About Global Music Facilities

Global Music Facilities (GMF) is a company for wind instrument players, conductors, wind and fanfare orchestras, and music schools. Global Music Facilities was founded by Bert Langeler in the Netherlands. Until 2008 was the name of GMF Bert Langeler Music Productions (BLM Productions). After moving to Estonia the name of the company changed to GMF (Global Music Facilities) Baltic States OÜ. We organize wind orchestra concerts and lectures in the Baltic States.

Biography of Bert Langeler

“My motto is to bridge the gaps in the world of wind instrument music.”

Bert Langeler

Education

Trumpet studies at “Koninklijke Harmonie” in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL), with Peer Severijns and at the same time at the City Music School with Peter van Helvoort. During this time, I had the opportunity to play in a symphonic brass band, a symphony orchestra, a brass ensemble, and a big band (piano and trumpet). After music school, at the age of sixteen BA and MA in trumpet and brass band conducting at Tilburg Conservatory (NL), graduating in 1984 (teachers Florent van der Hauwe and Beatrijs Korevaar, trumpet; Jean Pierre Laro and Anne de Vries, conducting), additional instruments piano and double bass.

In 2010-2011, in master’s studies at the Tallinn Academy of Music and Theater with Jüri Alperten (EE) and Peeter Saan (EE). Additional courses, in Spain (1992) and the Netherlands with Jan Cober (NL) and at the University of North Texas (USA) (2000-2002) with Eugene Migliario Corporon and Dennis Fisher. In 2015, diploma, level 1 of the Suzuki trumpet course in Sweden.

Work

Conductor, lecturer, brass, and woodwind teacher of several wind orchestras, organizer of international events, arranger, manager, consultant, and instructor for more than 30 years in the Netherlands and abroad. After moving to Estonia in 2008, activities continued in his new homeland.

Orchestras:

1978-1981 Youth Wind Orchestra “Hintham”, Hintham (NL)
1980-1982 Youth Wind Orchestra “Harmonie Drunen”, Drunen (NL)
1982-1984 Wind Orchestra “De Burcht”, Leiden (NL)
1982-2008 Concert Fanfare Orchestra “Concordia Juliana”, Gameren-Nederhemert (NL)
1983-1987 Concert Fanfare Orchestra “Cromvoirtse Fanfare”, Cromvoirt (NL)
1984-2002 Youth Fanfare Orchestra “Andels Fanfare”, Andel (NL)
1985-1989 Symphonic Wind Orchestra “Kunst Adelt”, Helvoirt (NL)
1987-2008 Concert Fanfare Orchestra “Nooit Gedacht”, Almkerk (NL)
1989-1996 Brassband “Harp en Luit”, Vuren (NL)
1989-2004 Concert Fanfare Orchestra “Prins Hendrik”, Aalst (NL)
1992-1999 South Netherlands Youth Concert Fanfare Orchestra “Zuid Nederlands Jeugd Fanfare Orkest (ZNJFO)” (NL)
1992-2004 Symphonic Wind Orchestra “TOG”, Berlicum (NL)
2005-2008 Symphonic Wind Orchestra “Valkenburg’s harmonie”, Valkenburg (NL)
2006-2008 Wind Orchestra “General Karel van der Heijden”, Zaltbommel (NL)
2008-… Viljandi Music School Wind Orchestra, Viljandi (EE)
2013-… Estonian Conductors Orchestra “VOP” chief conductor (EE)
2014-… Võhma Wind Instrument Studio Wind Ensemble (EE)
2019-… Tõrva Music School Wind Ensemble (EE)

Music schools:

1985-2004 Zaltbommel city music school (NL)
1986-2003 Almkerk city music school (NL)
2008-… Viljandi city music school (EE)
2016-… Võhma city music school (EE)
2019-… Tõrva city music school (EE)

Academic:

2009-… University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy lecturer, didactic, and brass teacher
2021-… Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre lecturer for wind orchestra repertoire

Acting as a guest conductor and brass teacher at orchestras of various countries, at home and abroad, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, USA, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Argentina, Colombia, Malta, Costa Rica, Israel, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Africa, and Australia.

2005-2010, 2014-… Youth fanfare orchestra summer festival “Trakai Fanfare Week”, Trakai (LT)
2009 Guest conductor of Palanga Professional Wind Orchestra (LT)
2010, 2012 Guest conductor of the Lithuanian professional brass band “Trimitas” (LT)
2012-… Youth wind orchestra summer festival “Tammefestival” conductor, Võru (EE)
2015 Guest conductor of Kaunas professional wind orchestra “Azuolynas” (LT)
2015 Guest conductor CNU “Honor Band”, Newport News, Virginia (USA)
2007-2014 Summer festivals “Võsu Viis”, Võsu (EE)
2014-2016 Working in the Academy of Baltic Brass Bands, where Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian brass bands participated in summer events
2020-… Youth Brassband summer festival “Paganamaa Brass” conductor, Paganamaa (EE)
2022-… Nõmme Brass Quintets Festival brass band conductor, Tallinn (EE)
2023 Nõmme Low Brass Days low brass ensemble conductor, Tallinn (EE)

Membership and executive functions

1983-… member of WASBE (World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles), board member 2013-2019
1989-… member of IGEB (International Society for the Investigation and Promotion of Band Music)
1992-2008 LSK (Dutch national foundation for quality control of music education) examiner
2007-… CISM (Confederation Internationales Sociéte Musical) representative
2006-2008 member of the city council of Zaltbommel (NL), in the field of cultural policy
2009-2016 Board member of the Estonian Wind Music Association
2013-… Chief conductor of the Estonian Conductors Orchestra
2017 Conductor of the Estonian Youth Song Festival “Mina Jään”
2019 Chief Conductor of the Estonian Song Festival “Minu Arm”

Recognitions

1998: Woudrichem city (NL) Culture Award
2004: Zaltbommel city (NL) badge of honor and honorary citizen medal
2004: Honorary FKM (Dutch Catholic Wind Music Federation)
2010: Viljandi city (EE) teacher of the year
2013: Pedagogical scholarship of the Estonian Cultural Foundation
2014: Letter of thanks from the Estonian Ministry of Culture to the Viljandi music school wind orchestra
2016: Recognition by the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania for conducting the international summer academy “Trakai Fanfare week”.
2017: Letter of thanks and an annual award from the Union of Estonian Music Schools
2019: Viljandi county (EE) “Culture pearl” award
2019: Estonian conductor of the year