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ARTISTIC POSITION
- Artistic leader and principal conductor of the Britten Youth String Orchestra (2007 - date)
- Head of the Chamber Music department of the ArtEZ Conservatory (2015 - date)
- Artistic leader and conductor of the Adamello Ensemble (1990 - 2004)
- Principal guest conductor Kiev State Symphony Orchestra (2006 - 2011)
- Principal conductor Rotterdam University Orchestra (1989 - 1998)
- Principal conductor Amsterdam CREA Orchestra (1989 -1994)
- Principal conductor Amsterdam Theatre Orchestra (1984 - 1988)


MUSICAL EDUCATION
  • Private lessons in violin and piano (1967-1977)
  • Private lessons in conducting with Ru Sevenhuysen (1979-1983)
  • Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1978-1983)
  • Major course: Violin with Bouw Lemkes
  • Royal Conservatory of The Hague, The Netherlands (1983-1989)
  • Major course: Viola with Jürgen Kussmaul
  • Major course: Orchestral Conducting with Ed Spanjaard and Lucas Vis
  • Final examination in Orchestral Conducting (1989) 
    Program final examination: - Schönberg, Pierrot Lunaire - Mahler, 5th Symphony
  • Conducting courses in Sienna with Franco Ferrara and Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1984/1987)
  • Conducting courses in Saumur with Constantin Bugeanu (1992/1993)
  • (Yehudi Menuhin Association)
  • Conducting course in Rotterdam with Ilya Musin and Valery Gergiev (auditor) (1997)
  • Studies with Bernard Haitink, Berlin, Dresden, Rotterdam
  • Private lessons with Constantin Bugeanu (Romania)
    (scholarship from 'Fonds van de Podiumkunsten' and the 'Prins Bernhard Fonds')

CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE (a selection)

Britten Academie Orchestra
- L.v.Beethoven, Ouverture Coriolan
- L.v.Beethoven, Violin Concerto, Soloist: Noe Inui

Britten Youth String Orchestra - see www.hetbritten.nl

Kiev State Symphony
- L.v.Beethoven, piano concerto. Soloist: Naum Grubert
- L.Bernstein, Suite from the West Side Story
- A.Copland, Fanfare of the common man

Kiev State Symphony Orchestra 
- F. Mendelsohn, Ouverture "Die Herbriden" 
- W.A. Mozart, Clarinet Concerto KV622, Soloist: Victor Timetz 
- J. Brahms, Symphony nr. 1 Op. 68 in C minor

Slowak Sinfonietta
- J. Hayden, Symphony nr. 49 "La Passione" 
- W.A. Mozart, Clarinet Concerto KV622, Soloist: Jos Ruiters 
- G.B. Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, soloist: Karin ten Cate, Harda van Wageningen

Kiev State SymphonyOrchestra 
- Smetana, The Moldau 
- Tchaikovski, Violin Concert. Soloist : Berenice Cristine Terwey 
- Rachmaninov, 2 nd Symphomy

Adamello Symphony Orchestra 
- Tchaikovski, Ouverture Romeo and Juliet 
- Aria’s and duets from :
       •Puccini, Tosca and Manon Lescaut 
       •Verdi, Othello 
       •Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana 
Sololists : Eva Maria Westbroek (soprano), Frank van Aken (tenor)

Slowak Sinfonietta
- Dvorak. Serenade for Strings 
- Tchaikovski, Serenade for Strings 
- Pergolesi, Stabat Mater
Soloists : Karin ten Cate (soprano), Maria Cecilia Toledo (mezzo)

Kiev State Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich, Kammersinfonie op. 110a 
- Beethoven, Violinconcerto, Soloist : Marta Abraham
- Prokofjev, Classic Symphony

Adamello Symphony Orchestra 
- Beethoven, 5th Symphony 
- Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Leoncavallo, Aria’s , Soloist : Frank van Aken (tenor)

Nieuw Ensemble 
- Britten, Curlew River

European Sinfonietta
Opera Night with Miranda van Kralingen (soprano) and Frank van Aken (tenor) 
- A selection of aria’s and orchestral pieces from Rossini (La Gazza Ladra), 
Puccini (Tosca, Bohème, Manon Lescaut), Verdi (Otello) 
and Mascagni (Cavalleria Rusticana)

BSO - Mozart, Ouverture ‘Die Zauberflöte’ 
- De Falla, ‘El Amor Brujo’ 
- Bosmans, Violin Concerto, Soloist : Mariëlle Ponsen (violin) 
- Bizet, Carmen Suite, Soloists: Serge Novique, Mitchell Sandler, Julia Bronkhorst

Children’s Concert - Adamello Ensemble 
- Prokofjev – ‘Peter and the Wolf’ 
- Beethoven - 4 th piano concerto
Narrator: Guus Rekers, Soloist: Naum Grubert

‘Erstes Frauen Kammerorchester von Österreich’ 
- Maria Anna Martinez - Sinfonie in C 
- Silvia Sommer - 5 Israeli Dances 
- Elisabetta Brusa - Adagio 
- Mahler/Schubert - ‘Der Tod und das Mädchen’

Adamello Ensemble - Programme dedicated to Henriëtte Bosmans
- Henriëtte Bosmans - ‘Concertstuk voor Fluit en Orkest’ 
- Henriëtte Bosmans - Songs : ‘Dix melodies’, ‘Doodenmars’, ‘Lead Kindly Light’, ‘Gebed’ 
- Willem Pijper - ‘Fètes Galantes’ 
- Henriëtte Bosmans - ‘Concertstuk voor Viool en Orkest’ 
Soloists : Eleonora Pameijer (flute), Julia Bronkhorst (soprano), Mariëlle Ponsen (violin) 
(Programme recorded for radio broadcast by VPRO)

The Rotterdam University Orchestra 'Erasmusica' 
- Shostakovich - Symphony nr. 9, Borodin - Polowetser Dances (recorded on CD) 
- Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto nr. 2 (soloist : Wibi Soerjadi, Hans Eysackers) 
- Brahms - 3rd and 4th Symphony 
- Mahler - 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen' 
- G.Puccini - 'Le Villi', opera in 2 acts 
Soloists: Wiebke Goëtjes (soprano), Frank van Aken (tenor), Palle Fuhr Jørgensen (bas) 
- De Falla - El amor brujo

CREA Orchestra Amsterdam
- Mozart - Opera 'Ascanio in Alba' 
- Shostakovich - Songs from Jewish Poetry 
- Fleischmann/Shostakovich - Opera in one Act ‘Rothchild's Violin’ (Dutch première)

Trombone Festival Detmold 
- Ig Henneman - Première of 'How Slow the Wind' for 8 trombones

Jeugd Orkest Nederland (JON) 
- Dvorak - Slavonic Dances 
- Mendelsohn - Concerto for violin in e Soloist : Ilona Sin Dian Ho
- Franck - Symphony in d

Amsterdam Theatre Orchestra
- Rachmaninov - Isle of the Dead 
- Prokofjev - Alexander Nevsky 
- Bernstein, Stravinsky, Monnikendam - Psalm programme

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