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Weesp resident Dominic Seldis has just started his 12th season as a bass player with the Concertgebouw orchestra in Amsterdam. An English native, he has added to his musical career by becoming a Dutch television personality, and says the
tikkie is the most terrible Dutch invention ever.
How did you end up in the Netherlands?
It is all down to Concertgebouworkest flautist Emily Beynon, who is Welsh, and used to play in my old orchestra in Cardiff. She told me there was a vacancy for a bass player, so I applied and I did not get it, and I applied again and did not get it, and then third time lucky I took it really seriously and I did.