Born in Utrecht in 1947; David Porcelijn is a conductor and composer. He studied flute, baroque flute, composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and continued his studies in Geneva on a scholarship. He was professor of conducting at the conservatoires in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Sydney. As principal conductor and artistic director he headed the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; he also directed the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin and frequently conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. After his return to Europe he worked with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover. He is a regular guest conductor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, with which he established the concert series “Musik von heute”. He has recorded more than twenty CDs of contemporary Dutch and Australian music. In 2008 he conducted the album Jacqueline Fontyn: Orchestral Works for Cybele.
David Porcelijn
Conductor
