Wijk Jan-Inge
Denmark
Composer and guitarist.
English
Composer and guitarist, professor at the guitar department of Carl Nielsen Academy, Odense, Denmark. Member of the Danish Composers´ Society.
Jan-Inge Wijk´s compositional activities include works for different solo instruments and chamber ensembles, the guitar occupying an important part of his work. The most extended composition of his is “Palimpsets”, a work of semi-theatrical character (dur. 75´), for two singers and chamber ensemble, based on his own texts in Danish, English and Latin. For the guitar he has written substantial works such as “Långsam musik” (Slow Music) and “Three Short Statements on Suffering and the Ephemerality of Life”, as well as educational compositions and arrangements at all levels. With Minutes universelles (2005/06) he has composed a series of electro-accoustic works based on animal sounds.
Being himself an amateur tango dancer Jan-Inge has an interest in Argentine tango and its music. As a consequence he has made arrangements for tango ensembles of different combinations, including songs with guitar trio by the famous Carlos Gardel.
Jan-Inge Wijk was educated as a guitarist at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory, Copenhagen, with Professor Per-Olof Johnson. After his diploma he studied early music in Amsterdam and The Hague, and has made special research in thorough-bass playing for lute and guitar.
As performer Jan-Inge Wijk has played in the trio Ars Viva and the guitar duo Pas de deux. Following his interests in early and contemporary music he has conducted performances of works by composers such as Claudio Monteverdi, Carlos Farina, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Reginald Smith Brindle.
Jan-Inge Wijk has written a book, “Ariadnes tråd”, about coherence in the education of professional musicians, as well as an extended essay, “Hope and Glory!”, concerning different aspects of the musician´s task. Works by Jan-Inge Wijk have been performed in Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Argentina, Great Britain, Latvia, and Italy.
Jan-Inge Wijk´s compositional activities include works for different solo instruments and chamber ensembles, the guitar occupying an important part of his work. The most extended composition of his is “Palimpsets”, a work of semi-theatrical character (dur. 75´), for two singers and chamber ensemble, based on his own texts in Danish, English and Latin. For the guitar he has written substantial works such as “Långsam musik” (Slow Music) and “Three Short Statements on Suffering and the Ephemerality of Life”, as well as educational compositions and arrangements at all levels. With Minutes universelles (2005/06) he has composed a series of electro-accoustic works based on animal sounds.
Being himself an amateur tango dancer Jan-Inge has an interest in Argentine tango and its music. As a consequence he has made arrangements for tango ensembles of different combinations, including songs with guitar trio by the famous Carlos Gardel.
Jan-Inge Wijk was educated as a guitarist at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory, Copenhagen, with Professor Per-Olof Johnson. After his diploma he studied early music in Amsterdam and The Hague, and has made special research in thorough-bass playing for lute and guitar.
As performer Jan-Inge Wijk has played in the trio Ars Viva and the guitar duo Pas de deux. Following his interests in early and contemporary music he has conducted performances of works by composers such as Claudio Monteverdi, Carlos Farina, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Reginald Smith Brindle.
Jan-Inge Wijk has written a book, “Ariadnes tråd”, about coherence in the education of professional musicians, as well as an extended essay, “Hope and Glory!”, concerning different aspects of the musician´s task. Works by Jan-Inge Wijk have been performed in Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Argentina, Great Britain, Latvia, and Italy.