Oscar van Dillen
Oscar Ignatius Joannes van Dillen (born June 25, 1958 in 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands ) is a Dutch composer .
From 1977 to 1980 he studied the classical music of Northern India ( sitar , tabla , singing ) at the Tritantri School in Amsterdam with Jamaluddin Bhartiya and at the Bansuri School of Music in Berkeley ( California ) with Gurbachan Singh Sachdev and from 1982 to 1984 classical and jazz - Flute at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Here he also received composition lessons from Misha Mengelberg .
After studying music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance with Paul Van Nevel in Leuven , he studied composition in The Hague at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in 1990 and 1991 with Dick Raaijmakers and Gilius van Bergeijk, among others, and composition with Klaas de Vries from 1996 to 2002 , Peter-Jan Wagemans and René Uijlenhoet at the Rotterdam Conservatory , and in 2001 with Manfred Trojahn at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf , where he also received conducting lessons from Lutz Herbig .
Oscar van Dillen lives in Rotterdam and teaches classical music theory in the jazz , pop and world music department at the local conservatory .
From December 2006 to July 2007 van Dillen was a member of the board of directors of the Wikimedia Foundation .
Works (selection)
- Saxophone Quartet No. 1 (1996)
- Conga for a drummer (1996)
- Toccata Sanguinica for baroque guitar (1996)
- Zwaar is Mooi for ensemble (1997)
- Ignatia for clarinet (1998)
- Tarentula for recorder duo (1998)
- Tijd Speelt Geen Rol for Ensemble (1998)
- Summa Scientia for female choir (1999)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1999)
- Objet Privé (the thing on me) for violoncello (1999)
- Le Panache for piano (2000)
- Meditation for piano (2000)
- Labyrinth for three moving trombonists (2001)
- de Moving for large orchestra (2001)
- Memos for a New Millennium for Disklavier with Player (2002)
- Roter Damm Transformed for solo rapper , ensemble and soundscape (2002)
- de Stad , Chamber Symphony (2003)
- mm 3 for 'toy piano' (2003)
de Stad was released in 2003 with the “Ensemble Gelber Klang” on Super Audio CD on Cybele Records .
mm 3 was recorded by Bernd Wiesemann on the SACD "Das Untemperierte Klavier".
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dillen, Oscar van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dillen, Oscar Ignatius Joannes van (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch composer, conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands |