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Artist
Sebastiaan Koolhoven
8+ albums
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Sebastiaan Koolhoven (1959) is a Dutch composer, arranger and producer of vocal, instrumental and electronic music. He studied violin and composition at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music and currently lives in Amsterdam. As a young child, Sebastiaan had a great deal of exposure to classical music, in part because his mother and grandmother both played classical piano. So he became permeated with melodies created by famous composers such as Ravel, Debussy and Bach. But Sebastiaan was also drawn to popular music like jazz, via his father who was a jazz-pianist, and later on to pop and rock music, with which he became ‘infected’ due to the influence of his older brother. So as a youngster, Sebastiaan listened to the records of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd as well as Stan Kenton, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington. These three different music traditions definitely influenced his musical development. At the age of 4, Sebastiaan showed an affinity for both violin and piano, but he chose the violin and two years later started taking classical violin lessons, which he continued to do for more than 15 years. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the music conservatory in Rotterdam, where he completed his formal education with orchestration study and arranging. Interested in other musical styles besides classical, Sebastiaan taught himself more contemporary styles by playing along with records of his favourite artists. To earn money during his studies, he also played in va