Dominique Vleeshouwers (born in 1992) is a Dutch solo percussionist known professionally as DOMNIQ. He is the first percussionist to win the prestigious Dutch Music Prize and the winner of the first prize, as well as the press and the audience prize at the international TROMP Percussion Competition held in Eindhoven in 2014. He is known for his virtuosic percussion skills and out-of-the-box projects.

  • Winner of the Dutch Music Prize (2020)

  • Winner of the First, Press and Audience prizes of the International Percussion Competition TROMP (2014)

  • First musician winning the Dutch AHK Graduation Award (2013)

  • Soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Asko|Schönberg, South Netherlands Philharmonic, Tokyo Sinfonietta , Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM, Ural Philharmonic, Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Solo concerts in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico

  • Created A New Dawn with REDO for international tours

  • Created Visiting Beethoven for Tracks at The Concertgebouw

  • Created Marching & Breakin’ for the opening of the TROMP festival in 2018

  • World premiere solo work by Wim Henderickx in Concertgebouw Brugge (2017)

  • Live CD Recording of Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt with Ivo Janssen and Mallet Collective Amsterdam in the Main Hall of The Concertgebouw (2016)

  • Playground premiered in Concertgebouw Recital Hall (2016)

  • Project with DJ Patrice Bäumel in Main Hall Concertgebouw during ADE (2013)

  • Ersatz-Professor, Hochschule für Musik Detmold (2016-2017)

  • Giving masterclasses in Brazil, China, Japan, Russia, Poland, Belgium, Germany