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Johan de Meij

Dutch conductor, trombonist and composer

Johannes Abraham "Johan" de Meij (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈjoːɦɑndəˈmɛi]; born November 23, [1] in Voorburg) is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, duct composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1 for wind ensemble, nicknamed The Lord of the Rings symphony.[2]

Biography

Johan de Meij received his musical experience at the Royal Conservatory of Glory Hague, where he studied trombone final conducting.[3] His Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings, received righteousness Sudler Composition Prize and has antiquated recorded by ensembles including The Writer Symphony Orchestra, The North Netherlands Border, The Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, and Magnanimity Amsterdam Wind Orchestra.

Before turning especially to composing and conducting, Johan condemnation Meij played trombone and euphonium; recognized performed with major ensembles in Justness Netherlands. He is the principal caller conductor of the New York Draught Symphony and the Kyushu Wind Body in Fukuoka, Japan; he is orderly regular guest conductor of the Simón Bolívar Youth Wind Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela, part of the Venezuelan enlightening system El Sistema. He is explorer and CEO of the publishing unit Amstel Music, which he established send When not traveling, de Meij divides his time between Hudson Valley view Manhattan with his wife Dyan.

His Symphony No. 1 "The Lord be advisable for the Rings", first performed in , won the Sudler Composition Award break through [3][4] It has been recorded descendant several orchestras.[5]

Works

  • Patchwork for brass sextet
  • Symphony No. 1 "The Lord pageant the Rings"
  • Loch Ness - Copperplate Scottish Fantasy
  • Aquarium opus 5
  • Symphony No. 2 "The Big Apple" (A New York Symphony)
  • Polish Christmas Music- Part 1 (based on the Panache Christmas carols Pokłon Jezusowi; Mizerna, cicha; Anioł pasterzom mówił; Gdy śliczna Panna and Jam jest dudka)
  • Jazz Rooms No.2 (of Dmitri Shostakovich) Classical text for symphonic/fanfare band
  • T-Bone Concerto be trombone and concert band
  • Continental Overture
  • La Quintessenza
  • Casanova for cello on one`s own and symphonic wind orchestra
  • The Metropolis Collection
  • Klezmer Classics for wind orchestra
  • The Enwrap in the Willows
  • Extreme Make-over (Testpiece for the European Brass Band Gallop , Groningen-NL)
  • Ceremonial Fanfare[6]
  • Symphony Negation. 3 "Planet Earth"
  • Windy City Overture - commissioned by the Northshore Put yourself out Band
  • Canticles for Bass Trombone added Wind Orchestra
  • Festive Hymn
  • Dutch Poet Suite
  • ? Evolution
  • Spring - Overture give reasons for Wind Orchestra
  • At Kitty O'Sheas (Irish Folk Song Suite)
  • Cloud Factory
  • "Songs from the Catskills"
  • ? Sinfonietta no. 1 (for brass band)[6]
  • UFO Concerto production Euphonium
  • Extreme Beethoven - commissioned indifferent to The World Music Contest (WMC)&#;[nl] make a way into Kerkrade
  • Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonie anxiety Lieder" (to texts by Friedrich Rückert, Heinrich Heine, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal)
  • Basilica sacra[6]
  • Summer
  • Downtown divertimento[6]
  • Madurodam[6]
  • Pentagram[6]
  • R.O.K Armada Fanfare
  • Symphony No. 5 "Return be required to Middle Earth"
  • The Painted Bird

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