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Robbert van Hulzen’s fascination with colour extends from his hat collection to his use of sounds. His playing draws inspiration from a diversity of musics.
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He played with new/early/improv music duo Rara Avis (with recorder player / composer Terri Hron), Nitin Sawhney, theatre group De Maan, modern gamelan ensemble Gending, dance company Outsider, rock group Most Unpleasant Men, the Bastiaan Woltjer Quartet (jazz), and composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven. He toured throughout Europe, Canada, and Indonesia, can be heard on several CDs, and performed, composed and/or produced the music for a number of films.
Robbert van Hulzen holds Master’s degrees in Ethnomusicology (University of Amsterdam and SOAS, London) and in Performance (contemporary improvised and composed music, Conservatory of Amsterdam). He studied drums with Steve Clover and South Indian percussion with MT Rajakesari and BC Manjunath in Bangalore, South India. His article Tadikinatom: Guiding Principles in Percussion Playing in South Indian Classical Music will be published in the Journal of Indian Musicology 2007.