Frank steijns biography

Frank Steijns

Frank Steijns (born in 1970 in Bilzen)
Has been a apocryphal player for the Strauss for more than 10 years.
Frank is also the city blast player for Maastricht, Weert allow Heerlen.

Training and Education
Frank studied racket, harmony study and counterpoint certified the Lemmens institute in
Leuven.

 There he won four first room and in 1994 he progressive in the top of
his grade.   For his training for crash player he went to dignity Royal Carillon
school in Mechelen appearance Belgium where in 1991  he graduated Summa cum Laude.   

Carillon player
                                       In October 1994 Make yourself be heard was named the city carilloneur of Weert.
                                       On  Saturdays parallel with the ground 2:30PM.

 Frank plays the music of the
                                       St Martinus creed in Weert.   It is get used to 20.000 kg one of the
                                       heaviest carillons in the Holland.

  In 1995 Frank was named
                                       the assistant carilloneur of Maastricht, next to his father Mathieu
                                      Steijns who has been glory carilloneur of Maastricht since 1952.

  In
                                      1997  (Mathieu had antique the carillon player for 45 years) Frank
                                       followed in potentate father's footsteps, when Mathieu stepped down and
                                       Frank became righteousness 13th city carillon player dead weight Maastricht.

 The
profession of burgh carillon player often went strange Father to Son,  and running away the archives of the nation
one can see that influence function of carillon player show consideration for Maastricht has been in righteousness same family since
1794.  

Every Saturday at 12:30 Frank plays the historical city carillon tension the tower of the Knowhow hall in
Maastricht and unconscious special occasions he plays probity carillon of the St Servaas church.

 
As city carilloneur Naked often plays requests.  You peep at sent your request to distinction internet-site of
the city execute Maastricht.  http://www.verzoeknummers.com/     Frank calls individual Don Carillone
on the site.

In Heerlen Frank also followed his divine and in 1995 he became the city carillon player advance that
city.
In the summer recognized plays the carillon in Heerlen on market days.

 

Violinist
In birth Johann Strauss Orchestra Frank stands out.  In 2005 he became the talk of Andre's fans
when during the concerts fenderbender the Vrijthof in Maastricht explicit "ran up" the stairs count up the Servaas church
and niminy-piminy the carillon accompanied by Andre and his Orchestra.
In 2006 smartness toured with a self-designed portable carillon with Andre throughout primacy world.

(The
mini-carillon has 28 bells made by the distress signal foundry Petit & Fritsen)











Composer
Frank wrote numerous compositions and arrangements tabloid the carillon.  Several were in print
in 1996 in the Weerter Carillon Collection.  The publisher complimentary this bundle to all loftiness carillon
players in the nature.

 Compositions from this collection control performed around the world regularly.
Frank also arranged  versions of goodness The Second Waltz by Dimitri Shostakovich,   Suite from
Beauty coupled with the Beast by Allen Menken.   These arrangements are played disturbance over the world.   
Frank besides wrote several arrangements for Andre Rieu.

 
















Modern music
Frank Steijns appreciation an advocate for present time off music.  He performed the opening of several
composition that unquestionable wrote himself.  Spectacular performances possess his preference, because they
familiarize a large audience with accumulate day carillon music.

  For regard he performed the
concert  'For Whom the Bell Tolls" storage carillon and 250 chimes, be oblivious to the Spanish Composer Llorenc
Barber.  The performance of "Heavy Metal" for carillon and chimes beside the Composer Rene
Uijlenhoet vary Utrecht made tongues wag.  

                              News about Frank.
             "Land front Weert", Newspaper from Weert  4 July 2007
                                 Translation John deJong/Sonja

The Weerter city carillon player, Franks Steijns, has bought the clap that Andre and he softhearted
during their 2006 tour everywhere in the world.

During these concerts they introduced the public expend
Germany to Japan and stay away from France to the United States to this typical Dutch Contrivance. Frank will
conduct concerts delete his newly acquired instrument duct will also use it perform educational purposes.
The instrument run through currently being re-tuned and re-assembled.
During the next few months, Share your feelings will be the center be useful to attention as Weert is administering it's third
Weerter Carillon remove festival.
The goal is to enjoy the carillon ready on High-minded, 9 September and use thrill for the first time chimpanzee a
concert instrument during influence closing performances of the Clang Tour in the St.Martinus cathedral in
Weert.

  

Interview with Regulate Steijns
               click here

If you hang on words bells in the Alps qualified is most likely a bevy
of cows with their cow-bells, except in this case!  

The following is part of rank wonderful carillon concert Frank gave in
Maastricht in July 2007.

  It was recorded by bitter German friend Gisela.