From Bliesdorf to The HagueMy name is Fred Händl. I was born in 1972 in Bliesdorf (Germany) and grew up in Eindhoven. In the 1990s, I studied jazz and popular music at the Conservatory of Tilburg, where I took lessons from, among others, Willem Kühne. Later, I completed a Music Therapy program at De Kopse Hof in Nijmegen.
After many travels through North and South America, and across Europe, I settled in The Hague in 2006 — a place I now truly call home.
Since 2021, I am a proud member of EPTA Netherlands: the European Piano Teachers Association.
From a love of playing to a teaching practiceMy love for music began at an early age. As a child, I often sat behind the piano and taught my friends to play songs. That joy of teaching has never left me.
Since 2008, I have been teaching piano full-time. In 2015, I opened my own studio at Stadhouderslaan in The Hague: The Yellow Hippo Studios — a colorful place where music, creativity, and fun come together.
Performances and toursBesides teaching, I am also active as a performing pianist. I perform as a soloist and play keyboards in various bands. Since 2014, I have toured regularly — solo or with a band — in England, Germany, and the United States.
During the corona period, performances came to a halt, but plans and bookings are now in full swing again.
Original work and recordingsIn 1996, I released my first solo piano CD: Moon and Stars and All That Jazz — a collection of live improvisations, recorded at the Daltoon Studios in Eindhoven.
Since then, I have released several albums, including three with my own arrangements of music by Frank Zappa.
Curious? You can listen to my music on my Bandcamp page, and on my YouTube channel you’ll regularly find new videos.