Maarten van Regteren Altena

Maarten van Regteren Altena (born January 22, 1943) is a Dutch composer and contrabassist.
Altena attended the Conservatorium van Amsterdam |accessdate =5 December 2011}} (he studied contrabass) and graduated in 1968. Between 1980 and 1985, he studied composition with Robert Heppener.=
Altena first recorded with Theo Loevendie, after which he had the opportunity to be part of Marion Brown's trio that recorded Porto Novo along with Han Bennink. After graduation, Altena played in a number of ensembles,... meer