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Franck van der Heijden

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Franck van der Heijden
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Background information
Birth nameFranck van der Heijden
Born (1967-09-27) September 27, 1967 (age 57)
Geldrop, The Netherlands
Genres
Occupation(s)composer, arranger, conductor
Instrumentsguitar
Years active1990–present
Websitefranckvanderheijden.com

Franck van der Heijden (born 27 September 1967) is a Dutch composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his collaboration with such musicians as David Garrett and David Guetta.

Early life and education[edit]

Van der Heijden was born in Geldrop in a creative family. His father was a music teacher and mother was an artist. His musical career started at the age of 14. Before that he had the ambition to go to the film academy but after picking up the guitar the decision to go to the conservatory was quickly made. Most of his skills were self-taught with a bit of help from his father. From 1984 till 1990 studied at the Conservatory in Hilversum.

Career[edit]

In 1990 he graduated at the conservatory in Hilversum majoring arranging and composition. Besides playing in several bands as a guitarist he worked in studios as a producer and arranger. From 1995 onwards the focus shifted to arranging and orchestrating for large orchestras. He wrote compositions and arrangements for numerous international renowned artists, radio and TV, more than 17 years for the Metropole orchestra and the Night of the Proms where he met Garrett in 2002. From that moment David and Franck started to work on the crossover material. For all the tours with Garrett and his orchestra, he acted as the music director, conductor and guitarist. Apart from the productions and live concerts with David he continued writing orchestral arrangements for other recordings of artists like Within Temptation, David Guetta, Michael Jackson and Celine Dion.

Composing for TV and Pop Artists[edit]

  • 2006 – Serenade (with David Garrett)
  • 2006 – Eliza’s song (with David Garrett)
  • 2006 – Toccata (with David Garrett)
  • 2008 – Rock prelude (with David Garrett)
  • 2008 – New day (with David Garrett)
  • 2008 – Chelsea girl (with David Garrett)
  • 2008 – Winter lullaby (with David Garrett)
  • 2009 – Nox Argentea (Night of the Proms)
  • 2010 – 80’s anthem
  • 2012 – Gypsy dance
  • 2013 – Who is the real you
  • 2013 – Io ti penso amore (with David Garrett)
  • 2013 – Ma dove sei (with David Garrett)
  • 2015 – Furious
  • 2015 – Midnight waltz
  • 2015 – Explosive
  • 2015 – Serenity (with David Garrett)

Arrangements/productions for CD, DVD and film[edit]

Conducting and live performing[edit]

  • 2009 – now: David Garrett tour Germany, Switzerland, Austria
  • 2016 – the official song of UEFA EURO 2016 at the ceremony before the final at Stade de France

Film score[edit]

In 2012 he was given the opportunity to write the film score for The Devil's Violinist. His greatest ambition to write film music became a reality, in spite of his choice for music the love for film never died.

Events[edit]

  • 1995–2012 – Night of the Proms (BE, NL, DE, FR, ES)
  • 1996–1997 – Night of Entertainment
  • 2001 – Radio 2 Gala ouvertures Gala van het Nederlandse lied ouvertures
  • 2001 – Infomercials and presentation videos introduction of the Euro for the ECB.
  • 2001 – ECB Night of the Euro in Maastricht
  • 2004–2005 – Disney in Concert, Sportpaleis Antwerpen

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