Shaun Erik

Hi! My name is Shaun Erik (Jan Erik). I love to play and compose music. My grandmother Leny taught me to play the piano, she was a concert pianist. Then I met the (side)flute at the age of seventeen. Classical music I learned at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. But my greatest love in music is world music like Celtic, - Flamenco, - and South-American world music. I toured many times in Ireland with our group King’s Galliard ('73-'80). After being in South America (Brazil and the Andes) I fall in love with the Keña (bamboo-flute), Zampoña (pan pipes) and charango (small Indian guitar with 5 double strings). 
 With our groups Yuca & Pandora ('80-'95) and Briza ('95-now) we performed thousands of times in schools and theatres, since 2000 mostly in our Zeeheldentheater in The Hague. This beautiful theatre is owned by my wife Yvette Olof (she was a dancer) and myself. Making Productions with important social themes is our way to make the world a better place for everyone to live in :)

What do I have to say about my music? Of course, I think it is wonderful and amazing world music. This is the reason that I want to share my music with everyone. I make dreamy, relaxing music that can bring you to another place. You can use it for yoga, meditation, to relax or for something else you like. What I think is most important, is that you have the time to enjoy my music as much as I do. I can tell you all day why you have to listen to my music, but the most essential thing is that you yourself listen to my music and share it with others.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0j1Ms4tseJByGOLxcFCpIQ