Busy Summer 2009 (22-6-2008)
It's gonna be a busy summer for Jörgen. First he is going on tour to Japan for two weeks with the Brass Quintet of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. After that he will return to Cocentaina in Spain to do a masterclass from 16 untill 20 july, together with Ben van Dijk (basstrombone) and Hendrik Jan Renes (tuba) like they are doing already for several years. After that Jörgen will be soloist with the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands during a tour through Italy. He will be playing a brand new piece by Dutch composer Roderik de Man. From 4 to 6 august he is in Galicia for a masterclass and a concert with the New Trombone Collective and then he will be in Lucerne, Switserland, to play for three weeks with the Lucerne Festival orchestra with Claudio Abbado, where he will be one of the soloists in a concert with the brass group of the Lucerne festival Orchestra as well. |
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BBT film about Jörgen's two new CD-projects online (28-4-2008)
There will be two new solo CD's by Jörgen this year. The first one 'Sackbutt', on which Jörgen plays baroque trombone, accompanied by Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, will be released this week. Later this year another CD 'I was like wow' will be released with different styles of music, including the piece 'I was like wow' by Jacob ter Veldhuis about the war in Iraq, that comes with a video clip. You can see the first part of that video clip here. Jörgen received two years ago the prestigious BBT Award from the Borletti Buitoni Trust and both of these CD-projects were established with the help of the BBT. They made a short film about these projects and how Jörgen used the money of the award. You can see this film through this link on the BBT website.
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First part 'I was like wow' film on youtube (25-4-2008)
Jacob ter Veldhuis wrote the piece 'I was like wow' for Jörgen. The piece is based on a television documentary in which American soldiers tell about their experiences in the war in Iraq. Film maker Jan Willem Looze made a film with the piece. The film combines shots of Jörgen while he records the piece with shots of the original tv documentary. The cd 'I was like wow' will be released around october and will also include the film. You can see the first part of the film here. |
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Coming soon: Jörgen's new CD 'Sackbutt' (24-4-2008)
Soon, Jörgen's new CD 'Sackbutt' will be released. The CD will include early classical trombone concertos by Albrechtsberger, Wagenseil and Leopold Mozart, combined with baroque sonatas with very prominent trombone parts by Bertali, Castello, Schmelzer en Marini, accompanied by Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, all played on sackbutt. More info soon! |
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Liberation day concert on television (20-4-2008)
The 5th of may is the day of liberation from the 2nd world war in Holland. Every year there is a liberation concert for the Dutch television on a big stage on the river Amstel in Amsterdam that day and this year Jörgen will be one of the soloïsts for that concert. The concert will be played by the Codarts Symfony orchestra and will be conducted by Hans Leenders. Soloïsts will be soprano Roberta Alexander and Jörgen. >More info
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Japan tour with the RCO Brass Quintet (20-4-2008)
From the 2nd to the 14th of july, The brass quintet of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchetsra will make a tour through Japan with 9 concerts and several masterclasses. The quintet consists of Frits Damrow and Peter Masseurs on trumpet, Jasper de Waal on French Horn, Perry Hoogendijk on tuba and Jörgen. To prepare their tour they will give two concerts in Holland. On the 18th of may they will play in the Benevia Muziekcentrum in Dordrecht and on the 15th of june, they will play in Zeist in teh church of the Evangelische Broedergemeente.
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Christian Lindberg Competition
From the 2nd untill the 5th of april, the second edition of the Christian Lindberg Competition will take place in Paiporta, near Valencia in Spain. Jörgen will be one of the jury members, together with a.o. Christian Lindberg, Joseph Alessi en Michel Becquet. On the 5th of april, there will be a concert by the jury members as well. >More info
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Mandrake in the Corner with the Orchestra of Valencia
On the 4th of april, Jörgen will play the trombone concerto 'Mandrake in the Corner' by Christian Lindberg with the Orchestra of Valencia, conducted by Josep Vicent. For the same week, Jörgen has been invited to be jurymember for the 2nd Christian Linberg Competition in Valencia. Coincidently it is possible to do both, so Jörgen will be jury member for the competition ánd he will play Mandrake in the Corner by Christian Lindberg with the Orchestra of Valencia. >More info
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Trombone Concerto by Derek Bourgeois in Thun in Switserland
On 29 and 30 march, Jörgen will perform the Trombone Concerto by Derek Bourgeois with the Allgemeine Orchester Gesellschaft Thun. Both concerts will take place in the Schadausaal in Thun in Switserland. >More info
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World premiere trombone concerto 'Lied' by Jörgen and the Concertgebouw Orchestra
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra kicks off its new season with two special concerts in the Recommended Adventure series on 13 and 14 September. The program features works including Dutch composer Theo Verbey’s brand-new trombone concerto LIED, written for the orchestra’s very own principal trombonist Jörgen van Rijen. Verbey calls the new piece a ‘vocal work for trombone’. Indeed, the composition is built entirely around the ‘lyrical trombone’.
