Jörgen van Rijen (born 20 February 1975,

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) is Principal Trombone (jointly with Bart Claessens) at the

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(RCO) in

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. He is also a founding member of the Dutch trombone ensemble, New Trombone Collective, and Professor of Trombone at the

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Biography

Jörgen van Rijen started playing trombone at age 8, and at the age of 16 began studying at the

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under George Wiegel. During his studies, Jörgen spent three months studying with

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, solo trombonist and teacher at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon, where he also studied baroque trombone with Daniel Lassalle. After briefly playing principal trombone with the

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, he joined the

in the same position in 1997. In March 2001 van Rijen made his solo debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performing

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's trombone concerto. A recording of this performance was released on van Rijen's first solo album on

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in March 2005. Since 2003 he has been a founder and leading member of the New Trombone Collective. Based in the

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, the group has so far released three CD recordings and been invited to perform throughout the world. In 2006 van Rijen received a Borletti Buitoni Trust Award which has allowed him to commission new works from composers such as

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, and to make a series of recordings. In 2007 Dutch composer

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was commissioned by the

to write a trombone concerto with Jörgen van Rijen as soloist. The premiere performance of the new work, ''LIED'', was given in September 2007, and released on RCO's own record label, RCO Live. A frequent guest soloist with a number of orchestras, van Rijen was also invited to perform for several months in 2014 as a member of the trombone section of the

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. He has also performed for several seasons as principal trombonist with the

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. On April 20, 2017, van Rijen premiered

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's ''Trombone Concerto'' with the RCO conducted by

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. van Rijen is an endorsing artist for

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trombones.

Awards

* 1994 - first prize, National Soloist Contest for young music talents * 1997 - first prize, Holiday-Inn/ClassicFM Competition * 1999 - first prize, International Trombone Competition,

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, France * 2001 - first prize, International Trombone Competition,

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* 2004 - awarded the Netherlands Music Prize, the highest distinction awarded by the

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* Also laureate of the International Brass Competition of

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Discography

Solo recordings

* ''First Chairs of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 1'' (Channel Classics CCS SA 22305) - 2005 * ''Sackbutt - Trombone in the 17th and 18th Century'' (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708) - 2008 * ''I was like WOW!'' (Channel Classics CCS SA 26909) - 2009

Recordings as featured soloist

* ''WMC 1997: The Winning Concert'' - Royal Dutch Windorchestra of Thorn (World Wind Music WWM 500.033) - 1998 * ''In Concert: Fanfare Orchestra of the Netherlands'' (MuziekGroep Nederland NM EXTRA 98022) - 2001 * ''The Golden City - The Music of Jan Bosveld'' (Gobelin Music 04.002) - 2004 * ''Brass a la Carte'' - Brassband Rijnmond (MBCD 31.1079.72) - 2005 * ''Horizon 1 - Premieres 2007'' - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO Live RCO 08003) - 2008 ** contains Theo Verbey's "LIED" for trombone and orchestra * ''Mythic Themes for Symphonic Windorchestra'' (World Wind MusicWWM 500.152) - 2008 * ''Haydn: Concertos for Horn'' - Jasper de Waal, horn (Channel Classics CCS SA 30210) - 2010 * ''Horizon 4'' - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO Live RCO 11001) - 2011 ** contains Luciano Berio's "''SOLO"'' for trombone and orchestra * ''Tintomara'' - Wim van Hasselt, trumpet (Channel Classics CCS SA 36315) - 2015 * ''Harald Genzmer: Concertos'' (Capriccio C5330) - 2017 * ''Horizon 8'' - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO Live) - 2018 ** contains James McMillan's Trombone Concerto

Ensemble recordings

* ''Collective'' - New Trombone Collective (Etcetera KTC 1354) - 2003 * ''Trombone'' - New Trombone Collective (Etcetera KTC 1284) - 2005 * ''Brass'' - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO Live RCO 07002) - 2007 * ''New'' - New Trombone Collective (Etcetera KTC 1353) - 2007 * ''Niels Marthinsen: Snapshot Symphony'' (DaCapo 8.226545) - 2011 * ''Brass Too'' - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO Live RCO 14010) - 2014 * ''Just for Fun'' - World Trombone Quartet with

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, and Stefan Schulz (arcantus arc 16004) - 2016 * ''Pitch Black'' - Brass United (Channel Classics CCS SA 38717) - 2017 *

References

External links

Jörgen van Rijen - official site

New Trombone Collective

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rijen, Jorgen van 1975 births Living people Dutch classical trombonists Players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra People from Dordrecht 21st-century classical trombonists Codarts University for the Arts alumni