Curriculum Vitae

Date of birth:11-4-1954
Qualifications:
Hilversum Conservatory(Teaching Musician)1989,Master Degree 1990

Activities as a teacher:
Saxophone teacher at the Alkmaar Conservatory since 1990. Bandcoach since 1990.

International contacts:
Conservatory of Cape Town(South Africa). Workshops in townships for local musicians - 2001
Conservatorio Brasileiro de Musica-Rio de Janeiro (Rogerio Borda) - 2006 - 2007 - 2008
Escola de Musica Villa Lobos (Carlos Soares) - 2007
Conservatory of Beirut (Libanon) - Dutch Embassy Beirut - 2007
ESEC (Escola Superior de Educacao Coimbra) - Portugal. Masterclass improvising in a funktional way for students Musica e Educacao - 2007
Conservatorio Pernambucano de Musica -Recife - 2008 - 2009

Publications:
CD,s:

Pukul Tifa(Massada) - 1979 - Golden Record
Double Talk(Choice) - 1987
Two Way Street(Two Way Street)- 1993
You Say You Care(Swing Progress)- 1992
Globetrotter(Cool Runnings) - 1998
Soul Cleaner(Cool Runnings) - 2001
Composicoes de Rogerio Borda(Rogerio Borda) - 2008

Experience as a performer:

Pop Stages in Holland,Belgium and Germany with Massada (Pink Pop Festival and supporting act for Michael Jackson - 1979)
Ahoy -Rotterdam,supporting act for the Commodores (1987)
Dutch Jazz Festivals (NOS,Jazz Mecca (North Sea Festival) and the club circuit, with Cool Runnings, my own band, and artists like Laura Fygi and many Funk-,Blues ,Fusion and Jazz formations as a free-lance musician,until today.

Performing Abroad:

Cuba - 1999
South Africa (Ngukana Brothers) - 2001
Senegal (Thione Seck) - 2002
Portugal (Coimbra Fado Club) - 2007
Libanon (Elie Barrak - Dutch Embassy) - 2007
Brazil (Vava Gouvea - Recife - Marcio Bahia, Aurea Martins, Fernando Costa, Rogerio Borda - Rio de Janeiro - on stages such as Parque de Patins,Modern Sound, and Centro Cultural Justica Federal, between 1996 and 2009.