Arthur Janzen

Canadian-born classical opera tenor and music pedagogue (b. 9 March 1942, Laird, Saskatchewan); lives and works in Langenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Arthur Janzen is particularly renowned as Lied and Oratorio singer and has performed across the United States, Europe and Israel. As a music educator, Arthur Janzen worked at Hochschule für Musik Detmold (May 1973 to September 89) and Musikhochschule Köln (October 1989 — September 2012). Janzen began his classical vocal studies at Canadian Mennonite Bible College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, graduating in 1964. He won the scholarship from Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie Detmold in Germany, which Arthur attended from October 1967 to June 1970, trained under professors Theo Lindenbaum (vocals) and Günter Weißenborn (Lied).