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Past Events
Van Laar Tour USA
Hub van Laar and Benjamin Strickland Excited to announce that post 2018 International Trumpet Guild Conference in San Antonio, East Coast Trumpets and Hub van Laar are touring the music cities of the south. These cities include New Orleans June 3rd, Memphis June 5th, and Nashville June 6th! Here is your chance to meet the craftsman behind making the best Trumpets & Flugelhorns in the world. This is a rare opportunity for you to work with this genius trumpet maker and discuss his craft and … Read more » about Van Laar Tour USA
Impressions Exhibition and Masterclass Gijón
On 11 May 2018, a special event took place in Gijón, Spain when trumpeters and flugelhornists were invited to test Van Laar instruments and participate in a master class given by Chris Kase, a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and teacher from the USA who lives in Madrid. The exhibition of Van Laar instruments was impressive, and the master class was very much appreciated by the participating musicians. We should like to thank all those who visited the exhibition and for their interest in … Read more » about Impressions Exhibition and Masterclass Gijón
ITG 2018 | From the Heart of Texas
Please mark your calendar for the 43rd annual conference of the International Trumpet Guild to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel San Antonio - Riverwalk, Texas. You can visit us and try our instruments in the Nueces space. Together with Benjamin Strickland from East Coast Trumpets, we will be present for a Meet & Greet and to answer your questions. We should like to inform you that three of our Bb trumpets have been updated: the B2, B4 and the Chuck Findley model. We are also proud to … Read more » about ITG 2018 | From the Heart of Texas
Impressions Van Laar Week Finland
Hub van Laar and Heidrun Joechner are now back from their visit to Finland where their Finnish dealer Soitin Laine had organised an exhibition of Van Laar instruments during two important events. The first took place during the Turku Jazz Festival 2018 from 08 – 11 March where various Van Laar artists performed, including Jukka Eskola, Ilkka Arola and Verneri Pohjola The second exhibition took place during the National Wind Musicians Conference in Helsinki from 12 – 18 March. It was very cold … Read more » about Impressions Van Laar Week Finland
A Day around the Trumpet | Malmedy
On 03 March 2018, masterclasses will take place in the Salle du Vivier of the Malmundarium, a former Benedictine monastery that is dedicated to the arts. The Malmundarium is to be found in the Place du Châtelet 9, 4960 Malmedy, Belgium. The masterclasses take place from 10 a.m. – 12 a.m. and 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. The classes are open to the public and free of charge for passive participants. They will be given by Tobias Füller, Professor of Music at the Conservatories in Düsseldorf and Lübeck. At 7 … Read more » about A Day around the Trumpet | Malmedy
Ack van Rooyen receives the Perpetual Applause Award 2017
Ack van Rooyen | Picture by Mark Kohn A very special ceremony took place at 2 p.m. on Sunday 26 November 2017 in De Kleine Komedie (Little Comedy) Theatre in Amsterdam, when the Dutch trumpeter Ack van Rooyen was honoured with the Blijvend Applaus Prijs (Perpetual Applause Award) in the category “Music”. The prize, a bronze figure sculptured by Iris Le Rütte and cheque amounting to € 5000 was awarded on the recommendation of the jury members Mijke Loven, Bert Vuijsje and Ditmer Weetman. In … Read more » about Ack van Rooyen receives the Perpetual Applause Award 2017
Van Laar Exhibition at Van der Glas
We nodigen u van harte uit voor onze tentoonstelling bij Van der Glas op zaterdag 4 november aanstaande. Er zijn diverse modellen trompetten en bugels beschikbaar om te testen, waaronder verschillende OIRAM modellen, enkele nieuwe B9 trompetten en de prototypes van de OIRAM VII trompet en de Van Laar cornet! Hub van Laar is persoonlijk aanwezig voor een "Meet and Greet". Zaterdag 4 november 2017 11:00 - 16:00 Tentoonstelling 13:30 - 15:30 Masterclass met Frank van der Poel … Read more » about Van Laar Exhibition at Van der Glas
The Phonemophonic Alphabet
From left to right: Sam Jones, Carol Szymanski, Ben Neill and Peter Zummo showing the four Phonemophones made by Van Laar: J, P, d and Q From October 6 to October 13, popular conceptual artist Carol Szymanski’s The Phonemophonic Alphabet Brass Band installation will make its world premiere, offering thought-provoking representations of how language can manifest itself in different forms. Using 26 functional, natural brass horn sculptures, Szymanski crafts her own three-dimensional font that … Read more » about The Phonemophonic Alphabet
Japan Tour 2017
We would like to express our thanks to all who visited us, and particularly to Sanada & Co and Joy Brass, for their collaboration and organization. From 16 - 20 September 2017, Van Laar instruments will be on exhibition in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan. Both new models and well-known favourites from our range of flugelhorns and Bb and C trumpets will be on show and available for testing. The exhibitions have been organized by … Read more » about Japan Tour 2017