Luxembourg flutist, conductor and pedagogue Carlo Jans graduated flute at the Royal Conservatory in Liège, in the class of Raymond Guiot. He completed a two years’ postgraduate program at the Cologne Academy of Music with András Adorján and, as private student, worked with the famous flutist Aurèle Nicolet. He finished graduate and postgraduate studies in conducting at the Royal Music Academy of Music in Maastricht, under Jan Stulen and Jean-Philippe Rieu. He has also studied with maestro Jorma Panula in St. Petersburg, and earned his doctorate at the Academy of Music in Lodz (Poland). Since 1984, he has been teaching flute and chamber music at the Conservatory of Luxembourg, and was awarded professorship for flute and conducting in 1999. He has been guest professor at the Academy of Music in Riga, Musikhochschule in Saarbrücken and is often invited for international masterclasses. In 1988, he founded a summer course Forum International pour flute et piano Diekirch/Luxembour. As a solo flutist he actively performs with many renowned European and world orchestras. In 2009, Jans joined the world known chamber orchestra Solistes Européens – Luxembourg. In collaboration with various renowned record companies, he has recorded over fifty CDs, and is the winner of the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque award.
Luksemburški flautist, dirigent i pedagog Carlo Jans diplomirao je flautu na Kraljevskom konzervatoriju u Liègeu u klasi Raymonda Guiota. Dodatno se usavršavao na postdiplomskom studiju na Glazbenoj akademiji u Kölnu kod Andràsa Adorjàna te kroz privatne poduke kod Aurèlea Nicoleta. Diplomski i postdiplomski studij dirigiranja završio je na Kraljevskoj glazbenoj akademiji u Maastrichtu kod Jana Stulena i Jean-Phillippea Rieua, učio je i kod Jorma Panule u St. Petersburgu, a doktorirao je na Glazbenoj akademiji u Lodzu (Poljska). Od 1984. godine predaje flautu i komornu glazbu na Konzervatoriju u Luksemburgu, a od 1999. i dirigiranje. Gostujući je profesor i na Glazbenoj akademiji u Rigi, Visokoj glazbenoj školi u Saarbrückenu te redovito gostuje na svjetskim međunarodnim seminarima. Godine 1988. osnovao je međunarodnu ljetnu školu Forum International pour flute et piano Diekirch/Luxembour. Kao flautist aktivno nastupa s najvećim europskim i svjetskim orkestrima i ansamblima. Od 2009. godine stalni je član svjetski priznatog komornog orkestra Solistes Européens – Luxembourg. U suradnji s različitim renomiranim diskografskim kućama snimio je preko pedeset nosača zvuka, a dobitnik je i prestižne francuske diskografske nagrade Grand Prix du Disque.