named Composer of the Year 2000 at the Ramsgate Spring Festival (for Marcatissimo) and has received the Prix Frères Darche at the Brussels Conservatory (2000, for his entire oeuvre). As an organist, he has received an honorable mention in the Concours International pour Orgue de Bruges (1985) and the Publiek-Prijs in the Bach Nieuwe Muziek Confrontaties in Kortrijk (2000, for Thamasoo ma jyothir gamaya). He has also served as composer-in-residence to the Flanders recorder quartet Vier op 'n rij.
As an organist, he has toured in Asia, Europe and the USA. He has served as organist in the trumpet-organ duo All'armi (with Alain Roelant and occasionally as a trio with soprano Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ), which has toured Asia and Europe.
He has taught as Professor voor Compositie at the Brussels Conservatory and has served as chair of the music department at the Stedelijke Academie voor Muziek, Woord en Dans in Bornem. He has also lectured in the Czech Republic, Japan and elsewhere.
In addition to the works listed below, Prof. Van Landeghem has made more than 50 arrangements, including A Turkish Bumblebee, which has been recorded.
He is married to the violinist Jennifer Spanoghe.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: jan.vanlandeghem@bornem.be
Street address: Prof. Jan Van Landeghem, Kraeyheideweg 1, B - 2880 Bornem, Belgium
Website (manager): http://www.first-class-music.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Behind the Crescent Moon, 12 or more strings, 1989; Urbi et Gorbi (concerto), organ, orchestra, 1991; Epitaffio, 1993; Serenata notturna, English horn, French horn, harp, string orchestra, 1994; Modale Suite, symphonic band, 1995; Pastorale notturno, clarinet, string orchestra, 1996-97, revised 2001; Lorca Concerto, guitar, orchestra, 1996-97, revised 2001-02; Humoreske 2000, symphonic band, 2000 (orchestration by Marcel De Boeck); Edelstenentriptiek: smaragd – saffier – robijn (concerto), piano, orchestra, 2001-02
CHAMBER MUSIC: Trivium liquidium, flute, 1985; Seduzione, clarinet, 1986; Tres danzas festivas, flute, guitar, 1987; Birds, 4 recorders, 1989; Grappa ma non trappa, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 1989; Silent Scream, string quartet, 1991; Sanpaku, 4 recorders, 1992; Essere o non essere, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, 1992; The Jericho Wall, trumpet, piano/organ, 1992; Shots, marimba, 1993; Carpe diem, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1993; Spielerei, flute, 1994; Epitaffio voor Koning Boudewijn, trumpet, organ, 1994; Aquarioso, 8-12 trumpets, 1994; Klage, flute, 1995; Quartettsatz, flute, violin, viola, harpsichord, 1995; Pastorale notturno, clarinet, organ, 1995; Totentanz, flute, 1996; Jobutsu, recorder (+ crotales), 1996; Gypsy Music, guitar, violin, 1996; Music for Flute or Recorder and Marimba, 1996; Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1996; Three Crystals for Four Trumpets, 1996; Concerto grosso modo for Nonet, 4 recorders, percussion, string quartet, 1997 (also version for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, string quartet, 1997); Marcatissimo, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1997-98; Bonus malus 22, 8 saxophones, 1998; Spielerei II, recorder, harpsichord, 1998; Trio vertigo, clarinet, violin, piano, 1998 (also version for clarinet, viola, piano, 1999)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Reynaert de Vos, flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 French horns, percussion, 1999 (also version with speaker); Flower Music, violin, piano, 1999; Guernica, cello, piano, 1999; Two Pieces – Sohum and Shakti, 2 marimbas, 1999; Quasi uno minuto unisono, viola, cello, 2000; Der Zippelfagottist, bassoon, piano, 2000; Six Meditations, oboe (+ English horn), bassoon, cello, double bass, 2000; African Music, 4 recorders, 2000-01; Tyaga, accordion, 2001; Verhaeren Quartet, string quartet, 2002; L'invisible pour les yeux, violin, organ, 2002; Widmung, 5-string violin, 2003
