Oscar Ignatius Joannes van Dillen
(born 25 June 1958 in
's-Hertogenbosch
) is a Dutch composer, conductor, and instrumentalist.
Education
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Van Dillen studied
North-Indian classical music
(
sitar
,
tabla
,
vocal
) with Jamaluddin Bhartiya at the Tritantri School in
Amsterdam
and
bansuri
with
Gurbachan Singh Sachdev
at the Bansuri School of Music in
Berkeley, California
from 1977 to 1980, as well as classical and
jazz
flute
at the
Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam
between 1982 and 1984. Here, he also received
composition
lessons from
Misha Mengelberg
.
After studies of
medieval
and
Renaissance music
with
Paul Van Nevel
in
Leuven
(
Belgium
), he studied classical composition with, among others, Dick Raaymakers and Gilius van Bergeijk at the Koninklijk Conservatory in
The Hague
in 1990/1991 and with
Klaas de Vries
, Peter-Jan Wagemans and Rene Uijlenhoet at the Rotterdam Conservatory from 1996 to 2002. He also studied composition with Manfred Trojahn at the Robert Schumann College in
Dusseldorf
in 2001, where he also received lessons in conducting from Lutz Herbig.
Employment and affiliation
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Van Dillen teaches
World music
composition as well as
music theory
in the jazz,
pop
and world music department at the
Conservatory
of Rotterdam.
[1]
[2]
[3]
He lives in the same city.
He is a member of Componisten 96, a closely restricted
[4]
association for the promotion of composing in the Netherlands.
[5]
He was the first chairperson of the Dutch chapter of the
Wikimedia Foundation
and among its founders.
[3]
[6]
From December 2006 to July 2007 he was a member of the
Board of Trustees
of the
Wikimedia Foundation
.
[3]
[7]
[8]
He is also the vice president of The Netherlands - Turkey Friendship Foundation.
He is a founding member of the
Rotterdam School
of composers.
[9]
Works and projects
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On 22 February 2008 his work
Paradox ? Music for a Sculpture
was performed at the
Boymans Van Beuningen Museum
in Rotterdam.
[10]
On 21 November 2008 his *
2 Cameras @ Sea
(2008) premiered at
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
, 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
Canada Council for the Arts
.
[11]
The performance took place at the
Images Festival
in Toronto, and was repeated in Amsterdam.
[12]
[13]
[14]
Also in 2009, Original Winds from
Breda
performed his ballet music in an extended series of music and dance performances in Rotterdam.
[15]
Van Dillen wrote
Objet Prive
, 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.
[16]
Doelenkwartet premiered both of his string quartets and continue to play them regularly.
[17]
Compositions
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- Saxophone Quartet No. 1
(1996)
- Conga
for one percussionist (1996)
- Toccata
Sanguinica
for Baroque guitar (1996)
- Zwaar is Mooi
for
ensemble
(1997)
- Ignatia
for
clarinet
solo (1998)
- Tarentula
for
recorder
duo (1998)
- Tijd Speelt Geen Rol
for ensemble (1998)
- Summa Scientia
for female
choir
(1999)
- String Quartet No. 1
(1999)
- Objet Prive (das Ding an mich)
for
violoncello
solo (1999)
- Le Panache
for piano (2000)
- Meditation
for piano (2000)
- Labyrinth
for three moving
trombone
players (2001)
- de Beweging
for large orchestra (2001)
- Memos for a New Millennium
for
Disklavier
with Player (2002)
- Roter Damm Verwandelt
for solo
rapper
, ensemble and
soundscape
(2002)
- de Stad
for ensemble (2003)
- mm³
for
Toy piano
(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
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- Van Dillen's first CD,
de Stad
(the City), performed by the Ensemble Gelber Klang, was released on
Super Audio CD
by
Cybele Records
(2003) SACD 361.301.
[18]
[19]
[20]
[21]
- His work for three toy pianos
mm
3
is included on
Bernd Wiesemann
's CD
Das Untemperierte Klavier: Neue Kompositionen fur Kinderklavier
, Cybele SACD 160.501.
[22]
- The DoelenKwartet has recorded Van Dillen's String Quartet No. 1,
Etcetera Records
KTC 1339.
[23]
[24]
- 10 Jahre Cybele Records - Klassik Der Zukunft
(2004)
[25]
See also
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References
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- ^
"Turkish Music: Teachers"
.
Codarts: Rotterdam World Music Academy
. Archived from
the original
on July 24, 2011
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
- ^
"27 september 2009: Vredesfestival bij Laurenskerk"
(in Dutch). August 27, 2009. Archived from
the original
on September 8, 2009
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
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a
b
c
Kaya, Onder.
