30/03/2026
●— BB Academy 2026: presenting Bart Jansen
Bart Jansen is solo timpanist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra since January 2024. At the Rotterdam Conservatoire Bart Jansen studied percussion with Chris and Hans Leenders, Richard Jansen and Danny van de Wal. He was active as a timpani player in the Dutch National Youth Orchestra and from 2008 to 2012 in the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
After being accepted in 2009 in the Orchestral Percussion Class of David Searcy and Michael Quinn at Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan, his studies were mainly focused on timpani playing. Jansen pursued his masterstudies with Raymond Curfs in Munich at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater and was accepted to the Academy of the Bavarian Radio Symphonie Orchestra.
He won his first audition as solo timpani player at La Monnaie in Brussels. Shortly after he won the position of solo timpanist in the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
As a guest, Jansen has performed with ensembles such as the World Orchestra for Peace, the Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele, Orchestre de Paris, Staatskapelle Berlin, and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Working with composers such as Wolfgang Rihm, Maurizio Kagel, Sofia Gubaidulina and Krzysztof Penderecki has given shape to his vision on the modern classical repertoire.
Bart Jansen is a professor of timpani at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and a guest lecturer at Codarts Rotterdam. In addition, he leads his own very successful workshop, Picarde Timpani Products, which ships timpano sticks worldwide.
Photo: Natalia Jansen
