Save the date

Unfortunately, for various safety reasons, in consultation with all those involved, we have had to make the decision to go online again this year. This means that students from all the above-mentioned conservatoriums will attend the Focus Day from their own building.

You will be able to follow this day via Zoom: Meeting ID: 289 218 8886 / Passcode: 890753.

More information on the news page.

Jan Pustjens Foundation

7th. Jan Pustjens Focus Day 2022

On Sunday 7 February  the JP Focus-Day took place fort he 7th time. The general theme was “improvisation”.
The full cooperation and enthousiasm of the master Alexandre Babel of Eklekto, Geneva Percussion Center, made it a highly succesful event.

Highlight turned out to be the performance with a spectacular act of Han Bennink, where the students of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam could participate in full.
Due to Covid-measures unfortunately everything had to be on-line; the internet connected the 50 students of the conservatories of The Hague, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Groningen, Zwolle and Tilburg.
Richard Jansen and Arnold Marinissen made everything technically possible and the presentation was in very good hands of Herman Rieken.
We can remember a highly succesful day and please find herewith some video footage, which we hope you will enjoy.

Please safe the date for the next The 8th JP Focus-Day, that will take place on the 15th of January 2023 in Amsterdam, details will follow.

Jan Pustjens

Jan Pustjens was gifted percussionist and a national and international music educator. He was also solo percussionist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Nieuws

Dear friends and interested parties,
 
We are very happy that we can finally go live again this Sunday with our Jan Pustjens Focus Day at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and then immediately with a very special edition.

On Sunday 7 February  the JP Focus-Day took place fort he 7th time. The general theme was “improvisation”.
The full cooperation and enthousiasm of the master Alexandre Babel of Eklekto, Geneva Percussion Center, made it a highly succesful event.

In 2018, The Jan Pustjens Foundation visited the TROMP percussion competition to hand out a special prize to further support a young talent.
The prize was given to Elliott Gaston-Ross! We would like to wish him all the best in his promising career and musical journey!

Impressions of the 3th. Jan Pustjens Focus Day on 28th. January 2018 in the Bernard Haitink Zaal of the Conservatorium Amsterdam.

Thanks to the contribution of the Jan Pustjens Foundation, composer Stan Verberkt and percussionist Mervyn Groot were able to enter their residency at Oerol 2017 in full concentration and inspiration. 

Showcase artist at Zeltsman Marimba Festival 2017 at Rutgers University (New Jersey/USA).