Diederik van Dijk is a Dutch-Canadian cellist with a broad range of musical activities and interests who is equally at home on the Baroque and the modern cello. With a practice spanning four centuries of music history and crossing over into various genres, he divides his time mostly between chamber music and orchestral playing. His musical adventures have taken him from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw to outdoor stages in Newfoundland; from performing internationally at major Early Music festivals to recording in Abbey Road Studios.
Diederik studied cello with Ian Hampton, Eric Wilson, and Marc Destrubé, and Baroque cello with Viola de Hoog, acquiring in the process a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Historical Instruments from the Utrecht Conservatory. He is a core member of Combattimento and Trio da Fusignano and for years also of the Van Swieten Society, and inter-arts ensemble Dark by Five. Frequently engaged as principal cellist with the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, in recent years Diederik has also performed with the Orchestra of the 18th Century, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, the Metropole Orkest, Insomnio, and in the productions of Holland Opera. Every day he is grateful to be able to share the joys of music making with his colleagues, his students and audiences alike.
