Hans Van Der Heide composer / arranger

Hans van der Heide was born in Den Helder (The Netherlands) on December 22, 1958. He studied Trumpet at the ‘Sweelinck Conservatorium’ in Amsterdam, and, immediately upon graduation he joined the ranks of The Royal Military Band of the Netherlands in The Hague. He was soon appointed principal Trumpet .

At the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, he then graduated as Bandmaster, followed by studies with Marcel Peeters in Belgium. For a long period of time, Hans van der Heide has been working as Staff-arranger for the “Royal Military Band”, and is still working as arranger/composer for the “Netherlands Wind Ensemble” and various Symphony Orchestras in the Netherlands.

In 2006 and 2007 he studied composition at the Conservatory in Rotterdam (Codarts) with Klaas de Vries, and is merely working as a composer and arranger.

In 1996 he started his own Music Publishing Business Van der Heide Music Edition.



Hans van der Heide has won several prices with his compositions and his pricewinning composition “The Fool’s Journey” was premiered in the United States at the 16th International WASBE Conference in San Jose in july 2016.