"Oscar van Dillen: 'Voor persoonlijke ontwikkeling is kennis de essentiele factor'
"
.
Zaman Hollanda
. Archived from
the original
on July 24, 2011
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
Als professioneel componist doceert hij wereldmuziekcompositie en muziektheorie aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium. Daar geef[t hij] les in
Indiase muziek
,
Latin-muziek
en in het bijzonder
Turkse muziek
. Daarnaast is hij een van de oprichters van Wikimedia in Nederland, de non-profitorganisatie die vooral bekend is van de internetencyclopedie Wikipedia. Sinds eind 2006 is hij bestuurslid van de internationale
Wikimedia Foundation
, de overkoepelende organisatie die de diverse Wiki-projecten faciliteert.
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"Membership"
.
Componisten 96 website
. Archived from
the original
on July 24, 2011
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
- ^
"Members"
.
componisten96.nl
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
- ^
Klaver, Marie-Jose (August 5, 2008).
"Kleurensysteem moet Wikipedia integer maken; Donkeroranje betekent onbetrouwbaar"
.
NRC Handelsblad
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
Oscar van Dillen, voorzitter van de Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland, is enthousiast over WikiTrust. 'Ik juich de toepassing van WikiTrust toe omdat het programma de inhoud van Wikipedia makkelijker te controleren maakt', aldus Van Dillen, die werkzaam is als componist en docent aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium.
- ^
"Board of Trustees"
.
Wikimedia Foundation
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
- ^
"Nederlanders in bestuur Wikipedia"
.
NOS Nieuws
. December 9, 2006. Archived from
the original
on November 27, 2010
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
De Nederlanders Oscar van Dillen en Jan-Bart de Vreede treden toe tot het zevenkoppige internationale bestuur van de gratis internetencyclopedie Wikipedia. [...] Ook hoopt Van Dillen, componist en docent aan het Rotterdamse conservatorium, dat zijn nieuwe status als bestuurslid van Wikimedia hem een ingang bezorgt bij het ministerie van Onderwijs.
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Top, Edward (August 2003).
"The Rotterdam School"
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
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"Premiere van een nieuw werk van Oscar van Dillen"
. February 22, 2008. Archived from
the original
on July 28, 2011
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
- ^
"Notes on Composing: 5 Collaborations in Film and Music reviewed by David Fujino"
. Showtime Magazine. April 15, 2009
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
- ^
"2 Cameras @ Sea"
.
Images Festival on Screen
. Archived from
the original
on September 24, 2015
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
- ^
"Notes on Composing: 5 collaborations in film and music"
.
Continuum Contemporary Music
. Archived from
the original
on November 5, 2009
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
- ^
"ACSN News archive 2008 ? SHIFT Festival Amsterdam-Toronto"
. November 14, 2008. Archived from
the original
on July 24, 2011
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
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Jongeneelen, Willem (April 9, 2009).
"Nieuwe wind vanuit Breda"
.
BN De Stem
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
Het spelen van de eigentijds klassieke stukken van componist Oscar van Dillen vergt andere kwaliteiten dan het improviseren. Balemans: 'Verwacht geen melodische stukken muziek. Wij voeden de dansers en spelen in dienst van hen. [...]'
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Addison, John.
"Contemporary"
.
John Addison website
. Retrieved
February 14,
2010
.
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"Repertoire"
.
DoelenKwartet website
. Archived from
the original
on December 8, 2009
. Retrieved
February 14,
2010
.
- ^
Gibbs, Tom (2004).
"Oscar van Dillen: De Stad (review)"
.
Audiophile Audition
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
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Vitalis, Christian (October 23, 2009).
"Eine Sinfonie der modernen Großstadt"
.
klassik.com
. Retrieved
February 12,
2010
.
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Lutz, Leslie (2004). "Thema: Oscar van Dillen: De Stad Fur Ensemble / Stadsgeschiedenis".
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik
.
165
(2): 27.
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Dibelius, Ulrich (May 2008). "Komponisten im Sog des Globalen".
Musiktexte.de
(in German).
117
.
- ^
Gibbs, Tom (2004).
"The Not So Well-Tempered Klavier ? New Compositions for Toy Piano ? Bernd Wiesemann, Toy Piano (review)"
.
Audiophile Audition
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
- ^
"Rotterdam String Quartets"
.
Etcetera Records
. Archived from
the original
on July 10, 2011
. Retrieved
February 9,
2010
.
- ^
Tannebaum, Lutz (August 2008). "Collections: 'Rotterdam Quartets'
".
American Record Guide
.
71
(4): 211.
ISSN
0003-0716
.
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