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Name of the author: DE MEIJ, JOHAN
Year of Birth: 1953
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Johan de Meij bekam in kurzer Zeit einen internationalen Ruf als Komponist und Bearbeiter. Er bearbeitete Musik aus Film und Musical, Unterhaltungsmusik, und klassische Werke wie American Suite (Antonin Dvorak), Chanson de Matin (Edward Elgar), Berceuse (Peter Tschaikowski) und Pavana pour une Infante défunte (Maurice Ravel). Mit seiner ersten großen Komposition für Harmonieorchester, der Symphonie "The Lord of the Rings" (1984-1988), bekam er den Ersten Preis des Sudler International Wind Band Composition Wettbewerbs 1989 in Chicago. Andere Originalwerke sind Loch Ness (1988), Pentagram (1989) und Aquarium (1990). Johan de Meij spielt Posaune und Tenurtuba im Dutch Brass Sextett, im Amsterdam Wind Orchestra, im Orchester De Volharding (zeitgenössische Musik) und im Amsterdammer Posaunen Quartett. Er wird oft im Ausland eingeladen um seine Kompositionen zu dirigieren oder vorzustellen.
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Johan de Jeij who was born 1953 in Voorburg turned in a rather short time into an internationally known and admired composer and arranger. He wrote arrangements of film music, musicals and entertainment music, accompaniments to vocal and instrumental music, and arrangements of classical masterpieces, such as American Suite (Antonin Dvorak), Chanson de Matin (Edward Elgar), Berceuse (Peter Tchaikovsky) and Pavane pour une Infante défunte (Maurice Ravel). His first major composition for symphonic band, the symphony no.1 The Lord of the Rings (1984-1988) was awarded a First Prize at the prestigious Sudler International Wind Band Composition Competition in 1989 in Chicago. He also composed Loch Ness (1988), Pentagram (1989) and Aquarium (1990). Johan de Meij plays the trombone and the euphonium in four groups: The Amsterdam Wind Orchestra, the orchestra "De Volharding" (ensemble for contemporary music", the Amsterdam Trombone Quartet and the Dutch Brass Sextet, an ensemble which he founded himself. He is often invited to conduct or introduce his own compositions.
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