Steven Verhaert

The Belgian trumpeter, arranger, and conductor Steven Verhaert was born in 1969 in Aartselaar, Flanders. He studied with Manu Mellaerts at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and with Reinhold Friedrich at the University of Music in Karlsruhe. Since 1995, he has played trumpet with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, where he soon began assisting Edo de Waart and Philippe Herreweghe. He has since enjoyed success as a conductor in his own right, leading such orchestras as the Dresden Philharmonic, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Flanders Symphony Orchestra. Verhaert serves as Artistic Director of the Casino Brass Ensemble and the Royal Wind Band of Schelle. He has written numerous arrangements for some of the world’s leading wind ensembles. Verhaert teaches trumpet and wind band conducting at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp and chamber music at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.

June 2026