Ilja lives and works in Berlin – a city that has shaped him in many ways.

After his jazz guitar studies in Rotterdam and at Berklee College of Music in 2002 he was drawn to the German capital. There, not only his love of film music grew, but also his passion for electronic music – the sound of the city.

Ilja’s prolific and diverse work is reflected in numerous collaborations with Berlin DJs, remixes for Rosenstolz, Booka Shade, Thomas Schumacher and others, arthouse projects like Bauhaus100, many of podcast soundtracks and a multitude of film scores.