Born October 17th 1988. I started playing drums when I was 9 years old on the local music school. Soon I played with a bigband, a soulcombo and snaredrum with a malletband. Due to this I got some great experience and I knew I wanted to be a drummer. After the school of higher general secondary education I started my music study at D’Drive in Leeuwarden. During my study I played lots of different bands and projects and got a lot of live experience. I also did some studio recordings and worked on different albums. I graduated with my own live show. Here I played rock, metal and latin to show my diversity as a drummer.During my music study at D’Drive I noticed that I was very fond of teaching. Therefore I started another education as tutoring assistant. Hereby as a teacher I do not only have musical knowledge but also pedagogical knowledge.Currently I am employed as a music teacher on several music schools including my own Dijkstra Drumschool. I give drum workshops. And you can see me on stage with various bands such as Cesar Zuiderwijk’s Drum Demons, Papa di Grazzi.As a drummer and my drumschool I am very grateful to have the support from REMO Drumheads and proudly endorsed by: Britsh Drum Co, Zildjian, Balbex, JK Drumsystems, Porter & Davies and Kost Custom Audio.