Hildward Croes
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Hildward Leonil Croes (September 7, 1962 – December 17, 2014[1]) was an Aruban musician, composer, arranger and three-time Grammy Award nominee.[2] He had one son, Angelo Kock, and two daughters, Hilyann Croes and Natusha Croes. He also had a grandchild named Kayden Kock.
Croes was born on the Caribbean island of Aruba (at the time part of the Netherlands Antilles) and began performing at a young age as a keyboardist with different bands. With Cryptus Confession he recorded an album of original compositions in 1979 which included the number one song "Love Dream".
Croes moved to the United States in the early 1980s to study music at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After obtaining his bachelor's degree, he continued his graduate studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio where he obtained his Master of Music degree in 1988.
