Greek composition student Kostas Zisimopoulos looked to Scheveningen for inspiration for his One Minute Symphony. He met Fabian Buijs, harbor master of Jachtclub Scheveningen. You can hear how that meeting turned into notes on November 10 at Amare.

Kostas had a desire to meet someone who deals with boats at sea on a daily basis. Being from Greece himself, he has a connection with the sea, after all, the country is surrounded by sea. Kostas also studied theater studies with a specialization in drama in ancient Greece. In addition, the young composition student is fascinated by the wind. In Greek mythology, you have twelve wind forces, the Anemoi (spirits of violent storm winds that were attributed to a particular wind). Kostas would like to compose a cycle, one for each wind force. He wants this One Minute Symphony to be part of that.

In Scheveningen, it came to a meeting between Kostas and Fabian Buijs, harbor master of the Jachtclub Scheveningen. Fabian Buijs is mainly busy making sure visitors have a berth. In the winter, he updates administration and performs maintenance. Fabian also talked about his youth. His parents were avid sailors and they made weeks of trips as a family, especially to France and sometimes England. Fabian has fond memories of those trips. He loved the silence at sea and stargazing. On the other hand, it was also very lonely; he was an only child and was sometimes bored. And a specific childhood memory also came up. At one point they were in the middle of a storm. Fabian found that very frightening at the time. For the parents, it was a conscious decision, but they had to return home and they knew the boat could handle it. But for a child, this was very frightening, Fabian said. And they might not have realized that very well.

The photos show a boat similar to the one from Fabian's childhood.