Bart Soeters (1980) finished his Master-studies as a bass player and a composer in 2006 at the HKU and had by then already received multiple awards as a student, amongst which the Pim Jacobs Music Award. He studied with Theo de Jong and in the US with Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller. He plays in a great variety of bands ranging from Souldada and Kaz Lux to classical ensembles such as the Cello8ctet Amsterdam and Het Brabants Orkest. Bart is a teacher and lecturer at the Conservatory of Utrecht.