“Thank God, I was born after the war and never had to go through this experience. But my parents did and their war experiences dictated their actions and decisions. For this reason they were very much opposed to me going for an ‘artisty’ career. They wanted for me to work in an office, because office job was equal to secure job back then.

As a child I loved drawing and painitng and wanted to learn ballet dancing. I also loved to dance in my room.  I refrained from singing though, because my mother once said – when I was just going onstage to sing with the choir – ‘you better only open and shut your mouth or you’ll throw the whole choir off’ …

so for the rest of my teen years I just danced, went to classic dancing and later on jazz dance classes. 

Singing came late for me. I saw an advert for a singing workshop that said ‘everybody can sing!’ 

It took quite some time for me to get up the courage for one-on-one singing lessons. These helped me to overcome my ‘trauma’ re singing, and finally I found the vocal coach I work with now. 

Tiime and time again she encouraged me, supported me endlessly, and challenged me – and made my first full show come true! I sang Latin music accompanied by a band. 

My vocal coach also organized gigs for all of her students or clients regularly. On one of these occasions I met Moni and sang with her for the first time. From there on, step by step the idea of recording a song together took shape, a song was written, the music recorded, the video shot .. PASO A PASO was created. 

After working as an accountant for all my life (and I NEVER wanted to work in an office in the first place) I retired in October 2018 AND NOW I FINALLY MAKE MY DEAREST DREAM COME TRUE: Nothing will keep me from sharing my intense joy of living which I felt all my life, my passion and and the fun with all the world, encouraging them never to lose sight of their dreams, even if they cannot come true at the given moment.”