# David Van Tieghem

david van tieghem (born April 21, 1955) is an American composer, percussionist and sound designer, best known for his technique of utilizing any available object as a percussion instrument and for his collaborations with the experimental musicians Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Robert Ashley and David Byrne. == Biography == david van tieghem was born on April 21, 1955, in Washington, D.C., and was raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey, the first son of artist and educator Joan Ruth Stumpf Van Tieghem and painter, sculptor and designer Richard Francis Van Tieghem, and brother of Richard Joseph Van Tieghem. He graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1973.