During my master’s degree, I started a parttime degree at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, studying Classical Accordion with An Raskin. Practicum Musicae is a three year program to study at the conservatory besides your ‘regular’ studies. After two years, I finished my Computer Science master’s degree and agreed with my supervisors that I could finish the last year of my conservatory study alongside the first year of my PhD.

On Friday June 9, 2023 I performed my graduation concert at Amare. It was a wonderful day and I am proud to say that I graduated with a 8.5! With a lot of friends and family in the audience it was an amazing experience. My own orchestra, the Haarlem Accordion Orchestra was there as well to play Adiós Nonino with me.

A few photos of my exam.