CHORAL: Four Poems, children's/mixed chorus, 1986; De mens bestaat (cantata, text by Anton van Wilderode), 3 choruses, 2 symphonic bands, 1992-93; Satermuziek (text by Achilles Mussche), soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus, piano, 1993; Post lunam crescentem (cantata), soprano, mixed chorus, ensemble, 1994; De mist verkoelt het geluid (song-cycle, text by Katelijne Vander Hallen), mixed chorus, 1994; Due canti (text by Giuseppe Ungaretti), male chorus, 1995; Costolonot, 8-16 mixed voices, 1999; Vier kleengedichtjes (text by Guido Gezelle), mixed chorus, 1999; Gezelle (oratorio, text by Guido Gezelle), soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999; Drie kleengedichtjes, 4 equal voices, 2001
VOCAL: Vem noite, soprano, 10 players, 1991; Een tent van tamarinde (song-cycle), high voice, piano, 1986-93; Sieben Trakllieder, tenor, piano, string quartet, 1994-95; Three Love Songs (texts by James Joyce, anonymous Indian sources), soprano, flute, violin, viola, harpsichord, 1995; Vier Jahreszeiten (text by Georg Trakl), high voice, piano, 1995; Trois chansons (text by Jacques Prévert), baritone, piano, 1995; Drie erotische liedekens (text by Beatrijs van Craenenbroeck), soprano, guitar, 1995-96; Les heures claires (song-cycle, text by Émile Verhaeren), baritone, orchestra, 1996; Les heures d'après-midi (text by Émile Verhaeren), soprano, 5 clarinets, piano, 1997-98 (also version for soprano, piano, 1997-98); Gezelle Triptiek, soprano, bass clarinet (+ clarinet, E-flat clarinet), piano, 1998; Reynaert de Vos (text by Walter van den Broeck), speaker, flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 French horns, percussion, 1999 (version of chamber work); Three Gezelle Songs, middle voice, piano, 1999; Ave Maria, soprano, organ, 2000; Les tambours d'antan (text by Anton van Wilderode), mezzo-soprano, flute, 2 percussion, 2000; Gartenmusik (text by Émile Verhaeren), soprano, tenor, orchestra, 2000 (four of its songs may be performed separately as Four Orchestral Songs); O guardador, speaker ad libitum, 2 flutes, percussion, 2001 (also version for speaker, 2 flutes, bassoon, percussion, 2001)
PIANO: Uit de kleine wildernis, 1986-95; Reflection I, 2000
ORGAN: Toccatella op 'Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme', 1981; Partita op 'Ruk open Heer de hemelpoort', 1984; Game 1, 1988; Battaglia interotta, 1989; Elegie voor Carl and Karel, 1993; Le limonaire, 2000; L'orgue de Barbarie (hommage à Adriaan Willaert), 2000; Thamasoo ma jyothir gamaya, 2000; Six Meditations, 2000
FILM SCORE: Millennium Music, 1999-2000
DISCOGRAPHY (as composer)
Toccatella op 'Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme'. Koor Rondinella, organ (1985) (LP)
Birds. Vier op 'n rij (Vox Temporis: 92 004, 1992)
Jobutsu. Geert Van Gele, recorder, crotales (Vox Temporis: 92 031, 1992)
Aquarioso. Trompetkoor van Vlaanderen (DiGi Classics: DC 9410002, 1994)
Partita op 'Ruk open Heer de hemelpoort'. Kamiel D'Hooghe, organ (CODO: 21-97/1, 1997)
Tres danzas festivas. I Cherubini (iCP: 1, 1999)
Gezelle Triptiek. Reinhilde Weytjens, soprano; Freddy Coppé, clarinets; Dirk Verbrugghe, piano (Phaedra, 1999)
Reynaert de Vos. I Solisti del Vento (Galaxy Studios/I Solisti del Vento: 99-01, 1999)
Millennium Music. Orchestra of the Stedelijke Academie voor Muziek, Woord en Dans (Gate Productions, 2000)
A Turkish Bumblebee. Walter Boeykens Ensemble (Serie Festival, 2000)
Marcatissimo. Marcato (René Gailly: 87 177, 2001)
Carpe diem. Europeaan Koperkwintet (Pavane: ADW 7294)
Sanpaku (excerpt). Vier op 'n rij (Dr. Carl-Dörken-Stiftung)
Four Poems (excerpt). Ensemble Voca Lisa (BRTN 3: 1536)
DISCOGRAPHY (as organist)
Various (Giuseppe Aldrovandini, Henry Purcell, Alessandro Scarlatti, other composers). Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ, soprano; Alain Roelant, trumpet; Jan Van Landeghem, organ (Pavane: ADW 7223)
Various (Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikolaus Bruhns, Johann Jakob Froberger, other composers). Alain Roelant, trumpet; Jan Van Landeghem, organ (Pavane: ADW 7281)
Various (Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Henry Purcell). Jan Van Landeghem, organ (Pavane: ADW 7339)
Various (Nikolaus Bruhns, Dietrich Buxtehude, Girolamo Frescobaldi). Jan Van Landeghem, organ (Associazione Culturale Mons Celestino Escher)
(Last updated on June 7, 2004)
