Oscar van Dillen

Oscar van Dillen, born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) in 1958, studied North-Indian classical music (sitar, tabla, vocal) with Jamaluddin Bhartiya at the Tritantri School in Amsterdam and 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, he studied composition with, among others, Dick Raaymakers and Gilius van Bergeijk at the Koninklijk Conservatory in The Hague in 1990/91 and with Klaas de Vries, Peter-Jan Wagemans and René Uijlenhoet at the Rotterdam Conservatory from 1996 to 2002. In addition, he studied composition with Manfred Trojahn at the Robert Schumann College in Düsseldorf in 2001 where he also received lessons in conducting from Lutz Herbig. Oscar van Dillen lives in Rotterdam and teaches classical music theory in the jazz, pop and world music departments at the Conservatory there.

Selection of Works:

• 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 (1998)
• Tarentula for recorder duos (1998)
• Tijd Speelt Geen Rol for ensemble (1998)
• Summa Scientia for female choir (1999)
• String Quartet No. 1 (1999)
• Objet Privé (das Ding an mich) for violoncello (1999)
• Le Panache for piano (2000)
• Méditation 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

September 2003 "de Stad" is released on Super Audio CD with Cybele Records.