 In 2003, Van Dijk's 70th Birthday Concert  was given in London's Purcell Room at the South Bank Centre  which included performances of his music by pianist Kyoko Hashimoto, the Dante Quartet, and the British tenor Ian Partridge who gave the World premiere of Van Dijk's "Songs of the Tao te Ching".Since then Anthony Marwood has performed his music a number of times on BBC Radio 3.In 2000, classical Indian Bharatanatyam dancer Mayuri Boonham  commissioned Van Dijk "The Triple Hymn" based on a mantra from the Vedic literature to be performed on a UK tour and at the Spring Loaded Festival at the Place Theatre in London.