Arjan Tien

Widely considered to be one of the most versatile conductors of his generation, Arjan Tien is a welcome guest with many orchestras.

He has been invited to work with internationally established internationally orchestras such as the WDRkhausorchester, the Philharmonie Westfalen (Germany), the Royal Bangkok Symphony, the Radio Philharmonic, the Netherlands Symphony and the Residentie Orchestra; the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (Ankara), the OrchestreHelsinki, the KZN, Johannesburg and Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestras and many others.

As well as opera houses such as the Dutch Touring Opera, Opera South, Opera Spanga, the Wermland Opera Sweden. In November he will make his first appearance at the Kassel Festival in Germany with the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra.

Arjan also Tien enjoys working with young talents. He is Professor of Conducting at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam and at the Maastricht Conservatoire, and Artistic Supervisor and Chairman of the Jury of the SA Conductor’s Competition. He also conducted the Netherlands Student Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands on several tours and will work with the APAC Festival Orchestra in Shanghai later this year.

In 2017 the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy has mae appointedstro Tien as its principal conductor and artistic director. Since 2021 also he serves as principal conductor of the VU Orchestra in Amsterdam.