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‘Trio Mutano’ is a new trio consisting of three young talented musicians who met while studying at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
In September 2004 they gave a number of very successful concerts in The Hague and surroundings. After receiving much acclaim from their audiences, Trio Mutano decided to expand their activities.
The name ‘Mutano’ comes from the Italian and means to change. With this, the musicians indicate the variable make-up in which they perform. This way, the audience can experience a varied and fascinating programme of their own choice. However, the guideline within the performances will always be making music as a trio.
Musicians
Arwen van der Burg, viola
Arwen van der Burg started taking violin lessons with Ariane Soldati in Zwolle. Next, she followed lessons with Coosje Wijzenbeek for several years, who encouraged her to (also) take up the viola. She studied the viola at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Marjolein Dispa and subsequently with Vladimir Mendelssohn at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
During her studies she followed several master classes with, amongst others, Thomas Riebl, Toby Hofmann, Ervin Schiffer and Diemut Poppen. She won prizes at the Interprovincial Music Competition and at the Competition organized by the Foundation Young Music Talent Holland. She has performed as a soloist with several orchestras, including the Ballade of Frank Martin and the Rhapsody-Concerto of Bohuslav Martinu.
Arwen has always been an enthusiastic chamber musician. She was a member of the Arco Quartet for five years, and with them toured the United Arab Emirates and won several competitions. Currently she is in Trio Klaxon with Karina Erhard and Gwyneth Wentink, and in Trio Mutano. She has also been a member of several orchestras, including The National Youth Orchestra, the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester and the European Union Youth Orchestra. Since May 2003 she has been a member of Holland Symfonia.
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Jos Roeden, clarinet
Jos Roeden started playing the clarinet at age 9 when he joined the local brass band. At present he is studying for his performer’s diploma clarinet and bass clarinet at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Sjef Douwes and Tom Sieuwerts. Previously, he studied the clarinet with Jan Cober and bass clarinet with Wolfgang Raumann at the Conservatory in Maastricht. In addition, he followed master classes with Karl Leister, Ralph Manno and Jozef Horak and took private lessons with Karl Leister.
As a (bass) clarinettist he was a member of Youth Orchestra Holland, the National Youth Orchestra and Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra successively, and with these orchestras toured Japan, Spain, France, the Czech Republic and Germany. As a soloist, together with Henri Bok, he performed “3 Esboços Brasileros”, a piece for two bass clarinets and brass band by Nelson Ayres, in Holland for the first time.
Jos is frequently asked to act as a substitute by the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Holland Symfonia, the Dutch Promenade Orchestra and the Royal Military Band. In addition to his studies at the Royal Conservatory, Jos is following the course “Art and Business, entrepreneuring within the arts” at the University of Leiden and working as a clarinet teacher.
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Lodewijk Crommelin, piano
Lodewijk Crommelin started playing the piano when he was six years old. During secondary school he simultaneously studied piano at the department for young music talent at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. After graduating from secondary school, he started a combined study of piano at the Royal Conservatory and musicology at the University of Utrecht. He completed his musicology study with a thesis on the etudes for piano by György Ligeti.
From 1993 until his graduation as a performing artist in 1999, he studied piano with the Russian pianist Naum Grubert. Lodewijk continued his studies in the United States of America with the renowned American pianist Abbey Simon at the University of Houston. For this he receives grants from the Foundation Fund for Stage Arts and the VSB-fund, as well as from Houston University. In Houston he followed lessons and master classes with Horacio Gutierrez and chamber music lessons with Timothy Hester. He took part in courses in Holland and abroad and followed master classes with Lazar Berman, Arnaldo Cohen, Ivan Moravec, Charles Rosen, György Sándor and others.
In The Hague in March 1998, Lodewijk made his debut with orchestra playing Mozart’s piano concerto KV 271; he was accompanied by the chamber orchestra Musica Ducis conducted by Alexandru Lascae. He has performed in various European countries and the United States, and participated in recordings for the national public radio broadcasting company in the US. In The Netherlands, he performed in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, De Doelen in Rotterdam and Muziekcentrum Frits Philips in Eindhoven.
In addition to his solo activities he plays chamber music and accompanies instrumentalists and singers. Lodewijk Crommelin works as an accompanist at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
Repertoire
Clarinet, viola and piano
H. Andriessen Adagio
M. Bruch Acht Stücke
R. Escher Trio for clarinet, viola and piano
G. Gershwin Selection from "Porgy and Bess"
G. Jacob Trio
G. Kurtag Hommage to Robert Schumann
W.A. Mozart Kegelstatt-Trio
K. Reinecke Trio
R. Schumann Märchenerzählungen
L. Smit Trio for clarinet, viola and piano
Clarinet and Viola
R. Clarke Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
G. Jacob Miniature Suite
Clarinet and piano
L. Bernstein Sonata
J. Brahms Sonatas op. 120, nº 1 and 2
E. Chausson Andante and Allegro
M. Glinka Sonatensatz (bass clarinet)
B. Martinu Sonatina
F. Poulenc Sonata
P. Reade Suite from "The Victorian Kitchen Garden"
R. Schumann Romanzen
Viola and piano
E. Bloch Suite Hebraïque
J. Brahms Sonatas op. 120, nº 1 and 2
B. Britten Lachrymae
G. Enesco Konzertstück
P. Hindemith Sonata op. 11 nº 4
P. Hindemith Sonata op. 25 nº 4
F. Schubert "Arpeggione" Sonata
R. Schumann Märchenbilder
H. Andriessen “Adagio”
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