Jan Hendrickse - biography.

Jan Hendrickse is a composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in traditional wind instruments. Recordings and performances have included work with Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman, Nitin Sawhney and Tunde Jegede amongst others. He has featured as a soloist in recordings and performances with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Ulster Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, BBC Concert Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva and musicians from the London Sinfonietta.

He is in demand for film, TV and theatre work, and film credits include ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘The Passion of the Christ’, ‘Apocalypto’, ‘Troy’, ‘Two Brothers’, ‘Beloved’, ‘The Cell’, ‘Chocolat’, ‘The Truth about Charlie’, ‘Four Feathers’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ amongst many others.

Jan has been the presenter of the BBC Internet broadcast journey around Central Asia ‘The musical Nomad’ (www.bbc.co.uk/nomad), and has performed in productions for The RSC and the National theatre including ‘Tales from Ovid’ ‘The Roman Actor’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Canterbury tales.’

He teaches workshop skills at the Guildhall school of music & Drama and has run community and education projects for many organisations including the Barbican Centre, the Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Proms as well as running arts development and education projects in Tanzania, Gambia, Thailand and Palestine. He has been researching trans-cultural arts practice for the Guildhall School of Music, and an article based on this work has just been published in a collection by Ashgate press and the Guildhall School.