Stijn Schoonderwoerd Named New General Director Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Dutch National Opera & Ballet has announced the appointment of Stijn Schoonderwoerd. Together with the director of Dutch National Opera Sophie de Lint and the director of Dutch National Ballet Ted Brandsen, Schoonderwoerd will be part of the three-person Executive Direction and Board of Dutch National Opera &Ballet, which is jointly responsible for the entire organization. Stijn Schoonderwoerd has "extensive experience in successfully leading important cultural institutions and knows our organization well", say his co-directors Ted Brandsen and Sophie de Lint. Schoonderwoerd himself sees National Opera & Ballet as "the most beautiful organization in the entire Dutch cultural sector".

Chairman Jean-François van Boxmeer of the Supervisory Board of Dutch National Opera & Ballet: "We are convinced that we have found the right general director for Dutch National Opera & Ballet in Stijn Schoonderwoerd. The organization has a unique position within the Dutch cultural landscape. We cherish this position and we would like to further expand with the new director. We look forward to the cooperation".

Director Sophie de Lint of Dutch National Opera and director Ted Brandsen of Dutch National Ballet are also looking forward to the collaboration with Schoonderwoerd: "He is an excellent director with a strong financial background and a great passion for music, opera and ballet, who is very good at connecting people. We are extremely pleased with his arrival and look forward to the collaboration and positive energy that this new executive board team feels together ".

Schoonderwoerd (54) sees various reasons for making the transition. He calls National Opera & Ballet the "most beautiful organization in the entire cultural sector in the Netherlands". "The organization has so much artistic quality and craftmanship in it. Dutch National Opera and Dutch National Ballet are among the world's top artistic institutions, and it is very exciting to be able to contribute to this house ". He feels a responsibility to maintain and further develop this top position together with his co-directors.

Dutch National Opera & Ballet is no stranger to Schoonderwoerd due to previous positions. He has been business director of Dutch National Ballet and co-director of Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, which merged into Dutch National Opera & Ballet. He was also director of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the permanent orchestra of the Dutch National Opera, and financial manager of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, also a partner orchestra of Dutch National Opera.

From 2014, Schoonderwoerd was General Director of the National Museum of World Cultures, the new museum which arose from the merger of three museums which was realized under his leadership: the Tropenmuseum, Museum Volkenkunde (Ethnographic Museum) and the Afrika Museum and since 2017 also including the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam.

 

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