Personal Life
Ilse Huizinga's father died from cancer when she was 22, which made her determined to follow her dream of pursuing a singing career. She met the pianist, composer and arranger Erik van der Luijt when her regular pianist fell ill and he stepped in at the last moment before a performance in Amsterdam. They married in Leiden in 1998. Their daughter Ellen was born ten weeks prematurely on April 1, 2000 after Huizinga suffered from preeclampsia.
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