BIOGRAPHY

Carlo JANS, flute began his first flute lessons at the age of seven, violin lessons at twelve. On the completion of his training in Luxembourg and Nancy (class of Jacques Mule), he continued studies at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège,
( Diplôme Supérieur de flûte) and at the Royal Conservatory of Maastricht (Soloist's Diploma). Being a student of Raymond Guiot, he was honoured with the "1.Prix Supérieur de la Ville de Paris". He completed a two years postgraduate program at the Cologne Academy of Music in the class of Andràs Adorjàn .
Open to new musical horizons, Jans studied conducting under Jan Stulen and Jean-Philippe Rieu at the Royal Music Academy of Music in Maastricht (Conducting Diploma with honours), followed by a Postgraduate Diploma at the "Zuid Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek".

Since 1984, Carlo Jans is teaching flute and chamber music at the Conservatory of Luxembourg, In 1999, he gets a professorship for flute and conducting and is leading the orchestras of conservatory.

From 1997 on , he is guest professor at the Academy of Music in Riga, Latvia and often invited for masterclasses in the Netherlands and in France.
Since september 2002, Carlo Jans is teaching at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken in Germany.

In 1988 he founded the "Forum International pour flûte et piano Diekirch/Luxembourg", a summercourse followed during the last 16 years by over 470 students of 23 different nationalities. As teachers were enrolled famous flutists like Jean-Claude Gérard, Maxence Larrieu, Janos Balint, Marianne Henkel, Gaby Pas-Van Riet, Andrea Lieberknecht, Konrad Hünteler,Michael Faust, Abbie de Quant, Marc Grauwels, Jean - Michel Tanguy...

Beside his professionnel life as professor, he also pursues an active career as a flutist an conductor. He has been invitated to perform as soloist with RTL Symphony Orchestra, Sonderjyland Smphony Orchestra, Orchestre de chambre d'Auvergne, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra, Porto Symphony Orchestra, Switzerland Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de chambre Jean - François Paillard , the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, where he is also guestconductor since1997.
He played concerts as partner of flutists like Andràs Adorjàn, Maxence Larrieu, Janos Balint, Jean-Claude Gérard, with pianists like Daniel Blumenthal, Gabriel Tacchino, jazz pianist Claude Bolling, violonist Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violist Jitka Hosprova, cellist Mirel Iancovici, harpist Katerina Englichova or chamber music groups like Zürcher Streichtrio, String Quartet Danel, String Quartet Martinu...
As conductor, he accompanied soloists like Cyprien Katsaris, Daniel Blumenthal, Janos Balint...

Numerous composers wrote solopieces, chamber music and concertos for him, like per example, the composer Marcel Wengler, which concerto for flute and orchestra was first performed in the ISCM World Music Days in 2000 together with the Swiss Chamber Orchestra.

In 2005, the famous Belgian composer François Glorieux wrote him a fantastic piece "Eight Interludes" for flute and strings.
The "interludes" and all the other pieces Glorieux wrote for the flute will be released soon on CD, having been recorded in Riga with the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra under the baton of the composer.
Czech composer Jindrich Feld , whose concertos Carlo Jans recorded with the Prague Radio Symphony orchestra for Pavane Records, and whose chamber music for flute will come out soon in a 3 CD set , wrote for Carlo Jans and his Czech colleagues Jitka Hosprova and Katerina Englichova a "Musique concertante" for flute, viola, harp and strings.

His discography (over 20 CDs) for labels like Pavane Records, Calliope and Bella Musica, have earned him outstanding reviews in the international press and awards such as the "Grand Prix du Disque" for his recording of the chamber music of Manuel Rosenthal.