Laurens Johannes van Rooyen was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, as the oldest son of a grocer.
At the end of the seventies he composed the score for Jos Stelling's Rembrandt fecit 1669, followed by Een vrouw als Eva (A Woman Like Eve), 1979, Lieve jongens [nl] (Dear Boys), 1980 and Een vlucht Regenwulpen [nl] (A Flight of Rainbirds), 1981.
From the turn of the century Van Rooyen gave frequently piano recitals in the castles and coach houses along the river Vecht.
He also toured the theaters with De Verdwenen Minnares (The Lost Mistress), 2005, a musical ode to romance.
In 2014, Laurens van Rooyen received a royal decoration: Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
[5] Laurens van Rooyen's music can be heard regularly on radio stations in the United States, Japan, South Africa and Australia.