Lowell Dijkstra was born in 1952 in Exeter, Canada and at the age of 7 he and his family moved to the Netherlands.
Dijkstra studied guitar with Guido Topper at the Music Academy in Leeuwarden and received his diploma in 1979.
His composition studies date from 1981 at which time he worked with Willem Frederik Bon at the Groningen Conservatory. Following Bon's untimely death, Dijkstra pursued his study with Tristan Keuris in Utrecht and graduated in 1990, receiving the Prize for Composition.
Almost every work has been written by commission, most of them with financial support by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. (Fund for the Creating Art) Most of his output is published by Donemus-Amsterdam.
His music has been performed by :
The Dutch Ballet Orchestra (selected twice during the Project Young Composers in 1989 and 1992) • The Noord Nederlands Orchestra • The Noordholland Philharmonic • The Dutch Chamber Choir • Studium Chorale • The Dutch Student Chamber Choir • Jeugd Orkest Nederland • the VU-Chamber Orchestra,• Trio Ibert • baritone Maarten Koningsberger • soprano Irene Maessen • Le Quatuor de Mirmande • Tjeerd Top & Marieken Zandvliet • Duo Bilitis and various other chamber-music ensembles and choirs.
