Richard Jansen

Percussionist; in 2001 he was principal percussionist of the Noordhollands Philharmonisch Orkest and teacher of percussion at the Rotterdam Conservatory, played in the IJsbreker Ensemble and freelanced with almost all Dutch orchestras and ensembles. For more than 25 years he played in the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble and in the Slagwerkgroep Amsterdam. As a soloist he has appeared with the Radio Symfonie Orkest, the ASKO Ensemble and the Vlaams Radio Orkest, among others. He is principal percussionist of Het Balletorkest as well as principal subject teacher of classical percussion and head of the percussion department at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam; with Het Gelders Orkest and Het Orkest van het Oosten he creates concerts for primary school children. On the album Portrait Peter-Jan Wagemans (2001) he plays Wagemans’ “Ewig” for piano and percussion (1993) with the pianist Paul Hermsen.