Welcome!
Welcome to the official website of Jan-Peter de Graaff, composer and conductor in the field of modern classical music and specialized in orchestral and chamber music and opera.
“He sees solo concertos as instrumental musical theatre, where the soloist stands as an individual opposite of the collective of the orchestra musicians — an outsider, but also a participant — creating a sense of dramatic tension.”
DIMITRI VAN DER WERF, NEW MUSIC NOW
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“We stand on the shoulders of giants, anchored in tradition, but I always try to make something that sounds fresh and adventurous.”
EMILE HOLLMAN, ZOUT MAGAZINE
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Upcoming concerts
27
Nov
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest met Thomas Beijer
le café de nuit (2017)
Granada in summer, given voice by Thomas Beijer and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. A sultry wind, the smell of orange trees, and in the distance the sound of a fiesta flamenco. With De Falla musicians are searching for sunlight, while they will enter the pub through the notes of Jan-Peter de Graaff. Van Goghs Le café de nuit served as inspiration for this piece.
17
feb
Netherlands Student Orchestra
Stronk (2027)
For their 75-year anniversary, the NSO pulls out all the stops: a grand symphonic program with an inspiring conductor and soloist, and an orchestra full of passionate students who rehearse intensively for weeks to put on a spectacular concert series.
The program consists of Jan-Peter de Graaff’s Stronk (2027), Sergej Rachmaninov’s Piano Concert no. 1 (with soloist Shane van Neerden) and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 5.
18
Feb
Netherlands Student Orchestra
Stronk (2027)
For their 75-year anniversary, the NSO pulls out all the stops: a grand symphonic program with an inspiring conductor and soloist, and an orchestra full of passionate students who rehearse intensively for weeks to put on a spectacular concert series.
The program consists of Jan-Peter de Graaff’s Stronk (2027), Sergej Rachmaninov’s Piano Concert no. 1 (with soloist Shane van Neerden) and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 5.
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About Jan-Peter
Jan-Peter de Graaff (1992) studied music composition at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague under the tutelage of Guus Janssen, Calliope Tsoupaki and Diderik Wagenaar and at the Royal College of Music in London with Kenneth Hesketh. He graduated in 2016 (MMus) with the prize-winning opera “All Rise!” (Nicolaï fund award, 2016). Next to his composition studies he studied orchestral conducting with Alex Schillings and Lukas Groen.





