Koen Kessels

Category:muzikant, docent, artistiek leider, dirigent, hedendaagse muziek
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 - CoppéliaDelibes Léo - Coppélia (2011)
romanticism
Koen Kessels, Léo Delibes
Tribute to Jerome RobbinsTribute to Jerome Robbins (2011)
romanticism, theatre music
Koen Kessels, Orchestre de L'opéra de Paris
Tsjaikovski. The NutcrackerTsjaikovski. The Nutcracker (2010)
romanticism
Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Modest Iljitsj Tsjaikovski, Koen Kessels
Sporen '09Sporen '09 (2009)
romanticism
Koen Kessels, Domonkos Hèja
André Laporte - Symphonic & vocal worksAndré 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 4Lexicon 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 (...)
ConVerSations / ConSerVationsConVerSations / ConSerVations (2005)
20th century, Jazz
Koen Kessels, Kris Defoort
Goeyvaerts Karel - amor[t]Goeyvaerts Karel - amor[t] (2000)
20th century
Jan Michiels, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Prometheus Ensemble, Vlaams Radio Orkest, ChampdAction, Ilse Duyck, Koen Kessels, Jan Michiels (...)
Stefan Meylaers, portrait of a composerStefan 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 EnsorBonjour 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 (...)

Related Items

News:Koen Kessels muziekdirecteur van The Royal Ballet Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Londen (14.10.2014)
Koen Kessels muziekdirecteur Birmingham Royal Ballet (24.11.2009)
External links:LinkedIn van Koen Kessels
Spotify van Koen Kessels