Jan van Vlijmen

Jan van Vlijmen (Rotterdam, 11 oktober 1935 - Réveillon (France), 24 december 2004) was a Dutch composer. He studied the piano, the organ, and, with Kees van Baaren, composition at the Utrecht Conservatory. He was then director of the Amersfoort Music School (1961–1965) and lecturer in theory at the Utrecht Conservatory (1965–1967). In 1967 he became deputy director of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, succeeding van Baaren as director three years later, a position he held until 1985; he also continued to teach composition.