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Equally at home in symphonic and operatic repertoire, in the 24/25 season Van Rechem will make his full operatic debut leading a new production of Carmen at Theater Nordhausen, and appear across Europe with orchestras including the Stuttgart Philharmonic, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Jena Philharmonic, Orchestre national Montpellier, Opéra de Limoges, Orchestre Victor Hugo, Orchestre National de Metz, RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Orchestre de Chambre de Luxembourg. He will also appear at the Strasbourg Festivals and Les Estivales with the Strasbourg Philharmonic and Opéra National de Bordeaux respectively. In recent seasons Van Rechem has also conducted Orchestre National de Lille in his hometown and as part of their regional tour, as well as projects with the MDR-Sinfonieorchester, the Nord Nederland Orkest and the Hradec Králové Philharmonic.
Passionate about contemporary music, van Rechem has founded his own ensemble Les Parnassiens, which specialises in early twentieth-century repertoire for chamber orchestra. He was also selected as part of the Lucerne Festival's Conducting Fellowship in 2021, working with composers such as Wolfgang Rihm, Dieter Ammann and Enno Poppe, and conducting a number of premieres. As an assistant conductor he has worked with Antony Hermus, Karel Deseure, Nicolas Pasquet and Ariane Matiakh, and has conducted youth orchestras such as the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, the Bundesjugendorchester, the Landesjugendsinfonieorchester Hessen and the Hanze Symphony Orchestra. In early 2024, Van Rechem was shortlisted in the conductor category for the 31èmes Victoires de la Musique Classique alongside Marie Jacquot and Léo Margue. In September 2024, he joins the Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris, where he will assist on several productions throughout the next two seasons.
Van Rechem studied percussion at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, and has played with ensembles including the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, and the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Limoges. Originally from Lille, van Rechem studied orchestral conducting with Jean-Sébastien Béreau, and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Antony Hermus, Karel Deseure, and Ed Spanjaard. He completed his master's degree with Nicolás Pasquet and Ekhart Wycik at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. In 2024, he was selected to participate in the Ammodo Conducting Masterclass with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Paavo Järvi.
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