Ronny Buurink was born December 3rd, 1965
in Enschede. Already at a young age he was interested to learn to play an
instrument, not in the last place because his parents used to stimulate his
musical development.
The clarinet was his instrument of choice and it still
is. At the age of nineteen he started the study clarinet at the Conservatory in
Enschede. A year later was started with a study Wind orchestra and fanfare at
Jan van Ossenbruggen, Gerrit Buitenhuis and Harry Janssen as well to be proficient
as a conductor. The clarinet study was continued after a short break at the
Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. He studied at Piet Honingh, solo
clarinettist at the Royal Concert building Orchestra. In 1994, the study HaFaBra-conducting,
first phase, was finished with a good result. Ronny gained plenty of conducting
experience in different orchestras in Twente.
In 2001, Ronny continued his study HaFaBra-conducting
at the Messiaen Academy in Enschede. In 2004 he finished the second phase well
at Hennie Ramaekers supervision.
Since 1993, Ronny conducts the Student Wind Orchestra
Twente, so this is already 25 years. He has conducted a lot of concerts and he
has been on a lot of concert trips to foreign countries. He got fantastic
results at multiple contests and festivals in the Netherlands and foreign
counties. Next to this orchestra, he is also a conductor at Euregio Brassband in
Borne.