Frank Crijns was born in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe on 12 June 1960 and died on 27 May 2024; he was a Dutch composer, guitarist and improvising musician. He studied composition at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Peter-Jan Wagemans and Klaas de Vries. His works were written for soloists, ensembles, choir, orchestra, big band and live electronics; in 1992 he wrote the collaborative work “Ergens ervoor…” for the Aquarius Ensemble with five other composers of the Tilburg group De Vonk. As a guitarist he played in his own groups such as BLAST, which he co-founded, Blast4tet and Betonfraktion, wrote music for Titanic Combo and Spelonk and worked with improvising musicians such as Fred Frith and Elliott Sharp. He is represented as a composer on the Cybele album New Dutch Guitar Music (2005).
Frank Crijns
Composer / Guitar
