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Koen Kessels

Birthplace:
Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium

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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.

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Conductor:
2007  Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur
2009  The Nutcracker
2010  Cinderella
2011  Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins
2015  Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2016  Frankenstein
2017  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2017  The Sleeping Beauty
2017  Woolf Works
2018  Swan Lake
2019  Mayerling
2022  The Convert - HENDERICKX
2023  The Royal Ballet: Cinderella
2023  The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
2025  The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

Director:
2007  Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur
2009  The Nutcracker
2010  Cinderella
2011  Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins
2015  Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2016  Frankenstein
2017  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2017  The Sleeping Beauty
2017  Woolf Works
2018  Swan Lake
2019  Mayerling
2022  The Convert - HENDERICKX
2022  The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2023  The Royal Ballet: Cinderella
2023  The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
2025  The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

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