Stijn Saveniers
Stijn Saveniers is a versatile conductor and researcher. He is the artistic director of his own comic music theatre company, Volksopera Antwerp. He's also a fixed member of the Antwerp based contemporary music ensemble HERMESensemble. And as a doctoral researcher in to the use of humour in music for theatre he is connected to the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (ARIA) and the Orpheus Institute Ghent (docARTES programme); and he is part of the Study Centre for Flemish Music, where he collaborates on new critical editions.
Stijn Saveniers studied at the conservatories of Leuven (Belgium) and Maastricht (the Netherlands), where he obtained, both for cello (with Mirel Iancovici) and orchestral conducting (with Edmond Saveniers), his Master’s degree with greatest distinction. In addition, he was awarded the Hustinckx Price in 2006. This triennial Maastricht price is awarded to the most promising young talent of a generation. From then onwards he conducted a wide variety of productions: opera, operetta, ballet, symphonic and chamber orchestra repertoire, oratorio, and contemporary music.