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
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 |