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Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra is based in the new Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp. Under the baton of Chief Conductor Elim Chan and Honorary Conductor Philippe Herreweghe the orchestra wants to move and inspire a large and diverse audience through top-level concert experiences. Thanks to its own series of concerts in large venues, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra occupies a unique position in Flanders. The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra has also been a guest of some major foreign concert halls: the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Festspielhaus in Salzburg, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Suntory Hall and the Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo, the Philharmonie of Cologne and Munich, the Palace of Art in Budapest and the National Grand Theatre of Beijing. International concert tours through Europe and Asia are a constant item on the yearly calendar. The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra collaborates with major classical music labels and several of the orchestra's CDs received acclaim by the professional press. The orchestra also curates its own label, focusing on the main orchestral repertoire, Belgian composers and contemporary music.

Karl-Heinz Steffens

Music Director of Prague State Opera and newly appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor at the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, German conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens is recognised as a conductor of great distinction in both the operatic and symphonic worlds. As well as his guest engagements with ensembles such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Philharmonia and the Toronto Symphony, Steffens takes particular pleasure in undertaking substantial surveys of repertoire, for example his four-year Musica non Grata project launched this season in Prague. Elsewhere in the opera house, he is regularly invited to the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

concert master

Lisanne Soeterbroek

first violin

Lisanne Soeterbroek, Mimi Jung, Eric Baeten, Mara Mikelsone, Nana Hiraide, Herlinde Verjans, Laie Lee, Arisa Kobayashi, Yuko Kimura, Sihong Liang, Claire Lechien, Natalia Tessak

second violin

Orsolya Horváth, Lin Mu, Ilse Pasmans, Maartje Van Eggelen, Marjolijn Van der Jeught, Liesbeth Kindt, Floris Uytterhoeven, Ciska Vandelanotte, Sabine Torrico-Poiesz, Luce Caron