{"id":6941,"date":"2024-01-17T16:14:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jandehaan.com\/biography\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:35:19","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jandehaan.com\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsx2u7yk-5a1adc4cc68c52030dbeff37f41e10db\">\n.avia-section.av-lsx2u7yk-5a1adc4cc68c52030dbeff37f41e10db .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.jandehaan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC_0995-2-scaled.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-lsx2u7yk-5a1adc4cc68c52030dbeff37f41e10db main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  vdlp-header avia-full-stretch av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color avia-full-stretch'><\/div><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6941'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-486gi7-96ab9d386da56df078b0cc2b485a7c3d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-486gi7-96ab9d386da56df078b0cc2b485a7c3d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-486gi7-96ab9d386da56df078b0cc2b485a7c3d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-486gi7-96ab9d386da56df078b0cc2b485a7c3d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-486gi7-96ab9d386da56df078b0cc2b485a7c3d av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Biography<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-kc4l5r-d092417daaa947c7f2a88f9da44f6a08 main_color avia-section-huge avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_layout_row  vdlp-center avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6941'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1uj94v-f8314f1813296beb3a1845cd19d91859 av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsx7to0v-4af03ac8c6fbe704a46a0ad03e1dbb9f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lsx7to0v-4af03ac8c6fbe704a46a0ad03e1dbb9f{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lsx7to0v-4af03ac8c6fbe704a46a0ad03e1dbb9f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lsx7to0v-4af03ac8c6fbe704a46a0ad03e1dbb9f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lsx7to0v-4af03ac8c6fbe704a46a0ad03e1dbb9f av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Jan de Haan<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsx7u8mi-b4eff0e0b17804435f54fa0991b42a8f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"x_s3\">Jan de Haan was born in the Frisian village of Warns, in the Netherlands,\u00a0in 1951.\u00a0He was inspired early in life by\u00a0his father, who was a great lover of\u00a0wind music. De Haan was attracted to conducting from an early age\u00a0and,\u00a0by\u00a0the time he was 17, he\u00a0was already leading several wind bands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_s3\">From 1969 to 1973 he\u00a0<span class=\"x_s4\">studied\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">music pedagogy\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">and\u00a0<\/span>trombone at the Academy\u00a0of Music in Leeuwarden and in 1976 he was awarded his\u00a0<span class=\"x_s4\">conductor\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">master diploma<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<span class=\"x_s4\">Conservatory\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">Utrecht<\/span>, where he studied with Henk\u00a0van\u00a0Lijnschooten. Until 1994,\u00a0Jan de Haan was the conductor of the well-known\u00a0Dutch brass band Soli Brass. As a guest conductor, he has worked with a\u00a0number of professional and amateur wind bands and ensembles. In this\u00a0capacity,\u00a0De Haan has travelled extensively throughout Western Europe\u00a0and to the USA, Iran and Japan. Famous bands like the Tokyo Kosei Wind\u00a0Orchestra, the Desford Colliery Brass Band, the\u00a0Brighouse\u00a0and\u00a0Rastrick\u00a0Brass Band, all four Dutch military concert bands,\u00a0<span class=\"x_s4\">the Frisian\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">Orchestra<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">, the<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">Radio Wind Ensemble<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">and\u00a0<\/span>the Dutch\u00a0National Youth Fanfare Band have been conducted by him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_s3\">From 1978 to 1989,\u00a0Jan de Haan worked as a conductor, composer and arranger\u00a0for Dutch radio and television. As a\u00a0programme\u00a0maker he produced around\u00a0140 television music\u00a0programmes. He also worked as a teacher at the\u00a0Academy of Music in Leeuwarden for a number of years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_s3\">Alongside his activities as a guest conductor, composer and international\u00a0jury member,\u00a0Jan de\u00a0Haan was active\u00a0<span class=\"x_s4\">at De Haske Publications.\u00a0<\/span>He founded the\u00a0music\u00a0<span class=\"x_s4\">publishing\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">company<\/span><span class=\"x_s4\">\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>1983, but sold his shares in the company 25 yearslater in 2008 to be able to dedicate his time to composing, arranging and\u00a0conducting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-htlewv-d2577cc2930caa80e5ff8156dba4a7e1 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  grid-row-not-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n\n<style 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