We have known Professor Adrian van Dongen for about five years. A fellow pianist, who also brought his daughter, recommended him to us.
We, father and mother, are also musicians. At that time, when we took our son, we were moved that perhaps this teacher would be able to strengthen him and help him abandon the thought of giving up the cello. It was with patience and wisdom that he succeeded.
Joan always comes out of his classes serene and this attracts our attention because he is a very, very active kid, rider, who needs the strong experiences of the bike…
We started to know also his videos. We found him to be an eternal searcher of the beautiful sound. He knows deeply the technique but he doesn’t stay there and makes love the music. He serves the music. He starts from a great human quality, he is humble and at the same time he transmits a great security to the student because he looks for the most natural way to the anatomy, without forcing, achieving the maximum sound that each moment requires.
We like his warm and very respectful treatment. He is a teacher of the old times, vocational, who is dedicated body and soul.
He has accompanied us, outside of his class, to choose bows, change instruments… traveling for that purpose.
He is rigorous with the small details, that if it would be better to change this string… that if the soul could change its placement… that to correct that thumb he would look for a rubber with a specific shape… Each lesson is a trickle of wisdom.
Adrian is a musician full of light and this is transmitted in his way of speaking, using a language that always seeks the best, kindness and exquisiteness with much respect.
As parents, we have always wanted to give a humanistic and integral formation (music, sports, nature, morals, Christian faith…) We believe with joy that Adrian can also transmit these values apart from the musical ones being a reference and we trust that he will be one of the fundamental people in his life. We know he is in good hands. Thank you.
Francisca Ortí Viñes & Chang Rok Moon, June 30, 2020