Conrad van Alphen
conductor

Born 1963, Pretoria, South Africa


Conrad van Alphen had his general education in South Africa, studying the double bass and conducting. After his music studies he became permanent member of the SABC Radio Orchestra in Johannesburg.

In 1989 he reconnected with his Dutch roots,  moving to The Netherlands, where he worked with nearly all the major orchestras and held permanent positions in the Beethoven Academie (Antwerp) and the Radio Symphony Orchestra (Hilversum).

After moving to The Netherlands Conrad continued his conducting studies with top conductors like Eri Klas and Roberto Benzi.

Conrad is artistic director of the Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra, which he founded together with young professional musicians in 2000. He has built up this orchestra to one of the best chamber orchestras in The Netherlands. Mr. Van Alphen and Gary Goldschneider have made CD’s together and have toured Russia and Bulgaria in concert in the last two years.