HERNÁN SCHVARTZMAN

Argentinean-Dutch conductor Hernán Schvartzman is an award-winning and versatile artist who feels equally at home conducting top historically informed ensembles and cutting-edge contemporary music groups, as well as leading international large-scale opera productions and symphonic concerts.

He has conducted ensembles such as the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Vox Luminis, ASKO|SCHOENBERG, Netherlands Bach Society, Gelders Orkest, Orquesta del Teatro Argentino de La Plata, the Orchestra of the Early Music department of the Royal Conservatoire, New European Ensemble, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Dutch Radio Choir, and Capella Amsterdam.

Hernán is the musical leader of the Dutch-based opera company OPERA2DAY and works as a guest conductor for other companies such as Juventus Lyrica, Muziektheater Transparant, Nederlandse REISOPERA, Rotterdam OPERADAGEN, Teatro Argentino de La Plata, Dutch National Opera Studio, and the Monteverdi Festival di Cremona.

A selection of his operatic repertoire includes: the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy, Zauberflöte (Argentinean "Opera of the Year" 2013), Cherubini's Médée, Charpentier's La Troupe d'Orphée (Dutch Opera of the Year 2014), the world premiere of Tsoupaki's Mariken in the Garden of Delights, J.S. Bach's The Apocalypse (Bach–Iliopoulos, 2024), Don Quichotte (Moretto, 2023), Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Rossini's Le Comte Ory, and Thomas' Hamlet (nominated for the VSCD Ovation Prize 2018).

He graduated cum laude from the Master's in Orchestral Conducting and Early Music Opera Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. His teachers included Jac van Steen, Kenneth Montgomery, Jos van Veldhoven, Ton Koopman, and Reinbert de Leeuw. Hernán was a member of the selection committee for the "Composers Showcase" organised by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW), where he recorded award-winning chamber music pieces with the wind soloists of the BBC NOW. 

He taught "Ensemble Leading" at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. He held the position of chief classical music advisor to the Argentinean Ministry of Culture for the opening of the Centro Cultural Kirchner, where he also gave masterclasses to Argentinean conductors along with the Argentinean National Youth Orchestra.

Hernán Schvartzman is the recipient of the prestigious Huygens Scholarship, awarded by the Dutch government, and has also been recognised as a 'Musical Top Talent', 'Creative Top Talent', and 'Cultural Ambassador of the City' by the municipality of The Hague.

He was nominated as Best Argentinean Conductor of the Year 2014 by the Argentinean Association of Musical Reviewers.