Musicians

trumpet P. Masseurs F. Damrow H. Alting B. Langenkamp

horn J. Slagter J. de Waal F. Verspaandonk J. v.d. Vliet S. St. Onge

trombone J. van Rijen I. Meylemans N. Schippers B. Claessens R. Munnecom

tuba P. Hoogendijk

Jörgen van Rijen Jörgen van Rijen was born on February 20th 1975 and began playing the trombone at the age of 8. From 1991 he studied with George Wiegel at the Rotterdam Conservatory where he completed his master's degree with the highest possible mark, 10 summa cum laude.

He also studied for three months with Michel Becquet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon, and followed lessons and master-classes with several teachers, such as Joseph Alessi, Jay Friedman, Christian Lindberg, Bart van Lier and the Paris trombonequartet. Since 1997 Jörgen has been principal trombonist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Before that he held the same position with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Along with his commitments with the RCO he also teaches trombone at the Rotterdam Conservatory. He won several prizes and competitions including: First prize at the international trombone competition in Toulon, France in 2001. First prize at the international trombone competition in Guebwiller, France 1999. First prize at the National Soloist Contest for young musictalents. Winner of the Holliday-Inn/ClassicFM competition 1997. Laureate of the international brass competition of Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. In March 2001, Jörgen made his solo debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the trombone concerto by Henri Tomasi. He has performed as a soloist with several other orchestras and ensembles, such as the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, The Netherlands Fanfare Orchestra, New Sinfonietta Amsterdam and the windband of the Royal Dutch Marine. Besides this he has performed recitals in prestigious festivals such as The Festival Radio France in Montpellier, the Lieksa Brassweek in Finland and the Musical Olympus Festival in St. Petersburg. He has given master-classes in New York, Toronto, Tokyo, Helsinki, Lisbon, Valencia and Amsterdam.