Koen Kessels

Koen Kessels
Born 1960/1961 (age 55–56)[1]
Occupation(s) Conductor, music director
Associated acts The Royal Ballet

Koen Kessels (born 1960/61) is a Belgian conductor, and music director of The Royal Ballet.[2]

Kessels studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.[3]

He has conducted at the Opéra national de Paris, the New York City Ballet and the Vienna State Opera, among others.[1]

Kessels is an honorary professor at Birmingham University, artistic director of Inspiratum and on the artistic direction team at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Jessica Salter (2015-11-21). "The world of Koen Kessels". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  2. ↑ Shipman, Chris (2014-10-07). "Koen Kessels to succeed Barry Wordsworth as Music Director of The Royal Ballet — News — Royal Opera House". Roh.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Koen Kessels - Birmingham Royal Ballet". Brb.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Koen Kessels - Birmingham Royal Ballet". Brb.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.