Kohan van Sambeeck

About

Kohan van Sambeeck is a Melbourne-based musician, writer and theatre maker. He graduated with First Class Honours in Music from WAAPA, majoring in classical piano before moving to Melbourne to pursue creative opportunities. Kohan wrote the music and lyrics for One Day In September (Perryman Theatre Company), a new Australian work that centres around the world of AFL. Kohan’s commercial theatre credits include Pride & Prejudice *Sort Of (Woodward Productions), Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly (Vic Opera), The Book of Mormon (Jones Theatrical), Grease (Crossroads Live), Annie (Crossroads Live), Groundhog Day (GWB Entertainment), Chicago (Crossroads Live), Sunset Boulevard, (Opera Australia), Beauty and the Beast (Disney Theatrical), Miss Saigon (Opera Australia), …Tick Tick Boom! (Storeyboard Entertainment), Hairspray (Crossroads Live), Do You Hear The People Sing? (Enda Markey Presents), Cinderella (Opera Australia), Ragtime (The Production Company), Aladdin (Disney Theatrical), The Wizard of Oz (Gordon Frost Organisation), The Wedding Singer (David Venn Enterprises), Chess (Storeyboard Entertainment), Shrek the Musical (Gordon Frost Organisation), Les Misérables (Cameron Mackintosh & Michael Cassel Group), Wicked (Gordon Frost Organisation), The Lion King (Disney Theatrical), The Sound of Music (Gordon Frost Organisation), and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (TML Enterprises). Some career highlights for Kohan include accompanying Hugh Jackman in a one-man show at the launch of the Jackman-Furness Foundation and working as the pianist for Claude-Michel Schöenberg and Alain Boublil for their concerts at Sydney Opera House and Hamer Hall.