Jens Josef was born on 5 August 1967 and is a German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher.
10 Facts About Jens Josef
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From 1989 to 1997 Jens Josef studied at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt, flute with Peter Brock and Paul Dahme, and composition with Gerhard Muller-Hornbach.
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Jens Josef finished his examinations in 1995, his concert examinations in 1997.
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Jens Josef has worked as a freelance artist, flutist, composer, teacher, and conductor.
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Jens Josef has collaborated with the Mutare Ensemble in Frankfurt.
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Jens Josef was a teacher at the Akademie fur Tonkunst in Darmstadt from 2000 to 2006, and at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt from 2003 to 2006.
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Jens Josef has been a teacher of the Musikakademie Kassel since 2006.
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Jens Josef has participated in the educational project Ohrwurm-Projekt, a music project aiming at elementary school children.
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Jens Josef composed Musik fur Flote, Viola und Kontrabass nach dem Bild von Pablo Picasso "Bildnis seiner kleinen Tochter" in four movements, premiered in the Foyer of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
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That same year Jens Josef arranged Schubert's Winterreise for tenor and string quartet.