Johan Duijck (born 1954 in
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded i ...
) is a Belgian composer and conductor.
He is conductor of the Flemish Radio Choir, the
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus in London and the Gents Madrigaalkoor. He is regularly invited as a guest conductor of renowned ensembles such as the Orquesta Sinfónica Real de Sevilla, the Dartington Festival Orchestra, the Danish Radio Choir and others.
As a composer he is dedicated to piano and choral music. His works ''Alma de la música'' and ''The Well-Tempered Pianist'' have received international acclaim.
He has been a teacher of piano and choral conducting at the
Ghent Conservatory and at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. Among his students is
Annelies Van Parys. He is the director of the academy for choral conducting at the Euskalerriko Abesbatzen Elkartea (Spain).
Recordings
*Johan Duijck: ''El Camino de Alma - de Weg van de Ziel'', with Hilde Coppé,
Ignace Michiels (organ), Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Noëlle Schepens, Vlaams Radio Koor (VRK), Hans Ryckelynck, Gents Madrigaalkoor, conductor Johan Duijck (2008
*Johan Duijck: ''Cantiones Sacrae'', with Vlaams Radio Koor,
Ignace Michiels (organ), conductor Johan Duijck (2009
References
Belgian composers
Male composers
Belgian conductors (music)
Belgian male musicians
Male conductors (music)
Belgian music educators
1954 births
Living people
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century male musicians
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