Oscar Ignatius Joannes van Dillen (born 25 June 1958 in

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) is a Dutch composer, conductor, and instrumentalist.

Education

Van Dillen studied North-Indian classical music (

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, vocal) with Jamaluddin Bhartiya at the Tritantri School in

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and bansuri with Gurbachan Singh Sachdev at the Bansuri School of Music in

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from 1977 to 1980, as well as classical and

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flute at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam between 1982 and 1984. Here, he also received

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lessons from

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. After studies of

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and Renaissance music with

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in Leuven (

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), he studied classical composition with, among others, Dick Raaymakers and Gilius van Bergeijk at the Koninklijk Conservatory in

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in 1990/1991 and with Klaas de Vries, Peter-Jan Wagemans and René Uijlenhoet at the Rotterdam Conservatory from 1996 to 2002. He also studied composition with Manfred Trojahn at the Robert Schumann College in

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in 2001, where he also received lessons in conducting from Lutz Herbig. Wcn2006-116

Employment and affiliation

Van Dillen teaches World music composition as well as music theory in the jazz, pop and world music department at the Conservatory of Rotterdam. He lives in the same city. He is a member of Componisten 96, a closely restricted association for the promotion of composing in the Netherlands. He was the first chairperson of the Dutch chapter of the

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and among its founders. From December 2006 to July 2007 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the

. He is also the vice president of The Netherlands - Turkey Friendship Foundation. He is a founding member of the Rotterdam School of composers.

Works and projects

On 22 February 2008 his work ''Paradox – Music for a Sculpture'' was performed at the Boymans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam. On 21 November 2008 his *''2 Cameras @ Sea'' (2008) premiered at

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, Amsterdam during SHIFT, the Canadian and Dutch Arts Festival. Van Dillen composed the music for the Canadian ensemble "Continuum Contemporary Music". In April 2009 Continuum Contemporary Music of Toronto premiered ''2 Cameras @ Sea'', a collaboration between Oscar van Dillen and Canadian filmmaker Clive Holden, commissioned by the

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. The performance took place at the

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in Toronto, and was repeated in Amsterdam. Also in 2009, Original Winds from Breda performed his ballet music in an extended series of music and dance performances in Rotterdam. Van Dillen wrote ''Objet Privé'', for solo cello, and ''Forecast'', for violin, cello and bayan for cellist John Addison who also has one of the string quartets on his repertoire list. Doelenkwartet premiered both of his string quartets and continue to play them regularly.

Compositions

*''Saxophone Quartet No. 1'' (1996) *'' Conga'' for one percussionist (1996) *''

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Sanguinica'' for Baroque guitar (1996) *''Zwaar is Mooi'' for

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(1997) *''Ignatia'' for clarinet solo (1998) *''Tarentula'' for

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duo (1998) *''Tijd Speelt Geen Rol'' for ensemble (1998) *''Summa Scientia'' for female

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(1999) *''String Quartet No. 1'' (1999) *''Objet Privé (das Ding an mich)'' for

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solo (1999) *''Le Panache'' for piano (2000) *''Méditation'' for piano (2000) *''Labyrinth'' for three moving

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players (2001) *''de Beweging'' for large orchestra (2001) *''Memos for a New Millennium'' for

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with Player (2002) *''Roter Damm Verwandelt'' for solo

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, ensemble and

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(2002) *''de Stad'' for ensemble (2003) *''mm³'' for

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(2004) *''Forecast'' for violin, violoncello and bayan (2004) *''String Quartet 2 (2007) *''Paradox'', Music for a sculpture (2008) *''2 Cameras @ Sea'' (2008), a project with Canadian filmmaker Clive Holden and part of the Utopia Suite.

Recordings

* Van Dillen's first CD, ''de Stad'' (the City), performed by the Ensemble Gelber Klang, was released on

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(2003) SACD 361.301. * His work for three toy pianos ''mm³'' is included on Bernd Wiesemann's CD ''Das Untemperierte Klavier: Neue Kompositionen für Kinderklavier'', Cybele SACD 160.501. * The DoelenKwartet has recorded Van Dillen's String Quartet No. 1,

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KTC 1339. *''10 Jahre Cybele Records - Klassik Der Zukunft'' (2004) Musik-Sammler
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References

External links

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Original Winds website
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