Education
1980 - 1983
The Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Studying Oboe (Tutor, Han de Vries)
1982
Sound Seminar Renee van Broekhoven, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Recording, Editing & Producing
1985 - 1986
Royal Conservatory, The Hague, Netherlands
- Studying Sonology
Occupations
2026
- Preparations for the long-awaited new round of compositions and sound design.
It should happen in fall (autumn) and winter of 2026 / 2027.
- Advanced sound enhancement for "The Handkerchief" (Chatziapostolou Nikos),
solo vocals Maria Lantzouraki; Apollon Conservatory, Athens, Greece
2025
- Two new Vinyl releases, MECROTIA RA and beyond, and FIELDS OF CHANGE
- Sundance Film horror sound design challenge, submitted September 2025
- Modulator Sphere meets Mecrotia Ra,
a nearly 1,5 hour journey into Music, Sound Design, Form and Meaning-
The Palace of Arts, Krakow, Poland. The entirety of June, 2025.
For more info please visit my news page.
2024
- Preparing "Modulator Sphere meets Mecrotia Ra" enigmatic art installation; Krakow, Poland
- Advanced sound enhancement for "Arpeggione" (Franz Schubert), Collegium Musicum Athens,
viola soloist Kelli Aggela Kokolani; Athens, Greece
2023
- Developing a new series of "Micro Music" compositions / tracks; Aveyron, France
- Music and Sound Design for Mercury’s Footpath, a stage play written by Ellen McLaughlin, produced by "Aan Zee Theaterproducties", directed by Martine Zeeman. To be performed in August; Noordwijk, Netherlands
2022
- Rast Sound market release of the "Sephardic Vocals" Virtual Instrument / Sound Library, vocalist Anke de Bruijn
2021
- Rast Sound market release of Vos Music "Contemporary Colours" Virtual Instrument / Sound Library
2019 - 2021
- Development of Vos Music "Contemporary Colours" Virtual Instrument / Sound Library for Rast Sound
- Development of a Sephardi Vocal Library, vocalist Anke de Bruijn, for Rast Sound
2019
- Rast Sound market release of free promotional "Vos Contemporary" Virtual Instrument / Sound Library
2018
- Developing Matthijs Vos Music Virtual Instruments / Sound Libraries for Rast Sound
2017
- Research for and start of my Nature Source channels on YouTube and Vimeo
2016
- Composing and music-editing for the performance of "Hester's Story" (Inez van Dullemen), director Erik Vos;
Oerolfestival, Terschelling, Netherlands
2015
- Composing and producing / mixing / mastering of a new music album, 'Six Winged Symphony';
Montouliers, France
2014
- Composing pilot for 'The Inspired by Nature Theme Music Composition Project';
Eastbourne, UK
2013
- Composing and release of The Halloween Music Project (additional website)
2012
- Several I.T.-jobs: trouble shooting and software and hardware maintenance;
Netherlands, UK, several locations
2011
- Compositions for the performance of "Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran" (Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt), director Erik Vos;
De Nieuw Amsterdam (DNA), Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010
- Promotional stay during wintertime; Glendale, LA, California, USA
2009
- Compositions for the performance of The Cherry Orchard (Chekhov), director Erik Vos;
Nationale Toneel, The Hague, Netherlands
- Score for the video of “There and Back” by Alicia Felberbaum;
State of the Art Gallery Ithaca, New York City, USA
2007
- Sound editing for the movie “Goal of Santiago”, being shown in the Museum “Beelden aan Zee”;
Marius van Beek Foundation, Scheveningen, Netherlands
2006
- Compositions for the performance of Maria Stuart (F. Schiller), director Erik Vos;
Nationale Toneel, The Hague, Netherlands
2004
- Compositions for the performance of Afterplay (Brian Friel) and embedded movie by Frans Weisz,
director Erik Vos; Nationale Toneel, The Hague, Netherlands
2002 - 2003
- Compositions for the performance of Tantalus — based on the Greek Iliad,
a sixteen hour show (John Barton), director Aus Greidanus
- Compositions for the performance of Roberto Zucco (Bernard-Marie Koltes),
director Erik Vos;
Toneelgroep De Appel, The Hague, Netherlands
1999 - 2000
- Design and creation of the Phenomenological Transformer, a soundsculpture or 3D-manuscript, presented in Fall 2000 (New York City USA, Aronsons Galleries, 66 Fifth Avenue); Vedute Art Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999
- Video presentation during concerts (e.g. L’enfant et les sortilèges, by M. Ravel),
performed by the Noordhollands Philharmonisch Orkest; Concerthall, Haarlem, Netherlands
1997 - 1998
- Compositions used in the dance performance of Addio Terra, choreography Erik Vos,
premiere Holland Dance Festival; Nederlands Dans Theater (N.D.T.), The Hague, Netherlands
1993 - 1997
- CD-recordings (Studio M.I.N.D.), Amsterdam, Netherlands, for the Rajesh Mehta Collective,
resulting in the album “Arrows in Time”.
- Music editing for the theatre production of
Gilles de Rais (Hugo Claus), director Aram Adriaanse (PaardenKathedraal, Utrecht, Netherlands).
- Compositions, some of them live performed, for the contemporary dancepiece
"Hungered Skin"; for two dancers, trumpet, piano and electronics (The Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
1988 - 1991
- Compositions for two modern dance-pieces, One Suggests the Other and Augen-Blicke, choreography Lilian Jansen;
Danslab, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1986 - 1996
Music editing, and compositions used in performances by Toneelgroep De Appel.
- Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra and As You Like It (Shakespeare),
- La Trilogia della Villeggiatura (Goldoni),
- Three Sisters (Chekov), director Erik Vos
- Grob und Klein (Botho Strauss), director Aus Greidanus
- Don Juan (Max Frisch), directors Aram Adriaanse and Aus Greidanus
- Music concept and compositions for the performance of L’Héritage (Koltès), director Erik Vos;
The Hague, Netherlands
1985 - 1986
- The "Chazan-Project", a "compose-guided improvisation" for electronics, voice, oboe and bass recorder.
Voice (Chazan): Josée Wolff. Oboe: Matthijs Vos. Bass recorder: Mignon Zwart.
(‘May-concerts’, Kees van Baarenzaal, Royal Conservatory); The Hague, Netherlands
1981 - 1984
- Stagemixing for the Amsterdam new wave rock band Terras Bankok. (Truck-driving for the same band to Berlin, Germany, and to Barcelona, Spain)