Antonius Philippus René Laanen (born 23 January 1952) is a Dutch bass trombonist. He is an artist/clinician for Michael Rath Trombones. His personal instrument is
Rath R9
with Rotax valves. Born in

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, Laanen's father

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was a solo-trumpet player at the Hague Philharmonic Orchestra and teacher at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. After training in the Royal Conservatory, he worked in the 1960s and early 1970s as a freelance trombonist in

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and his home country. In 1972 he founded the Hague Trombone Quartet with Arthur Moore and the brothers

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and Erik van Lier. In 1980 he played with the Pretoria Symphony Orchestra in

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. In the 1990s he worked as a music

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for the famous

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. He also runs a web site "Trombone Page of the world".

References

External links

René Laanen's web site

René Laanen's Trombone Page of the world

René Laanen's Jazz Masters

1952 births 20th-century classical trombonists 21st-century classical trombonists Dutch classical trombonists Living people Musicians from The Hague Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni {{trombonist-stub