Ben van den Dungen (The Hague, born 29 October 1960) is a Dutch jazz saxophonist, composer and music educator.
He was accepted into the Haags Conservatorium where he was taught by Ruud Brink, Ferdinand Povel, Sandy Mosse and Sal Nistico.
He formed the Ben van den Dungen Quartet in 2010 with pianist Miguel Rodriguez, bassist Marius Beets and drummer Gijs Dijkhuizen.
[13] During his career, Van den Dungen has played with various international musicians from the jazz and world music scenes, including Cindy Blackman,[14] Mal Waldron,[15] Woody Shaw,[16] Luis Conte, Orestes Vilato, Armando Peraza, Giovanni Hildalgo, Nicky Marrero, Claudio Roditi and Ralph Irizarry.
[22] Van den Dungen has also been active as composer, producer, representative for artists' interests[23] and as podcast maker.