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Maarten Regtien (1963) studied musicology at the Universities of Utrecht(RU) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in the Netherlands. In 1988 he graduated on contemporary experimental music (with a thesis on Penderecki's "Threnos"). The by the composer regarded first mature compositions originated from this time ("Le Petit Nicolas" and "3 tapecompositions"). As he soon found out, the music he liked to write in general was regarded as extreme and 'too modern.' Not wanting to compromise however by writing 'acceptable' and in his ears ´boring´ music for a living, quickly the decision was made to a earn a living with a not-musical career and to compose in spare time. As Mr.Charles Ives (a great influence and admired by the composer) once stated: "If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?" After his studies Maarten Regtien started his carreer which encompassed work as nurse and as pianotechnician at the wellknown dutch Andriessen pianofirm in Haarlem The Netherlands. Currently Mr.Regtien is director of his own ICT-firm in Haarlem, the Netherlands: Ives IT Consultancy Haarlem |