January Vriend is a Dutch classical music composer, conductor, organist and pianist.
Education
Vriend studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory from 1960 to 1967, with Else Krijgsoman (piano), Anthon van der Horst and January Felderhof (music theory), and Ton de Leeuw (composition). During this period he also studied electronic music with Gottfried Michael Koenig at the University of Utrecht.
Career
He lives in Gloucestershire, England since 1984. As a conductor, Vriend has directed several choirs and instrumental ensembles which perform both early and contemporary music Perhaps the best-known of these is the ASKO Ensemble, which he founded in 1965.