Van Dijk Gijs (1954)
Netherlands
Guitarist and composer, was born in Delft.
English
Composer and guitarist, born in Delft (Province Southern Holland). He studied classical guitar with Ries de Hilster and Lydia Kennedy as well as theory with Tristan Keuris at the Muziek Pedagogische Akademie in Hilversum.
Afterwards he studied theory and composition with Tristan Keuris and jazz guitar with Wim Overgauw. From 1984 he studied composition with Tristan Keuris at Utrechts Conservatorium (graduated 1991).
During his studies at the Conservatory he was house composer of the Ricciotti Ensemble. As an improvising musician, in the eighties Van Dijk was a striking improvising bass guitarist on the Dutch and international jazz stages, including in the Noodband with Greetje Bijma and in various ensembles with, among others, Arend Nijenhuis, Paul Termos, Han Bennink and Hans Hasebos. In the nineties he played, among other things, with the singers Hester Bovenhuis and Cas de Marez. As a jazz and improvising guitarist, Van Dijk regularly performs with the Broken String Trio and the Impro Quartet. In addition, he is a music teacher at the IVKO school, an Amsterdam secondary school with a particularly extensive art range.
Many of his compositions came about with an assignment from the Fund for Creative Art. Van Dijk composed for the Amsterdam Saxophone Orchestra and the Orchester the Saxophones Portugesa, both directed by Henk van Twillert, and for Contraband, the orchestra of trombonist Willem van Manen. His works are played on many Dutch stages and various venues in England, Portugal, Hungary, France, USA and Cuba, including pianist Ivo Janssen and oboist Pauline Oostenrijk, the Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet, the Aurelia Quartet, the guitar duo Lydia Kennedy and Frans van Gurp, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the baritone saxophonist Henk van Twillert, the electro-flutist Jos Zwaanenburg and bass clarinetist Harry Sparnaay. He also collaborated on the reconstruction of the scores of Nedly Elstak and on the creation of the score of the 11th Symphony of Glenn Branca. During the performance of this work by the Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gijs van Dijk played along on the harmonica guitar designed by Branca. At the moment he is working on a chamber opera for the Choir New Music with soloists and instrumental ensemble.
(Rainer Stelle)
Afterwards he studied theory and composition with Tristan Keuris and jazz guitar with Wim Overgauw. From 1984 he studied composition with Tristan Keuris at Utrechts Conservatorium (graduated 1991).
During his studies at the Conservatory he was house composer of the Ricciotti Ensemble. As an improvising musician, in the eighties Van Dijk was a striking improvising bass guitarist on the Dutch and international jazz stages, including in the Noodband with Greetje Bijma and in various ensembles with, among others, Arend Nijenhuis, Paul Termos, Han Bennink and Hans Hasebos. In the nineties he played, among other things, with the singers Hester Bovenhuis and Cas de Marez. As a jazz and improvising guitarist, Van Dijk regularly performs with the Broken String Trio and the Impro Quartet. In addition, he is a music teacher at the IVKO school, an Amsterdam secondary school with a particularly extensive art range.
Many of his compositions came about with an assignment from the Fund for Creative Art. Van Dijk composed for the Amsterdam Saxophone Orchestra and the Orchester the Saxophones Portugesa, both directed by Henk van Twillert, and for Contraband, the orchestra of trombonist Willem van Manen. His works are played on many Dutch stages and various venues in England, Portugal, Hungary, France, USA and Cuba, including pianist Ivo Janssen and oboist Pauline Oostenrijk, the Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet, the Aurelia Quartet, the guitar duo Lydia Kennedy and Frans van Gurp, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the baritone saxophonist Henk van Twillert, the electro-flutist Jos Zwaanenburg and bass clarinetist Harry Sparnaay. He also collaborated on the reconstruction of the scores of Nedly Elstak and on the creation of the score of the 11th Symphony of Glenn Branca. During the performance of this work by the Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gijs van Dijk played along on the harmonica guitar designed by Branca. At the moment he is working on a chamber opera for the Choir New Music with soloists and instrumental ensemble.
(Rainer Stelle)
Composizioni (2)
| Titolo | Editore | Strumentazione | Anno |
|---|---|---|---|
| RENDERING 30 |32'30| | DONEMUS | ||
| RENDERING 7 | non pubblicata | vl, guit, pno |