The concert opens with a work charged with a completely different atmosphere – Detlev Glanert’s Theatrum bestiarum, which explores the theme of man as animal. The programme concludes with Kurt Weill’s Second Symphony. The orchestra gave the world premiere of this work back in 1934. In short, a concert not to be missed.
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Summercourses Greece and Spain
Like the past three years, Jörgen will teach from the 1st untill the 7th of July during the 5th Melos Brass Academy in Corfu, Greece, together with a.o.: Michel Becquet, Christian Lindberg, Ben van Dijk, Frits Damrow, Reinhold Friedrich, Hendrik Jan Renes, Jens Bjorn Larsen en Hector McDonald. More info: www.melosbrass.gr
Directly after this he will travel together with Ben van Dijk, Frits Damrow en Hendrik Jan Renes to Cocentaina, near Alicante in Spain, where they will teach a summer course like every year from the 10th untill the 14th of July. German Brass will be there as well. >More info |
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Mahler 3 with the Luzern Festival Orchestra and Claudio Abbado
Jörgen has been invited to play next summer with the Luzern Festival Orchestra, an orchestra formed every summer with some of the finest musicians around, led by the legendary conductor Claudio Abbado. The program will consist of Beethoven's nineth symphony and Mahler's third symphony in which Jörgen will perform the famous trombone solo. There will be several concerts during the Luzern Festival and after that the orchestra will perform in the Royal Albert Hall in London during the BBC Proms and in the Carnegie Hall in New York.
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Bart Claessens wins audition for co-principal trombonist of the RCO
Bart Claessens will succeed Ivan Meylemans and will be Jörgen's new colleague as co-principel of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Bart was already a member of the RCO as second and bass trombonist, so he will make a fantastic promotion within his own orchestra. Bravo Bart, congratulations!
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Colleague Ivan Meylemans leaves RCO
Jörgen's colleague, co-principal trombonist Ivan Meylemans, will unfortunately leave the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra after this running season. He will need all his time to concentrate fully on his succesfully developing conducting carreer. This means that after years of fantastic coöperation with Ivan, the orchestra has to look for a new co-principal trombonist. The international auditions for this position will be held on 23, 30 and 31 january.
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The Baroque Trombone with Combattimento Consort
The Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, one of the leading Dutch old music ensembles, invites Jörgen for a program around him and his trombone. Jörgen will perform both as a soloist and as a member of the ensemble. The program will consist of two trombone concertos, by Albrechtsberger and Wagenseil and around that chamber music with trombone by Biber, Castello, Schmelzer, marini, Fux and Bertali. The concerts are 21, 24, 25, 27 and 28 january 2007 in Delden, Arnhem, Zoetermeer, Oostzaan en Amsterdam (all in Holland).
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Jörgen ambassador of the Dutch Week of Classical Music
Between 3 and 12 november 2006 the second edition of the Dutch Week of Classical Music will take place. With the motto 'Prefer Live' Dutch orchestras, concert halls and ensembles invite the audience to come to their concerts and experience the magic of a live performance. Jörgen will be ambassador of this week, which means that he will perform small surprise concerts all over Holland.
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Summertour 2006
Next summer Jörgen will teach and play at three international summer courses:
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From 25 June untill 1st of July at the BIBA Brass Academy in Karlskrona, Sweden, with Michel Becquet, Charlie Vernon, Guy Touvron, Walter Hilgers, Wolfgang Gaag and others. >www.bibacademy.com
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From 2 - 7 July at the Melos Brass Summer Academy on Corfu, Greece, with Michel Becquet, Ben van Dijk, Frits Damrow, Walter Hilgers, Hendrik Jan Renes and Jacob Slagter. >www.melosbrass.gr
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From 8 - 28 July at the CISMA in Guangzhou, China. >www.cisma.org.cn
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Concert en Masterclass in Singapore
The 3rd of June, Jörgen will play the trombone concerto Downtown Diversions by Adam Gorb with the Singapore Philharmonic Winds during the Singapore Arts Festival in the Esplanade Concerthall in Singapore. The week before he will present a masterclass as well.
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Jörgen wins prestigious International Award.
Today was announced that Jörgen van Rijen has won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2006. This prestigous international award is yearly presented by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust to a selection of the most promising and talented young soloists and ensembles. Nominated by some of the world's most renowned musicians and music industry professionals, the final choice of winners is determined by the BB Trust artistic committe, consisting of internationally-renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida, Adam Gatehouse (BBC), Martijn Sanders (Concertgebouw, Amsterdam) and Franco Buitoni (Associazione Amici della Musica, Perugia). BB Trust Award winners receive support to the value of £20.000,- over a two-to-three-year period for their artistic projects.
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Order CD
The CD 'First Chairs of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, volume 1' of Jörgen van Rijen, rewarded with a 10 by music magazine 'Luister', is available online through the website of Channel Classics.
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Website online
From today on this official website of trombonist Jörgen van Rijen is online. Hopefully you will find what you are looking for.
If you have any questions please fill in the contactform.
Have fun!
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