There is a good argument for regarding the double bass as the foundation to many musical performances. At least to Rick Stotijn, who makes this point convincingly through his versatility. Be it as a soloist, a chamber musician, principal double bass player in various orchestras or as a member of innovative ensembles. In the upcoming seasons 2024.2025 and 2026 Rick will make his debut as a soloist with new and existing double bass concertos of Missy Mazzoli, Peter Eötvös, Gordon Jacob,Jesper Nordin, Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite arranged for solo violin, double bass and strings, Richard Dubugnon and a newly commissioned double concerto by Sally Beamish.
This with orchestras such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony, Dutch Collective, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Camerata Nordic and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra.
Rick was principal double bass in the Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Amsterdam Sinfonietta member of The Chamber Orchestra of Europe and is currently principal in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the prestigious Lucerne Festival Orchestra. As guest principal, Rick plays regularly in the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
In chamber music, he has worked with Janine Jansen, Christianne Stotijn, Liza Ferschtman, Julius Drake, Cecilia Bernardini, Vilde Frang, Julian Rachlin, Lawrence Power, Tabea Zimmermann, Malin Broman, Simon Crawford Philips, Johannes Rostamo Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff, Maximilian Hornung and many others. Rick is a regular guest at festivals such as the Lucerne Festival, Ljubljana Festival, Marvao festival, Ojai music festival, Delft Chamber Music Festival and the International Chamber Music Festival in Utrecht. Rick Stotijn is Professor Double Bass at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. He performs on a Giovanni Battista Rogeri double bass, generously loaned by the National Musical Instrument Foundation.
