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Ronald Snijders (born April 8, 1951) is a Dutchjazz musician and author ofSurinamese origin. Theflute is his main instrument.
Snijders was born inParamaribo as son of Surinamese composerEddy Snijders and Olga Ooft.[1] He began learning the flute at the age of seven years. Later he also played guitar, piano, percussion and saxophone. In 1970, he moved to theNetherlands to study engineering at theDelft University of Technology. Then he stayed in Europe to work as a musician, he first played forWillem Breuker, whose collective deep he served until 1977. In 1973, he won the NOS Jazz Concours inLaren. Since 1977, he has focused on working with his own band, with which he also appeared at theNorth Sea Jazz Festival, as in many European countries, but also in Western and Southern Africa, the Caribbean and North America. In his compositions he often draws onKaseko, a musical genre of his homeland, but also to elements of pop andworld music. With Kaseko he worked intensively during his musicological studies, which he completed from 1986 to 1991 at theUniversity of Amsterdam. On his albums he played alongsideethno-jazz also children's songs and the compositions of his father. He has also performed with theMetropole Orchestra.
As an author he has submitted a biography of his father,[2] and a collection of short stories.
He was appointed a Knight of theOrder of Orange-Nassau in 2001.
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