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Rudolf Jansen

Rudolf Jansen was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands where he studied
piano, organ and harpsichord at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 1964 he
won the Prix d'Excellence for organ, in 1966 the Prix for piano. In
1965 he won the Toonkunst Jubileumprijs and in 1966 the Friends of the
Amsterdam Concertgebouw awarded him with the Zilveren Vriendenkrans.
In addition to his solo career Rudolf Jansen has concentrated more and
more on Lied-accompaniment and chamber music.

Concert tours have taken him all over the world to the main halls of prominent
cities and thefamous Music-Festivals, together with artists of great reputation:
EllyAmeling, Robert Holl, Andreas Schmidt, Olaf Bar, Christiane Oelze,
Barbara Bonney, Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Monica Groop, Tom Krause, Edith
Wiens, Birgit Finnila, Irina Arkhipova, Brigitte Fassbander and
Jean-Pierre Rampal.

Rudolf Jansen regularly gives masterclasses forsingers and accompanists
throughout the world. He has made more than ahundred recordings of
songs and chamber music for, among others, Philips, DGG, EMI, CBS, RCA
and Erato. A compact disc with DietrichFischer-Dieskau and the Nederlands
Kamerkoor received the DeutscheSchallplattenpreis 1992. Rudolf Jansen
is professor at theConservatorium van Amsterdam and at the Musikhochschule
of Nurnberg/Augsburg, Germany.


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