Composer
Jan de Haan
contemporary Dutch composer, conductor and musician
b. 1951
9 works in the index
- Born
- 1951
- Birthplace
- Warns
- Citizenship / historical state
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Jan de Haan (born July 29, 1951 in Warns, Friesland) is a contemporary Dutch composer, conductor and musician.
Jan de Haan was born in the Frisian village of Warns, in the Netherlands, in 1951. He was inspired early in life by his father, who was a great lover of wind music. De Haan was attracted to conducting from an early age and, by the time he was 17, he was already leading several wind bands.
From 1969 to 1973 he studied music pedagogy and trombone at the Academy of Music in Leeuwarden and in 1976 he was awarded his conductor’s master diploma from the Conservatory of Utrecht, where he studied with Henk van Lijnschooten. Until 1994, Jan de Haan was the conductor of the well-known Dutch brass band Soli Brass. As a guest conductor, he has worked with a number of professional and amateur wind bands and ensembles. In this capacity, De Haan has travelled extensively throughout Western Europe and to the USA, Iran, and Japan. Famous bands like the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, the Desford Colliery Brass Band, the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, all four Dutch military concert bands, the Frisian Orchestra, the Radio Wind Ensemble and the Dutch National Youth Fanfare Band have been conducted by him.
From 1978 to 1989, Jan de Haan worked as a conductor, composer and arranger for Dutch radio and television. As a programme maker he produced around 140 television music programmes. He also worked as a teacher at the Academy of Music in Leeuwarden for a number of years.
Alongside his activities as a guest conductor, composer and international jury member, Jan de Haan was active at De Haske Publications. He founded the music publishing company in 1983, but sold his shares in the company 25 years later in 2008 to be able to dedicate his time to composing, arranging and conducting.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- conductor; composer; music publisher; music arranger; editor
- Teachers
- Henk van Lijnschooten
- Official website
- http://www.jandehaan.com
- Native languages
- Dutch
- Languages used
- Dutch
- VIAF ID
- 79954881
- ISNI
- 0000000057676010
- GND ID
- 135084253
- Library of Congress ID
- no00072296
- MusicBrainz ID
- 563ba6f8-6698-45ee-b65c-521c5a7a7546
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Horn, Trombone
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 9
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suite For Brass Sextet (Haan) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 Moods And Dances (Haan) | — | — | — | Horn, Trombone | — | — |
| Sweet Sunset | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Overture to a New Age | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| A Sunrise Impression | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Yellow Mountains | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Susato Variations | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Camel Ride | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Music for a Solemnity | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 79954881. Portrait: Henk Bruyns, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.