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Composer and percussionist from Ittervoort, Limburg, who attended the conservatory in Maastricht and Kreato in Thorn and performed in the European Union Youth Orchestra.

Other groups with whom he has worked comprise Flexible Brass, the Limburg Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra.

He played marimba on the 2005 release, Goffedro Petrassi: Concerti per orchestra and grobbephone on 2010’s Hardy Mertens Live at Rodahall, and appeared on the Flexible Brass album, The Power of Brass.

As a composer, he has contributed greatly to the percussive repertoire. “Lost in Time” and “Reflections on the 13^th Myth” made the cut on The Best of Percussion – Live at WMC. The Majestic Percussion Ensemble performed “Majestic Portraits” on a CD of Highlights from the European Brass Band Contest 2005. “Black-Eye”, “Breakdown”, “Pulse” and “Scream” appear in the sheet-music book, Contemporary Solos for Multi Percussion.

His other works include “The Art of Versatility”, “Brass Connection”, “Chrystallized Memory”, “Compo”, “Contemporary Past”, “Episodes”, “Escape”, “Figment”, “Four Imaginary Scenes”, “Illusions”, “L’Orrizonte Incantevole”, “The Mechanical Ballet”, “Odeon”, “Percussive Interlude”, “Phantasm”, “Phrenology”, “Quadraphonics”, “Revolution”, “Tales of Imagination”, “Thought Waves”, “Three short images, III”, “Three sketches”, “Viewpoint”, and “Vision”.

In the field of musical education, he has taught at Kreato and delivered a master class in Concert Percussion at the 2009 Schlagzeug-Festival. His students have included Tom Berghmans and Lennard Nijs.

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