Eller van Buuren (1981) started playing the guitar when he was 8 years old. He grew up in a little town near Leiden in Holland. He went to high school at the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Leiden (pre-university school).
In 2001 Eller got offered places at both the Rotterdam Conservatory (one of the famous music schools of Holland) and the newly started Rockacademy in Tilburg. He chose the Rockacademy. Graduating in 2005 he won a national prize for ‘Best Thesis’, which was (of course) about music.
Eller plays different styles of music, from Heavy Rock to Blues and sometimes even Jazz. He is a singer and songwriter of music across all spectrums from Pop to Rock and EDM (electronic dance music).
Between 2008 and 2012 and in addition to his music career, Eller was also a professional photo model.
Eller has a keen passion to share his knowledge as a teacher. Since 2002 he has taught guitar across different levels of music in his own music school. Between 2008 and 2012 he also taught at the Herman Brood Academy. Then, in 2012, Eller was made Professor in Music at Haarlem’s Music Academy.