Yale University School of Music, New Haven, USAMaster of Music Degree (viola and chamber music)
1993-1996
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Bachelor of Arts & Design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Text&Textile)
2016-2020
Utrechts Conservatorium
1987-1992
Gymnasium Apeldoorn
1980-1987
CD’s, Honors & awards in Music
Release of CD with the Lagos Quartet featuring work of Mauricio Kagel and Tristan Keuris
2009
Release of CD with the Lagos Quartet for the MNFfeaturing Mozart KV 428
2006
Recipient of a Fulbright Grant
1993-1994
Recipient of a full tuition scholarship, Yale University School of Music
1994-1996
Work Experience in Music
Private tutor for viola & chamber music and orchestral parts
1994-current
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest/ NL Kamerorkest, full-time freelance viola-playerParticipation in most productions of Dutch National Opera, and 100+ concerts a year in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam
1998-2018
Radio Symfonie Orkest, later Radio Kamerphilharmonie, Netherlands, freelance
2005-2017
Residentie Orkest The Hague,Netherlands (freelance)
1997
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Spain
1996
Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Spain
1995
Eastern CT Symphony, USA
1993-1994
Assistant Recording Engineer and Associate Producer Fred Plaut Recording Studios at Yale University School of MusicParticipating in 150+ recordings a year: recording all faculty concerts, students degree recitals and miking, leading, mapping and editing commercial sessions and concerts ranging from classical orchestral- and chamber music repertoire, jazz & klezmer. Featuring esteemed artists as, among others, the Tokyo String Quartet, the Cassatt Quartet, the Yale Cellos, Willie Ruff & Dwike Mitchell. Producing first releases of works of Ezra Laderman, Karel Husa, Martin Bresnick & Jacob Druckman, among many others. While on leave in Spain, remotely mapping recording sessions for various artists.
1994-1998
Orquesta Filarmónica del Principado de Asturias, Spain
1992-1993
Exhibitions & Awards in Art & Design
Graduation Exhibition at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
August 2020
Finalist at the Sock Design Contest of the Dutch thrombosis Association
2020
Participating at the Rietveld Uncut exhibition at the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum
2018
Co-curating and exhibiting at the Txt Exhibition at Paleisstraat Amsterdam,
December 2016
Half-yearly group exhibitions at the Rietveld Academy Gym with the DOGtime Department
2015-2017
Free-lance graphic designer
2020-current
Organisational/Managerial/ Educational Experience
Chairman Parent Association Vossius Gymnasium Amsterdam
2018-current
Board member Club van 101, Elementary School de Kleine Reus
2017-2019
Concert organiser, tour operator, website administrator and player of chamber music concerts
CV – extensive