Antony Hermus

Antony Hermus is permanent guest conductor of the North Netherlands Orchestra, artistic adviser and permanent guest conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands (NJO). He is Chief Conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra, permanent guest conductor of the Noord Nederlands Orkest and principal guest conductor of Opera North. In the summer of 2022 Antony Hermus conducted the NJO Opera Orchestra in Bluebeard's Castle.

Having firmly established his symphonic career in the Netherlands – where he regularly conducts all the major orchestras – Hermus is increasingly sought-after elsewhere, including the Philharmonia London, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Danish National, Suisse Romande, Melbourne Symphony and Seoul Philharmonic. He has a wide repertoire which also encompasses many living composers, and a particularly close relationship with Unsuk Chin, whose work he conducted with Helsingin Kaupunginorkesteri (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra) and the Sveriges Radios Symphony Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra of the Swedish Radio) among others.

After building up a flourishing symphonic career in the Netherlands - where he regularly conducts all major orchestras - Hermus has in recent years been regularly asked elsewhere by orchestras such as the Philharmonia London, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Suisse Romande, Melbourne Symphony and Seoul Philharmonic. He has a broad repertoire that also includes many living composers He has a particularly close relationship with Unsuk Chin, whose work he has conducted with, among others, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Swedish Radio Orchestra.

He has conducted extensively and throughout his career in opera houses across Europe, notably in Stuttgart, Strasbourg, Gothenburg, at the Komische Oper Berlin, the Opéra de Paris studio, Essen and the Nederlandse Reisopera. At the age of 29 he became Generalmusikdirektor of the German city of Hagen, where he won many awards for his work. He was Music Director in Dessau since 2009, where he was nominated "Conductor of the Year" by Opernwelt magazine three years in a row. He ended his appointment in the summer of 2015 with his first Ring cycle and promotion to Honorary Conductor.

Antony Hermus studied piano with Jacques de Tiège at the Tilburg Music Conservatory and conducting with Jac van Steen and Georg Fritzsch. He is Visiting Guest Professor at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam and at the National Master of Orchestral Conducting.