Jac van Steen

Jac van Steen (born 1956 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch conductor. He studied music theory, as well as orchestral and choral conducting, at the Brabants Conservatory of Music.

In the Netherlands, van Steen was conductor and music director of the Nijmegen Bach Choir from 1986 to 1990. From 1989 to 1994, he was the Music Director of Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam. Since 1992, he has been on the faculty at the Royal Conservatory of music and dance in The Hague.

From 1997 to 2002, van Steen was Chief Conductor of the Nürnberger Symphoniker. He has also served as Music Director of the Neues Berliner Kammerorchester. From 2002 to 2005, he was Music Director of Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar and Chief Conductor of the Staatskapelle Weimar. van Steen was chief conductor of the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur from 2002 to 2008. In 2008, he became Generalmusikdirektor of the Dortmunder Philharmoniker (Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra).

In the UK, van Steen was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from 2005 to 2013. In May 2014, the Ulster Orchestra named van Steen its next principal guest conductor, effective September 2014.

External links

• BBC NOW biography of Jac van Steen
• Dortmund Philharmonic German-language biography of Jac van Steen

Cultural offices
Preceded by Thomas Gabrisch	Chief Conductor, Nürnberger Symphoniker 1997–2002	Succeeded by Bernhard Gueller
Preceded by George Alexander Albrecht	Chief Conductor, Staatskapelle Weimar 2002–2005	Succeeded by Carl St.Clair
Preceded by Heinrich Schiff	Chief Conductor, Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur 2002–2008	Succeeded by Douglas Boyd
Preceded by Arthur Fagen	Generalmusikdirektor, Dortmunder Philharmoniker 2008–present	Succeeded by incumbent