C.V. Maarten

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Maarten van der Valk is a professional allround musician. As a timpanist, percussionist and drummer he has been active in both the Dutch and the international music scene for over thirty years now. Apart from the Netherlands he performs throughout many other countries in the world, such as Russia, Spain, Germany, Switserland, Austria, Italy, Brasil and Japan.

His main band is the ‘Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century’, founded and conducted by Frans Brüggen. As a timpanist with this orchestra Maarten has been performing at all major Dutch and international concert halls since 1984. So far they have recorded over 65 cd’s.

Other ensembles with which Maarten performs regularly are the‘Balthasar Neumann Ensemble’ from Freiburg under Thomas Hengelbrock, the ‘Bach Collegium Japan’ under Masaaki Suzuki and the ‘Freiburger Barockorchester’ under various conductors, such as René Jacobs.

His solo cd “Touch” has been out since 1999.

For more information click on page Discography under button on top of this page.

As a freelancer you will also find Maarten often performing with the ‘Combattimento Consort Amsterdam’ under Jan Willem de Vriend.

In November 2001 they released a Hybrid Multichannel CD called ‘Exceptional Masterpieces’, on which Maarten contributes as a soloist (piece with five timps!) as well as a recording producer.

See page Discography under button on top of this page.

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Last season Maarten appeared at the ‘International Chambermusic Festival Schiermonnikoog’ for the second time.

For pictures and information about the festival click on ‘More info’.