Jan Depreter
Born in 1975 (Belgium), Jan Depreter is considered one of the most remarkable guitar players of our time. Discovering music at the age of 5, Santa Claus introduced him to his first guitar 3 years later, resulting in a lifelong passion for the instrument and its music.
Jan Depreter graduated in guitar at the Leuven Lemmens Institute and the Royal Conservatories of Antwerp and The Hague, where he studied with Zoran Dukic. He perfected his art with David Russell and Manuel Barrueco, among others.
Achievements
- 2006 – International Concerto Competition Printemps de la Guitare (Belgium)
- 2005 – International Guitar Competition of Antony – Paris (France)
- 2002 – International Guitar Competition of Mottola (Italy)
- 2001 – International Guitar Competition of Zwolle (Netherlands)
- 2001 – International Guitar Competition of Alhambra (Netherlands)
Other top prizes include competitions such as Francisco Tárrega (Benicasim, Spain), Andrés Segovia (Granada, Spain), Vienna (Austria), Alessandria (Italy), and Tokyo (Japan).
Jan Depreter has been a featured soloist all over the world, playing and teaching at prestigious music festivals in the USA, UK, China, Japan, Mexico, Australia, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Poland, Portugal, and Belgium, where he founded the Antwerp Guitar Festival & Competition in 2010.
He has performed many major guitar concertos with renowned orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic of Flanders, La Chapelle de Lorraine, Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, the Orchestra del Ciutat de Torrent, the Municipal Orchestra of Benicasim, the Flanders Radio Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, and the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. Jan Depreter’s compositions and guitar arrangements are published by Ricordi.
