Etienne Siebens

The Belgian conductor Etienne Siebens (°1957) was offered guest conductorships both at home and abroad almost immediately after his studies in orchestral conducting under Lucas Vis, Hiroyuki Iwaki and Jorma Panula, which led the press to describe him as ‘the man to watch in a Belgium lacking in conductors’. From 1992 to 2008 he was the conductor and artistic head of the Prometheus Ensemble, which he had founded. As a full-time conductor of the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Siebens was able to make his very personal mark on the orchestra’s performances with his individual accents and bold interpretation. Over the last few seasons he has conducted the MusikFabrik, Klangforum Wien, Collegium Vocale Ghent, the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest and the Nederlands Kamerkoor. His name appears regularly at such festivals as the Holland Festival, the Flanders Festival, Festival Wien Modern, the Montreux-Vevey Festival and Warsaw Autumn. Since the 2012-2013 season Etienne Siebens has been a regular visiting conductor at the ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble.