I'm a Award-winning composer & musician | 2026 Buma Music in Motion Award — Short Film. Originally from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, now living in Amsterdam. I'm a broad session player but Latin guitars and Cuban tres are my specialties. I’d love to hear your track.

My album Soko (Sunnyside records) was recorded and released in New York and features Grammy-winner Jeff...
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I'm a Award-winning composer & musician | 2026 Buma Music in Motion Award — Short Film. Originally from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, now living in Amsterdam. I'm a broad session player but Latin guitars and Cuban tres are my specialties. I’d love to hear your track.

My album Soko (Sunnyside records) was recorded and released in New York and features Grammy-winner Jeff’ Tain” Watts on drums and the virtuosic Warren Wolf on vibraphones. The album was initiated and produced by Grammy-winning producer Brain Bacchus ( Norah Jones, Gregory Porter).

Upon finishing my electrical engineering studies, I went on to follow my passion and got accepted at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague, The Netherlands, from where I graduated cum laude in 2003.

I studied the Cuban tres with Israel González (Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro) and have worked extensively with other top rate Latin musicians, including Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera. I've also worked in NYC with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz@Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Besides the aforementioned highlights, I have also worked and made guest appearances with Ilan Chester, Andy Narell, Phillip Harper, Michael Kanan, Randal Corsen, Izaline Calister, Marjorie Barnes, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Metropool Orchestra, Fra Fra sound and many others.

My niche is Caribbean guitars (except bachata) and Brazilian music and I do speak Portuguese fluently. However, I do play and compose in a range of styles, jazz and pop/rock being the most prevalent ones besides latin. Next to playing guitar, I’ve also been commissioned to compose for theatre productions and movie soundtracks.

My home studio is equipped with and analog/outboard Universal Audio 6176 mic pre and compressor, Focal studio monitors, Apollo interface, Neumann U87 and km184 mics, matched pair of AKG C414's, a vintage 1975 Fender twin ( a gift from Björg's drummer), a Mesa Boogie Lone star special tube amp, a vintage Gibson les paul, a Gibson 165, Conde Hermanos nylon string guitar, a Cuban tres and much more.

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