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4worldlovers: A guitar player, composer and educator from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, currently based in Amsterdam. I studied jazz guitar at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where I finished cum laude in 2003. Since, I have played at venues like the prestigious Concert Gebouw in Amsterdam, and in New York at the Carnegie Hall (with Grammy award winner Paquito D’rivera) and at the Lincoln Center (with the Jazz@Lincoln Center big band led by Wynton Marsalis). My latest album was recorded in was produced by Brian Bacchus ( Blue note, Impulse) and was released in 2021 on Sunnyside records. It features Grammy award winner Jeff “Tain”Watts on drums and the great Warren Wolf on vibraphones.

Next to my musical career I also dedicate myself to tutoring the wonders and mysteries of the guitar to students at all levels, most styles and all ages. Although I’m specialised in jazz and world music on the electric guitar (plectrum technique) and the Spanish guitar (finger style), I’m also well-versed in rock and blues (teenage years) and I have studied classical guitar and piano extensively.

I’ve taught music for the past 20 years and absolutely love it. From complete beginners to advanced students, my objective is to make sure the student has fun with music while also inspiring him or her to improve at playing or composing. I let the student set the pace for the lessons as well as decide on what material to work on.

Lessons will be given at home on the Nassaukade in Amsterdam, at yours or online via Skype.

My main guitars are a Gibson 165, a Gibson Les Paul and an Asturias Classical guitar. For Amplification I use a Mesa Boogie Lone Star Special and a Henriksen JazzAmp.

4worldlovers: From Brazil originating theater group Munganga (pronounced: moen-gang-gaa) is a Brazilian word, derived from Mganga, a tribe in Africa. The priests of this tribe make great and exuberant gestures during their rituals. Their way of communicating consists of expressive faces, grimaces and dancing.

Since its founding in 1987, Teatro Munganga has given the visual language a major role in its performances. By mixing and combining theatre with music, dance and puppetry, the theater group wants to show the poetry of life. The miracle of the everyday. Theatre group Munganga deals with universal themes, in which different cultures and their contrasts form the most important guideline in the projects.