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Jan Willem de Vriend is the chief conductor and artistic director of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (Orkest van het Oosten) and the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam. Furthermore he is principal guest conductor of the Brabant Orchestra for baroque and classical repertoire.

The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra has its base in Enschede. Within the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht are key venues. A specialization of the orchestra is late romantic repertoire. The orchestra is invited to play in Carnegie Hall and made tours in the USA and the UK. Jan Willem de Vriend is appointed chief conductor as successor to Jaap van Zweden.

The Combattimento Consort Amsterdam was established by Jan Willem de Vriend in 1982. The band focuses on the performance of 17th and 18th-century music. The band is focusing both on standard repertoire and programmes featuring remarkable and little-known works, some of which are only available in manuscript. The orchestra made successful tours in the United States, Japan and South America, attracting attention in international media.

Beside his positions as chief conductor and principal guest conductor, Jan Willem de Vriend regularly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hague Residency Orchestra, Beethoven Academy, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Wiener Concert-Verein, Duisburger Symphoniker, NDR Hannover and Liceu orchestra.

Jan Willem de Vriend conducts regularly opera productions. He conducted Händel’s Rodelinda and Alcina, Monteverdi’s L’incoronnazione di Poppea and L’Orfeo, Purcell’s King Arthur and Dido and Aeneas, with the Onafhankelijk Toneel and the Nationale Reisopera. Moreover, he conducted Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with Opéra National du Rhin in Strassbourg, Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at the Luzern Opera and the opera Der Stein der Weisen directed by Eva Buchmann, he conducted the Liceu orchestra in an all-Händel program; further he received invitations by the Stanislavsky Theatre Moscow.

Jan Willem de Vriend made recordings for radio and television with the Radio Chamber Orchestra and the Brabant Orchestra. Challenge Classics released various CDs with De Vriend and the Combattimento Consort. The Brandenburg Concertos, Christmas Oratorio and La Resurezzione were released, with international top casts. Challenge Classics also released De Vriend conducting the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra with Mahler Ist symphony. De Vriend is also making studio recordings of all Beethoven symphonies.