Born in 1962, Norbert Haas received his first trumpet lessons at the age of 10. In the year 1972 he already became a junior student at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Westfalen-Lippe in Detmold. Only one year later, he moved to Prof. Helmut Schneidewind at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany. From 1982 he studied as a trumpet student.Just a little later, Norbert Haas became a trumpet player in the Frankfurter Opernhaus- und Museumsorchester. The year 1985 was quite important for him, cause he was appointed to the World Youth Orchestra and also received his current position at the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Together with his brass section mates from Frankfurt, he founded the ensemble „hr brass“ in 1986 and became a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in the same year for three seasons.
Norbert Hass, who lives in Frankfurt, is not only a sought-after trumpet player, but also communicates his knowledge to future generations of trumpet players. From 1996 to 1998, he was a teacher for orchestral education at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany and from 2011-2013 he became a lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.
Norbert Haas plays a VINCENT BACH Artisan AB190 Bb trumpet and a C180L229-25H C trumpet.