Jan-Willem van Herpen | composer

Jan-Willem van Herpen (The Netherlands, 1974) composes intimate and poetic portraits of human solitude. In his work, an inner world is captured and crystallized by combining text and music in fragmented structures and miniature forms. Within this context, he explores the expressive qualities of clear, concise gestures and static textures.

Jan-Willem van Herpen holds a master’s degree in musicology from Utrecht University. He attended several courses at the Utrecht Conservatory (HKU): analysis of twentieth-century music with Jurrien Sligter and composition with Henk Alkema. He pursued his composition studies privately with Hans Koolmees and Rozalie Hirs.

For more information, please send an email to: jwvh.composer@gmail.com