Ina Bottelier (1943) studied guitar at the music conservatory of Zwolle and afterwards worked for a long period with the eminent guitarist, composer and conductor Pereira Arias, who stimulated her in composing. She wrote for her instrument, as well for strings, flute, oboe and saxophones and gained international succes with her vocal compositions “Gedanken zu die Heimkehr”, “Quatre Poems de Ronsard” and “The Lament for Art O'Leary”. Her compositions are published by Broekmans en van Poppel BV Amsterdam and Red Frog Music. Several of her compositions where recorded for broadcast (NCRV, KRO and VPRO) and are played in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and all over Europe.