cellist
In delving into the crossover of classical and pop, Roeland has encountered musicians from around the world, a contact that has sparked a keen interest in seeking out and linking together the sounds of different cultures.
Roeland Duijne
Dutch cellist Roeland Duijne began to play the cello at the age of nine. He studied in Holland with Tibor de Machula and Anner Bijlsma, at the Paris Conservatory (Premier Prix) with Maurice Gendron and at the Indiana University (Artist Diploma) with Janos Starker.
He made his official debut in 1984 as soloist playing the Elgar Cello Concerto during a nationwide tour of Holland with the National University Orchestra. This was followed by numerous performances, many of which were televised, both at home and abroad. He performed with the Ensemble Intercontemporain under Pierre Boulez, and toured France as a member of the Quintette de Paris.
Roeland Duijne has also been principal cellist of several orchestras, including the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Limburg Symphony Orchestra and the Residentie Orchestra (The Hague). From 2006 till 2014 he was both principal cellist and part of the artistic team of the Magogo Chamber Orchestra. For the last three years Roeland has been a guest professor in Kuala Lumpur.
Several tours have taken him to the Far East; he has appeared as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Shanghai, Peking, Canton, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok, and with the pianist Rie Tanaka he has played recitals in Sapporo, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo.
In April 2000 he gave the world premiere of Johan de Meij’s cello concerto ‘Casanova’, which he has since played with leading symphonic wind orchestras worldwide. Recently he performed the world premiere of the symphonic version with the Durban Symphony Orchestra (South Africa).
Roeland has always had a great interest in jazz and pop music. He recorded Friedrich Gulda’s Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra with the German Jugendblasorchester Nordrhein-Westfalen after joining them on their recent American tour. His own band Mellow Cello explores the wealth of pop music uniquely written for this band.
He appears by courtesy of Universal Music B.V.
Roeland Duijne plays a Giuseppe Sgarbi cello made in 1853.