Tours - Muro 2001 The first International course of Trombone Vila de Muro Javier Colomer, Spanish bass trombonist and teacher at the "Escola Comarcal de Música del Comtat", has been the organiser of:The first International course of Trombone Vila de Muro. 
The course took place in Muro de Alcoi,
a small, charming village in the ...

Lyon Michel Becquet 2001 Sunday, May 06, 2001 Lyon March 2001 George Wiegel and Ben van Dijk visited the "Conservatoire National Suprieur de Musique in Lyon". On a invitation from Michel Becquet they both were in the Jury for the annual examinations of the brassclass from the school. The Rotterdam Conservatory has an exchange program ...

From July 26 till Aug 6 Ben made his second trip to Seoul, Korea on an ivitation from his friend, Hong-Hyun Choi, to give a masterclass in the summercamp of the Seoul Trombone Ensemble. Together with Mr. Chang Jun-Hwa, professor at the Yonsei University in Seoul and the teachers Yong-Jun Choi,Jae-Man Bae, Jong-Man Park, Seung-Young Song, ...

  Day 0 - Rotterdam
Friday 7 April On Friday night, the Japan tour started with a lot of turbulence in the Rotterdam concerthall The Doelen, where the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra presented the program of their tour to a sold out hall. Conductor Valery Gergiev raised the orchestra to unprecedented heights in a scorching performance of ...

On invitation from my friend and former student at the Amsterdam Conservatorium, Hong Hyun Choi, I flew on July 31 with a KLM airplane full Korean people to Seoul, South Korea.
 A very long and energy taking 9-hour flight to the other side of the globe. On Seoul airport, Choi and another former student of mine, Mr. Yeon were waiting for me. In the ...

It was a pleasure having Ben van Dijk come to Julliard and it was extremely valuable for the students. The class enthusiastically received his recital and presentation of the contra bass trombone and I was honoured to play with Mr. van Dijk in a wonderful duet. He truly is a great artist and we hope to see more of him in the United States. I hope ...

Ben van Dijk und Heinrich Thein
 on Tour in USA Ben van Dijk, Bass- und Kontrabassposaunist der Niederländischen Radio Philharmonie und Heinrich Thein, Posaunenbaumeister aus Bremen, machten im vergangenen Februar eine zweiwöchige Tour durch die USA. Ben war eingeladen, um an sechs Universitäten Meisterklassen und Konzerte zu geben. Die Tournee ...

ITA journal
Vol. 26 1998 BEN VAN DIJK COMPLETES
 SUCCESSFUL U.S. TOUR Ben van Dyk, bass trombonist of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, toured several U.S. cities February 3-14, 1998, giving recitals and/ or master classes at six universities. His tour began in New York, where he played a recital at the Juilliard School of Music. The ...