Dick Kattenburg

He was of Jewish descent, grew up in Naarden in the Netherlands and attended the HBS in Bussum.

[1] He graduated violin and theory at the College Musical Belge in Antwerp, where he worked with lessons from Hugo Godron.

[2] A good friend of that time was a painter and violinist Theo Kroeze.

He wrote some Jewish and Palestine songs which he called Romanian folk music.

In January 2010 his work appeared for the first time on CD performed by the Leo Smit Ensemble under the title of Dick Kattenburg Music.