The reason behind the structuring of this programme can be traced back to my very early years. Born and raised in Equatorial Africa, my father was a 'rare bird' who would play Stravinsky or Bela Bartok followed by some African drumming or good flamenco in those old reel to reel artifacts. Therefore,

        Jos Zwaanenburg is currently a teacher at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam teaching ‘Contemporary Music Through Non-western Techniques’, ‘Advanced Rhythm’ and ‘Live Electronics’. Zwaanenburg is also a guest lecturer at the music departments of York University and of Oxford Brookes University

“As a bass guitar player interested in the music of Zappa and Mahavishnu in the late 70's, having played more complex jazz-rock with transfusion and contemporary classical music with the Volharding in the 80's followed by the Dutch radio orchestra's and the René Engel Band in the 90's, it was a logi