Jens Josef

Jens Josef (flute) studied at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Petr Brock and Paul Dahme; he also received important inspiration from András Adorján. In addition, he attended master classes with Peter-Lukas Graf and Robert Aitken. While still a student, he received a temporary position as assistant principal flutist of the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock. During this time, he decided not to pursue his orchestral career further and to work instead as a concert flutist, composer, and teacher. He has taught flute and composition at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt, and has been head of the flute class at the Musikakademie Kassel since 2006.

Jens Josef regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician in Germany and abroad. He has taken part in numerous CD and radio recordings and his repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the music of our time. He has premiered a number of works, some dedicated to him, and also devotes himself to other styles such as jazz and pop music and free improvisation.

Josef has worked with ensembles such as the Henschel Quartet, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, the Pocket Philharmonic Orchestra Munich, and the Mutare Ensemble Frankfurt. He has collaborated with Salome Kammer, Robert Dick, Björn Lehmann, Bernd Ickert, Christoph Ullrich, Matthias Schubert, and Christian Ridil (Ensemble Kontraste), among other artists. Concert tours have taken him to numerous European countries as well as to Mexico and China.

Josef sees himself equally as a composer. His works include two operas, orchestral compositions, songs, and other vocal works as well as numerous chamber works for a wide variety of ensembles.

Picture: Sandor Farkas