Joep Franssens has been played on NTS in shows including Keaton Henson, featured first on 8 November 2016. Songs played include Harmony Of The Spheres, Part 1 and Magnificat.

Biography

Joep Franssens studied composition with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. In 1982 he continued his studies with Klaas de Vries at the Rotterdam Conservatory, where, in 1988, he concluded his study period with the Composition Prize.

He received commissions from, among others, the Rotterdam Art Foundation, the Eduard van Beinum Foundation, Concert- en congresgebouw de Doelen, national radio stations AVRO and NCRV, and the SNS Reaal Fund. Well-known conductors like Yakov Kreizberg,…