The Avedis Zildjian Company hosted their first official Zildjian Artist Gathering in the Netherlands on November 10, 2009. An incredible turn-out of Zildjian Artists from all over Belgium and Holland assembled in Tilburg in the south of Holland.
\"It was wonderful to see such an amazing turn-out of Artists at our first official Artist Gathering in the Netherlands. Thank you to everyone who made the journey to join us and to those who rescheduled studio and live work to be at the event. The feedback on new cymbals has been great, with many Artists already wishing to incorporate these new sounds into their set-ups.\"
Zildjian Artists in attendance were: Cesar Zuiderwijk, Jeroen De Rijk, Hans Eijkenaar, Patrick Dorcean, Joost Kroon, Cyril Directie, Danny Sahupala, Berni Bovens, Marcel Serierse, Arie Den Boer, Pim Koopman, Marco Toro, Sietse Huisman, Eelco De Boer, Maarten Molema, Roy Moonen, Jimmy Nieuwenhuizen, Wouter Rentema, Karel De Backer, Gerrit De Kock, Laurent Mercier, Coen Lieckens, Isolde Lasoen, Matthias Standaert, Steve Van Havere, Wouter Van Turnhout, Marc Bonne, Tim Moens, Reinert D\'Haene, Hans Van den Hurk, Maarten Hemmen, Pierre Courbois together with Bertus Borger (Director of Rockacademie) and Jan van Drunen (Rockacademie).
