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Amsterdam

Amsterdam-Centrum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Interim management and support, focusing on cultural organisations. Clients include Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestras of The Netherlands, and Phion (former Het Gelders Orkest and Orkest van het Oosten).

Rotterdam En Omgeving, Nederland

In 2015 the Rotterdam Chamber Music Society (RCMS) turned into a foundation, and in June 2016 the board was installed, of which I am chairman. The RCMS was founded by Julien Hervé, principal clarinet of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (RPhO), in order to organise chamber music concerts performed by a combination of professional musicians, mostly from the RPhO, and top talented students from Dutch conservatories. The venues of these concerts are the Bergsingelkerk and the Oude Kerk Charlois in Rotterdam. The Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani, is Honorary Chairman of the RCMS. The former Chief Conductor, now Honorary Conductor, of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, has become the Society's Honorary Ambassador.

Conducting numerous amateur wind orchestras through the years, leading rehearsals and concerts. Includes programming, coaching, teaching. Making new arrangements for a variety of wind orchestras.

Arnhem/Enschede

Responsibilities include programming the two orchestras based in Arnhem and Enschede of the 2021-2022 season, artistic management of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons, budgeting and managing the artistic department. Chair for audition commissions.

Responsible for budgets, contracts, fund applications, negotiations. Also programming several concerts. General responsibility for the two weeks' tour through the Czech Republic and the Netherlands of the Jeugdorkest Nederland (85 people).

Amsterdam

Handling the orchestra's artistic planning, inviting guest conductors and soloists, negotiating contract conditions, involvement in all artistic processes, first liaison for conductors and soloists, development of tours (Europe, USA, Asia, direct and via touring managements) and run outs, responsible for producing several projects. Liaison for the Concertgebouw with regard to season’s planning.

Concert- En Congresgebouw De Doelen, Rotterdam

main responsibilities:- creating an optimal and correct long term and detailed actual planning, using OPAS- fee negotiations with artists managements (conductors, soloists), choirs- liaison for Chief Conductor Lahav Shani, Honorary Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Honorary Conductor Valery Gergiev, the late Principal Guest Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek and all incidental guest conductors, soloists and choirs- contract management for conductors, soloists, choirs, halls (run outs)- programming (assisting the Artistic Manager)- coordination chamber music series- liaison for Concert- en congresgebouw de Doelen regarding the orchestra's planning, including the chamber music series- secretary Artistic Committee- secretary Chief Conductor Search Committee

Amsterdam

Main responsibilities include development and programming the 2019-2020 season of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, artistic management of the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons (including budgeting) and managing the artistic department. Chair for audition commissions.

Hilversum, Mco Building

main responsibilities:- creating a correct and optimal long term planning matrix for Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic and the Netherlands Radio Choir, using OPAS, serving a multitude of classical radio Broadcasting Associations- running various planning meetings with both internal and external stakeholders- rental of the studios of the MCO (ranging from personal use to full size symphony orchestras) - general security of the MCO building (security companies)- planning transport of both people and instruments- webmaster intranet

Hilversum, Mco Building

main responsibilities:- managing the planning department (5 colleagues)- creating an optimal and correct long term planning matrix for the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Choir, using OPAS, serving a multitude of classical radio Broadcasting Associations- creating an optimal and correct detailed actual planning for the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Choir, using OPAS- running various planning meetings with both internal and external stakeholders- fee negotiations with artists managements, conductors, soloists and choirs- contract management for conductors, soloists, choirs, halls (run outs)- OPAS application manager- rental of the studios of the MCO (ranging from personal use to full size symphony orchestras), - general security of the MCO building (security companies)

Hilversum, Mco Building

main responsibilities:- creating an optimal and correct long term planning matrix for the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Choir, using OPAS, serving a multitude of classical radio Broadcasting Associations- creating an optimal and correct detailed actual planning for the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra and the Metropole Orchestra, using OPAS- contract management for conductors, soloists, choirs, halls (run outs)- distribution of planning information to internal and external stakeholders

Hilversum, Mediapark

main responsibilities:- gathering, translating, editing and distributing TV and radio program information for weekly TV magazines and newspapers- checking/correcting the work of fellow editors- PePe application management

Hilversum, Mediapark

main responsibilities:- gathering information on music played on public television and radio- editing information into uniformed matrises- distributing this information to BUMA and SENA

Heerenveen

main responsibilities:- editorial processing of wind orchestra music (from manuscript to published work)- correcting music scores- creating additional instrumentations of already published works- editorial processing of educational publications

Bachelor Of Music (B.Mus.), Percussion (Classical)

Master Of Music (M.Mus.), Conducting

Bachelor Of Music (B.Mus.), Conducting