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Koen Kessels

Overview

Koen Kessels, Music Director, studied at the Royal Flemish Conservatoire of Music, Antwerp. He made his debut with the Royal Ballet of Flanders with Cinderella and has been a regular guest conductor for Opéra National de Paris (Le Parc, Coppélia, Proust, Cinderella, Hurlevent, Hommage à Jerôme Robbins, Giselle, La Petite Danseuse de Degas) since 2005 and with The Royal Ballet (Nutcracker, Giselle) since 2008. This season he makes his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper and the Bolshoi and is back with the Brussels Opéra de Munt (Hanjo) and Antwerp Opera (L'Amour de loin). He made his opera debut with Rouen Opera, France, conducting Il barbiere di Siviglia. His standard repertory contains the main Verdi, Mozart and Puccini operas, although there is a definite accent on contemporary opera. He founded and is Artistic Director of HERMES ensemble, specialising in contemporary music. He is Music Director of Zomeropera Alden Biesen, Belgium and on the artistic direction team at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. He joined Birmingham Royal Ballet in September 2010.

Known for

Acting
2018 Corybantic Games Actor Conductor N/A
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Directing
2022 The Royal Ballet: Mayerling Directing Director N/A
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Sound
2025 RB&O Live 2024/25: Ballet to Broadway: Weeldons Werke Sound Conductor N/A
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2023 The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty Sound Conductor N/A
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2023 The Royal Ballet: Cinderella Sound Conductor N/A
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2022 The Convert - HENDERICKX Sound Conductor N/A
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2019 Mayerling Sound Conductor N/A
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2018 Swan Lake Sound Conductor 59
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2017 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Sound Conductor 59
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2017 The Sleeping Beauty Sound Conductor N/A
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2017 Woolf Works Sound Conductor 59
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2016 Frankenstein Sound Conductor 59
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2015 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Sound Conductor N/A
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2011 Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins Sound Conductor N/A
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2010 Cinderella Sound Conductor N/A
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2009 The Nutcracker Sound Conductor 59
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2007 Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur Sound Conductor 59
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