Ulrich de Veer

German producer at Süddeutscher Rundfunk / Südwestfunk and previous manager of SDR Big Band resp. SWR Big Band until 2008. Ulrich de Veer was born in Güstrow (Mecklenburg) in 1943. His great-grandfather was from Holland. He learned to play the violin from the age of 7. From the 9th grade he attended the Rostock Conservatory for 4 years and then continued his education at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin, graduating with a state examination. During this time he also began to compose. A few years later he worked as concertmaster of the second violins at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin.