Born in 1937 in The Netherlands, music came to me very naturally: there was an abuncance of music making and singing in the family, while not before my 17th I took formal lessons in playing the organ, the piano and theory of harmony under supervision of a very strict teacher, during several years.
Later I have been playing the flute for many years, learning the old German and Italian masters, but also such composers as Koechlin, Ibert, Roussel, Janacek, Hindemith, Genzmer.