Background
Snijders was born in Paramaribo as son of Surinamese composer Eddy Snijder.
Snijders was born in Paramaribo as son of Surinamese composer Eddy Snijder.
The flute is his main instrument. He began learning the flute at the age of seven years. Later he also played guitar, piano, percussion and saxophone.
In 1970, he moved to the Netherlands to study engineering at the Technical University Delft.
Then he stayed in Europe to work as a musician, he first played for Willem Breuker, whose collective deep he served until 1977. In his compositions he often draws on Kaseko, a musical genre of his homeland, but also to elements of popular and world music
With Kaseko he worked intensively during his musicological studies, which he completed from 1986 to 1991 at the University of Amsterdam. On his albums he played alongside ethno-jazz also children"s songs and the compositions of his father.
He has also performed with the Metropole Orchestra.
As an author he has submitted a biography of his father, and a collection of short stories.