Arranger, orchestrator and conductor Koen Schoots was born and educated in the
Netherlands. His work spans the worlds of opera and musical theater. Originally
trained as an opera conductor he worked at various opera houses in Austria (Linz and
Klagenfurt) and Germany (Darmstadt, Wiesbaden, Gelsenkirchen) and conducted
over 50 operas. In 1992 he was appointed musical director for the German production
of CATS in Hamburg, which marked the beginning of his musical theater career.

His collaboration with Frank Wildhorn started in 1995, in preparations for the European
Premiere of JEKYLL & HYDE in Bremen, Germany. Since then, he has served as
Frank’s European Musical Supervisor and conducted the European Openings of THE
SCARLET PIMPERNEL, DRACULA and the World Premiere of RUDOLF in
Budapest, Hungary. Since his work on RUDOLF, he also serves as
Arranger/Orchestrator for Frank’s new shows. He provided arrangements for
RUDOLF as well as new arrangements and orchestrations for DRACULA. Current
projects are arrangements for CARMEN, VIVA AMOR! in Prague as well as THE
COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO in Switzerland. He is musical supervisor for the
Viennese opening of RUDOLF and of the COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. A future project
with Frank includes CYRANO.

He is a regular guest conductor at the Komische Oper in Berlin and the Deutsche Oper
am Rhein in Düsseldorf. The Opera Festival of St. Margarethen in Austria has hired him for 6 consecutive seasons now,conducting AIDA, CARMEN, NABUCCO, THE MAGIC FLUTE, LA TRAVIATA as well as RIGOLETTO in 2009. Koen is married and lives in Berlin, Germany and in Cape Coral, Florida.