Ed Spanjaard
| Ed Spanjaard | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Eduard Philip Spanjaard |
| Born |
December 22, 1948  Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Genres | Classical, Contemporary |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, Pianist |
| Instruments | Piano, viola |
| Years active | 1975 - present |
| Associated acts |
Limburgs Symfonie Orkest Nieuw Ensemble |
Eduard Philip (Ed) Spanjaard (Haarlem, 22 December 1948) is a Dutch conductor and pianist.
Ed Spanjaard’s father was a psychiatrist and amateur pianist, and his mother a flutist and music teacher. Spanjaard studied at the Conservatorium van de Vereniging Muzieklyceum at Amsterdam and afterwards at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. During his studies he was, next to conductor of amateur ensembles like the Leids Studenten Kamer Orkest (LeSKO), assistant of Bernard Haitink, George Solti and Herbert Karajan.
In London he worked as répétiteur of the Royal Opera Covent Garden. In 1978 he conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Mozart's Così fan tutte during the Glyndebourne Festival. In 1980 and 1981 he was assistant-conductor of Herbert Karajan at the Salzburger Festspiele. For the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1983 he was assistant of George Solti in Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen, which laid the foundation for his work in the opera. For several years he was principal guest conductor of the Nederlands Balletorkest and the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest (LSO) (1982–1988), and has directed almost all Dutch orchestras. Since 1982 Spanjaard has been principal conductor of the Nieuw Ensemble, which was awarded the Prins Bernardfonds muziekprijs in 1998. As guest conductor he performed all over the world. The last years Spanjaard worked as conductor in the contemporary and classical repertoire. In the Netherlands he directed Verdi's Rigoletto with the De Nederlandse Opera, Gounod's Faust and Verdi's Don Carlos with the Nationale Reisopera and with the Opera Zuid Puccini's La Bohème and Madame Butterfly as well as Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel. Also with the Residentie Orkest and abroad (Canada) he made several opera productions. In 2000 at the Rotterdam Ahoy he conducted the Nederlands Balletorkest in Verdi's La Traviata and Britten's Peter Grimes with the Nationale Reisopera. He premiered the chamber-operas Wolf Cub Village and Night Banquet from the Chinese composer Guo Wenjing with the New Ensemble. Beginning 2004 he was invited by the opera of Lyon to conduct the opera Pelléas et Mélissande from Claude Debussy.
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