”The wonderful eagerness with which Nijland explores the possibilities of his instrument is contagious and leaves you wanting more.”

Dion teaches double bass at the Jazz & Pop department of the ArtEZ Conservatory in Arnhem.

news

• DEON‘s album SOFT STEEL released October 6th 2023 on all streaming platforms.
• Concerts DEON from October 2023 on. First REVIEWS!
• HOT’s 3rd album (containing contemporary arrangments of song variations of Sweelinck) will be released in October 2023 during the Festival Orgel Anders
• Dion’s composers grant application was awarded by FPK, he has been writing for DEON and a string trio
• Dion’s solo-cd I PLAY ME has been reviewed in De Volkskrant, Trouw, Jazzism, Jazznu and more. A highlight quote session can be witnessed here.

upcoming concerts

• October 8, HOT – New Jazz from the 17th century, release cd, Paduakerk, Nijmegen, 15.00
• October 13 & 14, HOT Festival ORGEL ANDERS, Nicolaikerk, Utrecht, 20.00
• October 20, Beatrice van der Poel zingt Brel, Nijverdal
• October 22, Beatrice van der Poel zingt Brel, Haarlem
• October 27, DEON – Soft Steel, De Tor, Enschede, 21.00
• November 3, Monique de Adelhart Toorop goes NUTS, Janssstraat 33, Haarlem, 20.00
• November 4, Monique de Adelhart Toorop goes NUTS, Zaal 100, Amsterdam, 20.15
• November 9, DEON – Soft Steel, Brebl, Nijmegen, 20.30
• November 17, DEON – Soft Steel, U Jazz/TivoliVredenburg (lokatie DUMS), Utrecht, 20.00
• December 21, Beatrice van der Poel zingt Brel, Almelo
• December 28, DEON – Soft Steel, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, 20.30

2024

• • January 3, Frans Vermeerssen Trio – The Trail, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, 20.30