Jan Marmenout Musical artist

Jan Marmenout (born in Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian percusionist and multi-instrumentalist playing such instruments as the berimbau, kalimba, balafon, didgeridoo, shawm, Tibetan trumpet, conch shells, fujara, lithophones, etc. He is perhaps most-known for his compositions on the fujara, an ethnic instrument from Slovakia. Marmenout plays the fujara in an intuitive and non-traditionalist way.He has composed the score for two movies, Judentransport XX (2003) and Desperado (2002).

Personal facts

Birth place
Belgium , Ghent

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Musical artist

BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Ethnic group
instrument
Didgeridoo
Conch
Berimbau
Shruti box

Jan Marmenout on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://imdb.com/name/nm2088887
  2. http://www.fujara.sk/play/players/marmenout_jan.htm
  3. http://www.highgatemusic.com
  4. http://www.janmarmenout.com