Bart Jansen is solo timpanist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra since January 2024. He studied percussion at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Chris and Hans Leenders, Richard Jansen and Danny van de Wal. He was a timpani player in the Dutch National Youth Orchestra and from 2008 to 2012 in the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

After being accepted in 2009 in the Orchestral Percussion Class of David Searcy and Michael Quinn at Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan, his studies were mainly focused on timpani playing. Jansen pursued his master studies with Raymond Curfs in Munich and was member of the Academy of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

He won his first audition as solo timpani player at La Monnaie in Brussels. Shortly after he won the position of solo timpanist in the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. As a guest, Jansen has performed with ensembles such as the World Orchestra for Peace, the Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele, Orchestre de Paris, Staatskapelle Berlin, and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Working with composers such as Wolfgang Rihm, Maurizio Kagel, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Krzysztof Penderecki has given shape to his vision on the modern classical repertoire.

Bart Jansen is a professor of timpani at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and a guest teacher at Codarts Rotterdam. Since 2017 he’s a tutor of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.