Ferdinand Boland (1965) is the composer and arranger of several films including Yes Nurse, No Nurse (Dutch: Ja zuster, nee zuster), Bijlmer Odyssee, Armando and operas including La Famiglia, Opera in a Bus and Karrenspoor. Ferdinand wrote the music for the award winner Annie M.G., a seven-part TV musical serie.
He has written many compositions, arrangements and orchestrations for Metropol Orchestra, the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, Het Gelders Orkest, the Praha Philharmonical Orchestra, the Capellen Orchestra (Brno in Cz), Erasmus Chamber Choir, Cluster Chamber Choir, the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.
Because of his experience, Ferdinand is often asked to orchestrate (film) music.
Since 2002 he has been teaching and lecturing in composition at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, Music and Technology. In september 2014 he became the course leader Bachelor of Music.
He is also the artistic director of Ode2You. Ode2You is a professional art production company that develops and produces Musical Odes, whereby the subject, the story of the Ode, is provided by the client.