Educated in both math and music and currently employed as an economist, Ruben finds himself in an attempt to comprehend the world and set it on music. Last year, the financial crisis has inspired him to write The Dancing Dollar, in which he set both Citigroup’s share price and its former chairman’s words on music, and where he asks the Dollar for a dance. The year before, the national book release of the Dutch Bètacanon (the Scientific Canon) got him to write a love song for science, in a canon in four voices. Ruben embraces all kinds of music and tries to write clever, though not necessarily difficult, music that inspires and moves.
Ruben cooperated with a variety of people and organizations, including renowed musicians from Bang on a Can and vocal quartet Quatre Bouches, national organizations as de Volkskrant and Platform Bèta-Techniek, economist and NRC Handelsblad editor Maarten Schinkel, scientists Robbert Dijkgraaf and Frits van Oostrom, cartoonist Jean-Marc van Tol and many more.
Interested? Ruben is always looking for new fascinating projects, purely musical or interdisciplinary, commercial or not-for-profit, either commissioned by clients, or initiated by other musicians and artists. Please contact him if you are interested and would like to learn more about all possibilities.
