Olivier Haas
Olivier Haas plays euphonium in the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides, and teaches Euphonium at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège.
He finished his master degree in euphonium, trombone, and chamber music at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège, his conducting master at the Lemmens Instituut, Leuven and his amster philosophy at the Université de Liège.
Olivier Haas' Adams Gear
He was band assistant at the International School of Brussels and lowbrass teacher inseveral music schools of the area of Liège before joining the Symphonic Bands of the Belgian Defence in 2001, as solo euphonium with theRoyal Belgian Navy Band. In October 2005, he joined the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides.
Since 2002, he teaches euphonium and tuba in the low brass departmentof the Conservatoire Royal de Liège (CrLg). He has been for several years guesteuphonium teacher at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Lille(France). He conducts the CrLg Wind Band. In addition to those activities, he plays regularly with leading symphonicorchestras, ensembles, wind and brass bands.
Olivier won prizes from several competitions (including theprestigious Tenuto competition in Belgium). He is particularly busy with bandconducting, master classes and as a jury member in Belgium and abroad (France,Germany, the Netherlands, United States, Italy).
As one of the first endorsing artists from Adams, he takes an active part in the development of the Adams Custom Series Euphoniums and Trombones.