Antony Hermus, principal guest conductor at Opera North, named as new chief conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra

Antony Hermus

The Dutch conductor Antony Hermus, who is Opera North's new(ish) principal guest conductor, has been named as the new chief conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra. Hermus takes over the baton for the 2022/23 season and will be in place for at least four seasons, conducting 8 concerts in 2022-23 rising to 18 in 2023-24.

But in September 2021 he joins the orchestra for Ibert's Concertino da camera with the Belgian saxophonist Simon Diricq and Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, in a symphonic compilation by Henk de Vlieger.

And in October 2021 he returns to Leeds where he conducts Opera North in a double bill of Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and West Side Story Symphonic Dances.

Full details from the Belgian National Orchestra's website.