Dutch composer Richard Rijnvos (1964) was already heavily influenced by John Cage while studying under Jan van Vlijmen. In his own words, after his encounter with Cage's work, 'everything I had learned was swept off the table and all sacred cows were slaughtered without mercy'. Rijnvos' work has been called that of a 'sound architect': construction, perspective and design are more important to him than artistic freedom, lyrical self-expression or musical drama.