Miriam Hannecart-Jakes
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Miriam Hannecart-Jakes is an English Horn player born in the United States and held the post of Solo English Horn with the Netherlands Radio Philhannonic Orchestra.
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Miriam Hannecart-Jakes was born in the United States and is a resident of The Netherlands. She studied oboe in Boston Massachusetts at the New England Conservatory with famed oboist Ralph Gomberg and English horn in Paris with Paul Taillefer. She held the post of Solo English Horn with the Netherlands Radio Philhannonic Orchestra from 1977 until recently. Ms. Jakes has appeared as soloist with many orchestras in the United States, Mexico, The Netherlands, and is a regularly invited soloist in Japan. She has performed with various well-known conductors such as Rudolph Barshai, Sergiu Comissiona, Jean Fournet, Okku Karmi, and Hans Vonk. This year she performed the European premiere of Gunther Schuller's "Five Impromptus" for English horn and string quartet. Numerous composers have written English horn music for her: Benjamin Ashkenazy (Israel), Wil Eisma (Holland) and Japanese composers Satashi Ohmae and Takuo Sennari.
She is married to the imminent French conductor, Jean Fournet.
