Janu makes for nice background music which she uses different harps.
Everything is through a professional PA system.
This formula is suitable for all your celebrations:
• reception
• dinner
• Nuptial
• academic session
• product launch
• fashion show
• coffee concert
• Christmas concert
Or as a guest with orchestras and artists.
Janu biografie
Janu was born in the historical Belgian city of Ghent, where she undertook studies from very young age at the Music Academy. Soon, Janu got charmed by the romantic sound and enchantment of the harp as an instrument, and specialised her musical education at the Concervatory of Ghent.
As time went on, Janu's specialisation evolved towards the electronic harp, while she also discovered the Paraguayan harp under the guidance of Jacques Vandevelde.
Janu is now the only harp musician in Belgium performing on six different instruments: the Celtic, the Paraguayan, the classical, the Scottisch, the electro-acoustic and the electronic harp.
Over the past several years, Janu has won an impressing number of prestigious music awards, first selected in 1989 and 1990 as a finalist of the -Jeunes Solistes- competition of the Belgian Francophone Broadcasting Service, RTBF, later on, in 1994, awarded as the winner of the -Young Tenuto- competition by the Dutch language Broadcasting Service, BRTN, and in 1998 Janu crowned as the first Belgian laureate of the National Harp Competition.
Janu graduated from the Ghent Music Concervatory with a Master's degree and is now teaching harp herself in several Academies throughout Belgium.
Janu palmares
Janu worked with :
• Will Tura • Praga Khan • Monica Martin • Jan Keizer (BZN) • Davy Lakomy • Bandit • Frank Galan • Nicky Baker • Marc Meersman • Peter Van Woensel en vele andere ...
Janu wrote following compositions :
• Dawn in Ibiza (elektronische harp) • Salida del Sol (keltische harp) • Between Scheldt and Lys (elektronische harp) • Yantze's Song (elektronische harp) • Volga (keltische harp + stem) • Chanson de la pluie (klassieke harp) • Primavera (klassieke harp) • Sister Song (keltische harp) • Lullaby for Ginger (keltische harp) • Ritmo Corriente (Paraguayaanse harp) • A walk in the desert (elektronische harp) • Irish Concertino (Ierse harp) • Dance of the Leaves (Ierse harp) • The Storr (Ierse harp) • Raindance (keltische harp) • The Hunt of Buffalo Bill ( keltische harp) • Dreamcatcher (pedaalharp) • Cheyenne (keltische harp) • Native Spirit (keltische harp) • The Girl with the Pearl Earring (keltische harp) • Fairy Dance (keltische harp) • A Fairy Tale (keltische harp) • The Harp Fairy (keltische harp) • Flower Fairy (keltische harp) • Queen of the Fairies (keltische harp)
Janu writes all her arrangements for harp herself.
Janu followed masterclass with :
• Suzanna Mildonian • Edward Witsenburg • Marie-Claire Jamet • Harvi Griffin
Janu harples
Janu teaches harp for several years now.
Both novice harpist as the more advanced students attend classes with Janu.
As an extension of these courses Janu regularly organizes small concerts or big celebrations for and with her students.
In this way Janu wants to offer her students a stage, which is an important part in the music training of het students.
In 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 Janu organized a gala 30 harps and harp students on stage.
Besides harp lessons at the Art Academy of Grammont Janu also teaches as only harpist in Belgium courses "Jazz / Pop and World Music" for harp at the MUDA.
Janu's students regularly hijack prizes at various music competitions.
| • | Verbrugghen Anita: | 1st prize in the contest Vlamo. | ||
| • | Breyne Helena: | 1st prize in music contest in Ghent from VTB-VAB "Our youth performs" (2006). |
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| • | Vergeynst Jenna: | Final race Vlamo Place (2009) Selected as Young Talent for the concert "Seduced by Harps" (2010) |
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