Koen Kessels
Category: | muzikant, docent, artistiek leider, dirigent, hedendaagse muziek |
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1961 | |
Genre(s): | 20ste eeuw, 21ste eeuw / hedendaags |
Instrument(s): | piano |
Conductor of: | HERMESensemble |
Contact of: | HERMESensemble |
Biography
Conductor Koen Kessels is Music Director of The Royal Ballet. He made his Royal Ballet debut in 2008 conducting The Nutcracker and has since returned every season, to conduct repertory including The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and Symphony in C and the world premieres of Raven Girl, Untouchable, Woolf Works, Frankenstein and Multiverse. He was appointed to his current position at the start of the 2015/16 Season.
Kessels studied at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Music. He was appointed Music Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2010. He is a regular guest conductor for Opéra National de Paris, and has conducted for such companies as New York City Ballet, the Théâtre du Capitole, Dutch National Ballet, Vienna State Opera, Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Teatro Real, Madrid, and the New National Theatre, Tokyo.
As Artistic Director of HERMESensemble he has collaborated with such composers as Abrahamsen, Bartholomée, Benjamin, Brewaeys, Ferrari, Henderickx, Hosokawa, Van Hove, Huber, Maresz, Murail, Pagh-Paan, Van Parys, Saariaho, Talbot and Yared.
Selective discography
Delibes Léo - Coppélia (2011) romanticism Koen Kessels, Léo Delibes |
Tribute to Jerome Robbins (2011) romanticism, theatre music Koen Kessels, Orchestre de L'opéra de Paris |
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Tsjaikovski. The Nutcracker (2010) romanticism Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Modest Iljitsj Tsjaikovski, Koen Kessels |
Sporen '09 (2009) romanticism Koen Kessels, Domonkos Hèja |
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André Laporte - Symphonic & vocal works (2007) 20th century Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), André Laporte, Vlaams Radio Orkest, André Laporte, Koen Kessels, Vic Nees |
Lexicon van de muziek in West-Vlaanderen 4 (2006) 20th century Eline Groslot, Bram Nolf, Ebony kwartet, Viviane Spanoghe, HERMESensemble, Less is more, Geert Callaert, Quintessens (...) |
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ConVerSations / ConSerVations (2005) 20th century, Jazz Koen Kessels, Kris Defoort |
Goeyvaerts Karel - amor[t] (2000) 20th century Jan Michiels, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Prometheus Ensemble, Vlaams Radio Orkest, ChampdAction, Ilse Duyck, Koen Kessels, Jan Michiels (...) |
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Stefan Meylaers, portrait of a composer (2000) 20th century Piet Van Bockstal, New Art Trio, Luc Bergé, Marc Vertessen, Kurt Gysen, Vera Baliko, Koen Kessels, Stefan Meylaers (...) |
Bonjour Monsieur Ensor (1999) 20th century Vlaams Radio Orkest, Raymond Chevreuille, Filip Bral, Luc Van Hove, Koen Kessels, Renier Van der Velden, Michel Tilkin, Jules Strens (...) |