Etienne Siebens
Category: | dirigent, hedendaagse muziek |
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1957 | |
Genre(s): | 21ste eeuw / hedendaags, 20ste eeuw, romantiek |
Biography
The Belgian internationally acclaimed all round conductor Etienne Siebens is often asked by contemporary composers as an interpreter of their creations. He is familiar with the works of György Kurtag, Mauricio Kagel, Jonathan Harvey, Harisson Birtwistle, Philippe Boesmans, Peter Eötvös, Pierre Boulez, Luca Francesconi, Luc Brewaeys and many others.
In his own country he was the founder of the Prometheus Ensemble that earned in no time a lot of successes in the whole of Europe and was also the chief conductor of Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen where he drew the attention on his original interpretations of classical masterpieces. He was also permanent guest conductor of Brussels Philharmonic and Artist-in-Residence of « I Solisti » (season 2011/2012).
In the Netherlands he was very successful as the principal guest conductor of the ASKO|Schönberg Ensemble and as a guest conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentieorkest, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Radio Chamber Orchestra (to name just a few). As an opera conductor he made his debut with the National Opera and with the Holland Festival.
Etienne Siebens will be remembered for the world creation of internationally acclaimed contemporary operas like: The house taken over (Vasco Mendonça) during the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Sawdust New York and Laika (Martijn Padding) with the Holland Festival as well as Private View(Annelies van Parys) for Opera XXI. Some of these operas were coproduced by Lod and Transparant. The premiere of Sunken Garden (Michel van der Aa) in France marked his debut with Opera de Lyon and Bosch Beach (Vasco Mendonça) his debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.
During the last seasons Etienne Siebens was invited by the Festivals of Covent Garden, Adelaide, Huddersfield, Wien-Modern, Automne en Normandie, Paris (Agora-Festival), Montreux-Vevey, Warsaw Autumn, Musica Strasbourg and the Flanders Festival.
He collaborated with such outstanding soloists as Barbara Hannigan, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, José van Dam, Christiane Stotijn, Quirine Viersen, Frank Braley, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Patricia Kopatschinskaja, Claron McFadden and Pieter Wispelwey.
Selective discography
Serenades for Winds (2014) romanticism, 20th century I SOLISTI, Antonín Dvořák, Etienne Siebens, Richard Strauss, Ivo Hadermann, Flor Alpaerts |
Frank Martin and the saxophone (2012) 20th century Arno Bornkamp, Frank Martin, Ed Spanjaard, Radio Kamer Filharmonie, Thierry Fischer, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Etienne Siebens, Danielle Rieger (...) |
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Baltakas Vykintas, (co)ro(na) (2010) 20th century musikFabrik, Vykintas Baltakas, Rebecca Saunders, Magnus Lindberg, Iannis Xenakis, Etienne Siebens |
schattenspiele - shadow games (2010) 21st century / contemporary, 20th century Hae-sun Kang, Michael Tiepold, Helen Bledsoe, Omar Ebrahim, musikFabrik, Diego Masson, Etienne Siebens, James Wood (...) |
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sichtbare spuren - visible traces (2010) 20th century musikFabrik, IRCAM, Rebecca Saunders, Mauro Lanza, Nicolaus A. Huber, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Peter Rundel, Etienne Siebens (...) |
Michel van der Aa (2010) 21st century / contemporary Nederlands Radio Chamber Ochestra, Claron McFadden, Peter Eötvös, Etienne Siebens |
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Martijn Padding - Three concerti (2010) 21st century / contemporary Martine Sikkenk, Dirk Luijmens, Heleen Hulst, Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble, Etienne Siebens |
Kris Defoort - The woman who walked into doors (2010) 21st century / contemporary, 20th century Claron McFadden, Jacqueline Blom, Kris Defoort & Dreamtime, Prometheus Ensemble, Kris Defoort, Etienne Siebens |
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Symfonie. orkest. vlaanderen - Etienne Siebens (2010) 20th century, romanticism, classicism Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Christianne Stotijn, Joseph Haydn, Igor Stravinsky, Edward Elgar, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein (...) |
Gösta Neuwirth (2009) 21st century / contemporary Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Klangforum Wien, Etienne Siebens |
Related Items
News: | Etienne Siebens wordt vaste gastdirigent bij Asko/Schönberg (05.04.2011) Etienne Siebens 'artist in residence' bij I Solisti del Vento (25.02.2011) |
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Persons/artist(s): | Prometheus Ensemble (ensemble (instrumental)) Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen (symphonic orchestra, , contemporary music, orchestra) |
External links: | Facebookpagina van Etienne Siebens |