Figure 1.--This Dutch boy in 1960 wears black short pants and white kneesocks. The white kneesocks were considered a more dressy look than colored ones. Although difficult to tell in the image, he wears white strap shoes. The boy was a something of a child prodigy in the Netherlands. He was 9 years old in this photograph. Click on the image to see Teun and Sjaantje performing together. |
Teun performed with his twin sister Sjaantje Eikelboom as "Les Deux Jeateux". They played popular tunes as well as classical music. As a boy he commonly performed costumed in short pants, white kneesocks, and strap shoes. I'm not sure what he wore for everyday clothes. In the late 1950s they performed several times with rock star Bill Haley in Europe and they were one of the few dutch artists that released a record (Parla d'amore) in the United States. Later the boy became famous in the Netherlands as a music conductor and writer of music under the theatricak name Tonny Eyk.
His name was Teun Eikelboom and it was under this name that he performed as a prodigy. As an adult his stahe name was Tonny Eyk.
Teun was born about 1940. Hos peformance as a prodigy were after World Wat II on the late 1950s or eaely 1960s.
I have no details about his family life, except that he haf a twin sister.
Teun performed with his twin sister Sjaantje Eikelboom.
As a boy he commonly performed costumed in short pants, white kneesocks, and strap shoes. This may have been a summer costume. I'm not sure about other costumes. I'm not sure what he wore for everyday clothes.
I have no information on his regular or music education.
His instrument as a musical prodigy was a piano accordian. As a youth he played the button accordian. It is not an instrument that I normally associate with prodigies.
Apparently Teun was not one of the better know child prodigies as I can find little information about him. Teun and his sister performed as "Les Deux Jeateux". They played popular tunes as well as classical music. In the late 1950s they performed several times with rock star Bill Haley in Europe and they were one of the few dutch artists that released a record (Parla d'amore) in the United States.
Figure 2.--Teun and his sister are seen performing together as Les Deux Jeateux at about 19 years of age. |
Later the boy became famous in the Netherlands as a music conductor and writer of music under the theatricak name Tonny Eyk. Much more information kis available about Tonny Eck. He appears to havebeen primarily popular in the Netherlands as the web sites with information about him are all in Dutch,
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