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My full artist name is Stijn Kuppens AKA Roger Lee K. The extension ‘AKA Roger Lee K’, my alter ego, is a symbol for total creative liberty. I am a Belgium based independent composer-cellist-producer, bringing my contemporary, self-composed music - in which the cello has a prominent role - to the public through recordings and performances. My goal is to reach, inspire and bring musical joy to the public, with passion and authenticity. My project is small scale, but explicitly international, part of the 21st century, beyond genre and cannot be contained geographically. Despite the fact that my music is composed and not improvised, I feel that I belong to the non-classical family of musicians.

With my music, I want to reach a broad audience. My music is accessible, but refined and original at the same time: I integrate recognisable elements from popular music styles, as well as complex artistic elements from classical music. I show new instrumental and musical possibilities of the cello, sometimes virtuosic, but without losing the accessibility of my music. This richness of techniques brings a continuous variety. My music is accessible from the first listening experience, but is meant to be listened to multiple times.