Jac van Steen (born 1956 in

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) is a Dutch conductor. He studied music theory, as well as orchestral and choral conducting, at the . In the Netherlands, van Steen was conductor and music director of the

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Bach Choir from 1986 to 1990. From 1989 to 1994, he was the Music Director of Het Nationale Ballet in

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. Since 1992, he has been on the faculty at the Royal Conservatory of music and dance in

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. Currently, in collaboration with fellow conductors Kenneth Montgomery and Ed Spanjaard at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, he manages a course in conducting, to which only two students are admitted annually. Between 1997 and 2002, van Steen was Chief Conductor of the

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. He has also served as Music Director of the Neues Berliner Kammerorchester. Between 2002 and 2005 he was Music Director of Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar and Chief Conductor of the

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. Van Steen was chief conductor of the

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from 2002 to 2008. Between 2008 and 2013, he was

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of the Dortmunder Philharmoniker (

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Philharmonic Orchestra). In the UK, van Steen was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales between 2005 and 2013. In May 2014, the

Ulster Orchestra The Ulster Orchestra is a full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland. Based in Belfast, the orchestra plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and Waterfront Hall. It also gives concerts across the United Kingdom ...

named van Steen its next principal guest conductor, effective September 2014. Van Steen has frequently been broadcast by the BBC, and has recorded many CDs with various of the orchestras he has directed.Jac van Steen
''philharmonia.co.uk'', accessed 24 March 2018 Van Steen is also principal guest conductor of the

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(2013 - ).

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Jac van Steen
at bbc.co.uk
Jac van Steen
at philharmonia.co.uk 1956 births Dutch male conductors (music) People from Eindhoven Living people Academic staff of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague 21st-century Dutch conductors (music) 21st-century Dutch male musicians {{Netherlands-conductor-stub