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Koen Kessels
Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium
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 regu…
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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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2025
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Movie Conductor
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2023
The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Movie Conductor
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2023
The Royal Ballet: Cinderella
Movie Conductor
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2022
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
Movie Director
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2022
The Convert - HENDERICKX
Movie Conductor
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2019
Mayerling
Movie Conductor
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2019
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Movie Music Director
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2018
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Movie Conductor
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2018
Corybantic Games
Movie Conductor
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2017
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie Conductor
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2017
The Sleeping Beauty
Movie Conductor
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2017
Woolf Works
Movie Conductor
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2016
Frankenstein
Movie Conductor
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2015
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Movie Conductor
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2011
Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins
Movie Conductor
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2010
Cinderella
Movie Conductor
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2009
The Nutcracker
Movie Self - Conductor
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2007
Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur
Movie Conductor
