Jan Cober

January Cober (* 1951 in Thorn, Netherlands) is a Dutch conductor and musician.

Life

January Cobers musical work began in 1966 with a clarinet and Kapellmeister at the Conservatory of Maastricht, which he enjoyed with the "Prix d' Excellence" crowned after nine years. A place first clarinetist of the Dutch Radio Orchestra followed in 1975 as solo clarinetist in the Residence Orchestra in The Hague. During this time he continued to further his by then already excellent Dirigierfähigkeiten with renowned conductors such as Neeme Javi, Willem van Otterloo and Ferdinand Leitner. Soon followed by invitations as guest conductor with orchestras around the world. International festivals have taken him as a conductor in Berlin, Boston, Sydney and Valencia. January Cober conducted almost every symphony orchestra in Holland, but then made ​​the decision to specialize in the wind music.

Since 1976 January Cober is professor of clarinet and conducting at the Conservatory of Music in Tilburg, Maastricht and the European Institute of Music in Trento / Italy. He is also regularly conducting master classes at international level. From 1983 to 2004, he stood in front of the world famous Royal Concert Thorn as chief conductor with which he at the WMC in Kerkrade with the Langerringen the World Cup title could put a highlight in the concert division for concert band in 1997. In addition, he directs the orchestra Koninklijke Harmonie " Sainte Cécile " Eijsden ( with her in Kerkrade also world champion in the concert division was 2009), the European Youth Concert Band and Symphonic Band of the Swiss Army game.

From 2002 to 2008 he was chief conductor of the Radio Cober Concert Leipzig and artistic director of Bläserakademie Saxony.