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EXPERIENCE

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ARTISTIC POSITIONS
- Artistic Director Britten Foundation for Young String Talent (2007 - date)
- Principal conductor of the Britten Youth String Orchestra (2007 - date)

- Head of the Chamber Music department of the ArtEZ Conservatory (2015 - 2019)
- 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
  • Master exam in Orchestral Conducting (1989) 
    Program final examination: - Schönberg, Pierrot Lunaire - Mahler, 5th Symphony
  • Conducting courses in Sienna (1984/1987)
    with Franco Ferrara and Gennady Rozhdestvensky 
  • Conducting courses in Saumur  (1992/1993)
    with Constantin Bugeanu (Yehudi Menuhin Association)
  • Conducting course in Rotterdam (1997)
    with Ilya Musin and Valery Gergiev
  • Studies with Bernard Haitink  
    in 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 Academy Orchestra
- L.v.Beethoven, Ouverture Coriolan
- L.v.Beethoven, Violin Concerto
- L.v.Beethoven, Triple Concert

Britten Youth String Orchestra (selection)
- P.I.TSjaikovski, Serenade for Strings
- A.Dvorak, Serenade for Strings
- A.Piazzolla, The Four Seasons
- Jacob TV, String Quartet Nr 1 Versailles
- RodionTsjtsjedrin, Carmen Suite
- W.A.Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante
- W.A.Mozart, Piano Concerto Nr 23 KV488
- B.Britten, Les Illuminations
- B,Britten, Simple Symphony
- M.Weinberg, Concertino for violin and strings
- E.Chausson, Poème
- A.Schnittke, The Story of the unknown actor
- E.Bloch, From Jewish Life

Soloists: Daniel Wayenberg, Gavriel Lipkind, Carla Leurs, Liza Ferschtman, Rosanne Philippens, Tjeerd Top, Maria Milstein, Noe Inui, Charlie Siem, Bernadeta Astari, Nello Mirando

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

- Bernstein, Overture Candide
- Prokofkev, Suite from Romeo & Juliet
- Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Nieuw Ensemble 
- Britten, Curlew River
- Festival programme Women Composers

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

- Mozart, 'Don Giovanni in a Nutshell' 
  Soloists: Serge Novique, Mitchell Sandler, Julia Bronkhorst

‘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)

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

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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