At the age of ten I heard a violin for the first time at a music school performance, it must have played well, pure and with vibrato because I was captivated by the sound and it has never let me go, sometimes I can't even sleep because of it, music in my head all the time.... 

1987

Private lessons with Jo Juda (1979-1982), Herman Krebbers at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam (1982-1988) and István Párkányi, also at the Sweelinck Conservatory (1988-1991). 

Brahms - My great-great-grandfather Alexander Rehbock, chairman at Felix Meritis, introduced him to Amsterdam!