Hubert Soudant (born 16 March 1946 in
Maastricht
Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...
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) is a Dutch
conductor. He played the French horn as a youth. He has won prizes in several conducting competitions, including the
Besançon Young Conductor Competition and the Karajan International Conducting Competition.
Soudant has held music directorships with the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra (1974–1980), the Radio France Nouvelle Orchestra Philharmonique (1981–1983), l'Orchestra Toscanini (1988–92), l'
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (1994–2004) and
Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg
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(1994–2004). He has also served as the principal guest conductor of the
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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. He became principal guest conductor of the
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in October 1999, and music director in September 2004.
References
External links
Kajimono Concert Management agency biography
Living people
1946 births
Dutch conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
Musicians from Maastricht
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century male musicians
Oehms Classics artists
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