Author: René Gulikers

Contemporary repertoire in Bremen Last season, I conducted no fewer than 23 works by contemporary composers at the University of Arts in Bremen. It began in November 2023 with a concert featuring pieces by important composers from the last century, all of whom gave their very own interpretation of the dodecaphony developed by Schoenberg. Under my direction, the ensembleANM played… Read more →

  26-01-2023 Bremen (DE), music academy; 20:00 h ensembleANM Mara Hebel SPALT WP Qi Chu Ying Hualei Gan Wandering WP   29-01-2023  Naaldwijk (NL), Big Church; 15:00 h Viotta Symphony Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven Overture Egmont Antonin Dvorak Romance, for Violin and Orchestra Violin: Joshua Tavenier Beorges Bizet Symphony in C   07-02-2023 Bremen (DE), music academy; 20:00 h ensembleANM Jonas… Read more →

Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 On Friday, October 13 at 8:15 PM in the “Nedphokoepel” in Amsterdam and on Sunday, October 15 at 3:30 PM in the “Stadsgehoorzaal” in Leiden, I will conduct Bruckner’s masterpiece 8th symphony. Together with the Dutch orchestra “Het Klassiek Collectief” we will create a beautiful performance of this monumental symphony. Buy your tickets here: Amsterdam: Magistraal… Read more →

The 6th International Masterclass Conducting Technique (from August 18-25) was already fully booked in the beginning of May of that year. The number of female participants was particularly high this time, namely 6 out of 8. As usual, the participants had very diverse backgrounds, this time ranging from ballet pianist, musicology student, professional harpist and double bass player to Assistant… Read more →

Bernard Benoliel in Riga Ever heard of Bernard Benoliel? Until recently I had never heard of him, despite the fact that he owned an apartment in Amsterdam’s canal district for 30 years and was a Dutch citizen. This composer of Italian origin ( 1943-2017) grew up in the US and worked for a long time in England as a promoter… Read more →

Due to corona, many of my activities as a conductor couldn’t take place. One of them was my engagement as a guest conductor last month in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) with Beethovens and Prokofievs 5th symphonies. But corona gave me also new opportunities: In June, I will be part of an international jury in the Viennese “World Orchestra Festival”, which this… Read more →

I am happy to inform you about some new developments in my activities as a conductor/teacher. Corona crisis As with every conductor in the world, due to the Corona crisis, all my rehearsals, concerts and tours were cancelled during the months of March until June. My concert in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) with the Philharmonic Orchestra, didn’t take place, tours to… Read more →

It has been a long time since I published my last post. This doesn’t mean, there was no news to mention, I was just very, very busy. Let me start with the latest news. This month, on January 25, I will make my debut in one of the finest and most renown concert halls in the world: the Concertgebouw in… Read more →

    The season 2017-2018 was my 25th season as a professional conductor. In one of my latest newsletters (click here) , I wrote about the start of my career with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. In my jubilee season, I conducted again Russian orchestras with fantastic programs: the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, the Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra, the BACH Chamber Orchestra from… Read more →

Last week I was in Volgograd for the second time, to conduct again the Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert on April 29. This time with a very romantic program: Mendelssohn – Overture Hebrides Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto no. 3 Dvorak – Symphony no. 9 To me, the Hebrides overture is the most beautiful overture of the entire symphonic repertoire. I… Read more →