About

Koen Boeijinga (Utrecht, 1994) is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist, composer and filmmaker, based between Utrecht and Ghent. His work draws from the shared mythic imagination: universal patterns, symbols and stories that continue to surface across cultures and generations. Through music, film and a vast collection of instruments from around the world, he intuitively explores how these patterns can be reimagined in the present.

Koen graduated from the HKU Utrechts Conservatorium in 2021, where he was already exploring the space between composition, improvisation and musical traditions. His graduation project MOA, created with a ten-piece gamelan orchestra, received the HKU Award for Best Graduation Work. In 2023, he won the national Keep an Eye Foundation / The Records competition with Dutch Mountain Tribe, with which he also made his first film, expanding his practice into the visual realm.

He recently founded World Wind Heritage, a foundation built around a collection of more than 3,000 wind instruments from around the world. He is working towards creating a cultural venue that combines a museum with an artistic production house.

Koen has developed a wide range of projects with musicians and artists from different disciplines, working across jazz, composition, folk and world music. Throughout his work, he returns to the same fascination: how music can open a space for imagination, intuition and the unknown.