Ben van Dijk Wins 2003 ITA Award In recognition of his contributions to the ITA and to the trombone community at large, it is with great pleasure that I announce that Ben Van Dijk is the recipient of the 2003 ITA Award. This award is the ITA's most prestigious citation and it recognizes Ben's artistic achievements and his tireless ...

ITA award winners meet in St. Petersburg The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra played two great concerts in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. Ben van Dijk in the Mariinsky Theater with the RPhO Mahler Symphony no:6 and Berlioz Requiem were performed during the White Night Festival under chief conductor Valery Gergiev. Alex Verbeek, ...

Sunday, July 14, 2002 The Tour started with a warm welcome by Mr. Kaihatsu Tatsuya and Ms. Watanabe who were waiting at Nagoya airport, Kansai International Airport. The start of a wonderful trip! They took us to Kyoto where we stayed in a beautiful Japanese style Hotel. In the Hotel there were 2 more Japanese hosts waiting for us, Mr. Masami ...

Tours - Muro 2002 The second version of “Curs International de Trombò” in Muro, Alicante, organized by L’Escola Comarcal de Musica del Comtat started with some misfortune.
Due to the fact that there were not enough participants it was not possible to have 2 teachers for this year’s course. Ben van Dijk and Jörgen van Reijen decided, by mutual ...

Ben van Dijk made a successful appearance during the ITF 2002 in Denton, USA. Most of the text is from Joshua Brown. Thanks a lot for this!!! Ben van Dijk's bass trombone playing is superb, but his 11:00 concert/clinic showed everyone just how good he is on the contrabass trombone. Ben was joined onstage by Håkan Björkman, Jessica ...

Succes in Valencia Sunday, January 20, 2002 Opening of trombone masterclasses in Valencia great succes On the 11th and 12th of January Ben van Dijk gave the opening class of a serie of 8 masterclasses organized by Enrique Barrachina. Enrique Barrachina The location was the "Taller de Musica Jove", in Valencia. The class was attended ...

Master classes in Scotland and Greece Friday, December 05, 2003 The one in Glasgow, at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, was a one day event where Ben worked with the trombone class in the morning on daily routines and ensemble playing. In the afternoon Ben was asked to Judge the Yearly held Brass competition in which 22 players ...

Rotterdam Philharmonic on tour. Wednesday, October 31, 2001 Rotterdam Philharmonic on Tour From left to right:
Alexander Verbeek, Pierre Volders, Remko de Jager, Ben van Dijk and Hendrik Jan Renes The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra made a short European city tour from October 25-28. Under the direction of principal conductor Valery Gergiev, ...

Shostakovitsch 7 recorded for Decca Monday, September 24, 2001 Last saterday the Gregiev festival came to an end. 2 weeks of great performances with music by Shostakovitsch played by the Kirov (Mariinsky Theater) Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic under Hans Leenders, Maxim Shostakovitsch and our maestro Valery Gergiev. All concerts were ...

Sweden BIBA 2001 Tuesday, July 03, 2001 Blekinge Internationella Brass- Akademi Photo's by Claes-Goran Bjerding 
Musik i Blekinge From june 25 till july 1, 2001 the BIBA festival was held in Karlskrona Sweden. Some 90 participants attended a course, well organized and full with great information. Some of the best players arround were ...