Biography
Hans van der Zanden was born in Bergen, the Netherlands and studied horn at the Maastricht and Tilburg Conservatoires. During his college years he established himself as an orchestral horn player and worked regularly with a number of orchestras both at home and abroad. For example, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Limburgs Symphony Orchestra, Nuernberger Symphoniker, Neues Berliner Kammerorchester, Hamburger Camerata, Symphonieorchester der Stadt Kiel and many others.
Hans van der Zanden is also a successful soloist. Recently he performed Haydn's Concerto for two horns and orchestra with the Hamburger Camerata, Schumann's Konzertstueck op.84 for four horns and orchestra with Collegium Musicum Duesseldorf and Britten's Serenade op.31 for tenor, horn and strings with the Novosibirsk Chamber Orchestra. He was guest soloist at a 'Holland - Russia Festival' with the Cheliabinsk Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anton Grishanin.During this festival,Hans van der Zanden performed Mozart's Horn concerto KV417 and Strauss Horn concerto no.1 op.11.
Due to these succesfull performances he was invited back to Cheliabinsk, to perform the Rheinhold Glière Horn concerto op.91. In 2007, Hans van der Zanden was contracted as Post-Degree-Teacher with the Ural State Philharmonic Orchestra of Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Hans van der Zanden is also an active chamber music performer and he has played with Anastasia Goldberg, Gil Sharon, Rivka Golany, Michel Strauss and many others. Furthermore he is a member of the Goldberg Ensemble. Hans van der Zanden has been Principal Horn with the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra since 2002. As of 2011 he will also be playing as a solohorn with Brussels Philharmonic.
Hans van der Zanden, solo horn player at the North Netherlands Orchestra.......
is a much sought horn player in orchestras at home and abroad. Many concert tours took him to most Western European countries, USA and Russia. Since August 2011 is Hans van der Zanden also solo horn player with the Brussels Philharmonic.