After his training as a pianist, baritone Jan Van der Crabben started studying voice with Louis Devos at the conservatory in Brussels. In 1989 he graduated with the highest distinction. He pursued advanced studies in London and took several master classes there. Subsequently he has been invited by important festivals at home and abroad. Jan Van der Crabben covers a lot of ground, from baroque to contemporary music. As a baroque singer he often collaborates with La Petite Bande, the Dutch Bach Society, Musica Antiqua Köln, and many other ensembles. As a singer of Lieder he specialises in the French and German repertoire: Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Duparc, Poulenc, Schubert, Wolf, and Richard Strauss. The pianist Inge Spinette accompanies him.