Arne Visser, conductor & tuba player

The Dutch conductor & tuba player Arne Visser (1981) is a versatile musician with a wide interest. As a conductor he is specialized in contemporary, symphonic and pop-repertoire. With his tuba and euphonium he has a full concertagenda with symphony orchestras, musical theater groups and chamber music ensembles. Arne is a teacher at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and the associated School for Young Talent.

He premiered many pieces as conductor at ‘orkest de Ereprijs’, a renowned ensemble for contemporary music, and conducted ensembles of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Residentie Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra, Phion, the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, the Orgelpark, and the conservatoires of The Hague and Rotterdam. He conducted popconcerts with e.g. Lakshmi, Pink Floyd bands, Indian Bollywood-singers and is the conductor of the Students Orchestra Valerius and the Bataafs Symphony Orchestra in The Hague.

He works as a tuba- & euphonium player with trend-setting and innovative groups such as Neo-Fanfare 9×13 and the Pynarello Symphony-orchestra. From 2001 onwards he has been playing as a freelance tuba player with symphony orchestras in The Netherlands like Holland Symfonia | Balletorkest Amsterdam, Rotterdam & The Hague Philharmonic Orchestras and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and abroad in the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He is a laureate of several solo-competitions, and jury-member of the European UGDA-competition in Luxemburg.