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Ivo Janssen, born in Venlo in 1963, graduated with distinction from the Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam in 1987 where he studied with Jan Wijn. He also took lessons from Gyorgy Szebök and Andrzej Jasinski. In October 1986, he already won First Prize in the celebrated Benelux Tromp Competition, was a semi-finalist in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels and a number of prestigious prizes such as the Jacques Vonk Prize (a scholarship for study abroad) and the Elisabeth Evers (an important distinction for young musicians). Insiders already predict a great international career for this highly talented musician.