Montana jan van der roost bio

Belgian composer

Jan Van der Roost (born Duffel, ) is a Belgian composer.

Van der Roost was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, and followed further studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp.^[1] Since Van der Roost is a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Lemmensinstituut.

He is also a guest professor at the Shobi Institute of Music, the Nagoya University of Arts, and Senzoku Gakuen.^[1]

Jan Van der Roost has composed over 90 works, for a variety of musical styles, including brass band, fanfare, concert band, orchestra, and choir.^[1] He has also dabbled in composing various pieces in the style of late 17th- to early 18th-century dance music, and is often cited by jazz musician Tom Collier in his lectures as a prime example of musical transformation.^{[citation needed]}

Since , Van der Roost exclusively writes music on commission.

He frequently incorporates