He is a clarinetist born in The Hague in The Netherlands who took his studies in music at both the Royal and Sweelinck Conservatories and graduated in 2003.
In his professional career he has performed as a member of the Conservatory Orchestra of Amsterdam, the National Youth Orchestra, the Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra. The Netherlands Radio Symphony and Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic and other philharmonic Orchestras.
He participated in The International Holland Music Sessions in 2003 and in the late 2000s he performed as a stand-in for Jos Roeden with Trio Mutano. The concerts met with such success that they decided to keep him on as a member of the trio.
He has appeared as a performer in the world premiere of Svadebka! which was put together by Peppie Wiersma. It includes Theo Verbey’s finalisation of Igor Stravinsky’s Les Noces written in 1919 and Louis Andriessen’s arrangement of Scherzo a la Russe.
In the recording studio he has played as a soloist on the 2009 recording Karl Amadeus Hartmann Und Das Streichquartett with the Doelenkwartet.
Sources:
- http://www.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl/mco_page/evenvoorstellen/18265/Arjan%20Woudenberg
- http://www.nl-rso.org/index1.html
- http://www.mutano.nl/home-e.htm
- http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8027156&style=classical
- http://www.harmoniumnet.nl/stravinsky-ENG.html
- http://www.svadebka.nl/English/organisation.html
- http://www.basdejong.com/clarinettists.php/en
- http://www.hollandmusicsessions.com/history2003/05who_played03.html