David Porcelijn

Conductor David Porcelijn studied Flute, Composition and Orchestra Direction at the Conservatorium in The Hague. In addition he specialised  in the early music performance with focus on the Baroque and Classical periods. After graduating he received a scholarship to further his studies  in Genève. He spent a number of years in Australia as chief conductor of both the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he also held the same post with the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Denmark and the RTB-Symfonieorkest in Belgrade and as musical director and conductor at the Netherlands Dance Theater. He has regularly premièred new works at prominent music festivals across the globe and has overseen the recording of new works by such composer as Jan van Gilse, Julius Röntgen, Henk Badings, Hendrik Andriessen as well as the Australian composers Richard Meale, Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Westlake and Mathew Hindson. In addition he was a professor of Orchestra Direction at the conservatoriums in Utrecht, Amsterdam and The Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia.