Videos
In 2013, René Seghers interviewed Jan van Dijk in his home in Tilburg, for the 401DUtchOperas.com project. Jan Van Dijk composed 4 operas, De Vliegende Hollander (1953), Dat was Waarheid (1967), Protesilaos en Laodmia (1968) and music bij Brechts Die Gesichte der Simone Machard (1968). His "main" operas however were never completed: the cannibal opera 'A modest proposal' after Jonathan Swift, which had the interest of Wieland Wagner, De kapiteinsdochter (on a libretto by Theun de Vries after Pushkin), The Casc after Poe and Prikkebeen (on a libretto by Godfried Bomans). Van Dijk discusses his operatic endeavours and explains why he didn't finish his major opera projects. He also explains his position in both the musical and the real world as an outsider.
In conversation with Jan van Dijk (2009)
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War experiences (2009)
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Choir Festival - Briefness (1988)
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Van Dijk plays his Sonatina No. 4
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