born in 1972 in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, is city carillonneur of Zierikzee, Bergen op Zoom and Middelburg. He studied organ, harpsichord and church music at the Utrecht Conservatorium and in 2006 was awarded the Sakko Cultuurprijs voor Kunsten en Letteren. In 2007 he received his carillon diploma from the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort. He also took carillon lessons at the University College Roosevelt in Middelburg. He served as a member of the board of directors of the Dutch Carillon Guild from 2009 to 2013. He teaches carillon at the Cultural Centre of Bergen op Zoom and gives concerts in Europe and the USA.