Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers studied orchestral direction at the Amsterdam Conservatory, with the conductors Ed Spanjaard and Lucas Vis. During his studies, he already regularly served as an assistant to the conductors Ed Spanjaard, Ivan Meylemans, Bas Wiegers and Antony Hermus, among others, in companies such as the PHION Orchestra, the Gelders Orchestra, the Nieuw Ensemble, the Amsterdam Conservatory Orchestra, the Dutch National Opera Academy (DNOA), the National Youth Orchestra (NJO) and the Netherlands Student Orchestra (NSO).
Later, he was an assistant at the opera productions A Little Night Music, at the Dutch Travelopera and Fantasio, Opera Zuid. In 2019, Pim made his debut with the PHION Orchestra in a series of youth performances.
Pim is currently the music director of the Nijmegen student orchestra CMC and the Musica Den Haag symphony orchestra. He also conducts various projects, ranging from chamber music to large-scale symphonic repertoire. For example, in the spring of 2024, he conducted the 60th project of the Netherlands Student Chamber Orchestra (Nesko).
In collaboration with the singing department of the Amsterdam Conservatory, Pim directed a fully staged opera production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica.
In 2013, he formed his own orchestra with the Dutch Symphony Project (NeSP). This project orchestra, consisting mainly of conservatory students, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2022, which was awarded with a major final project.
In addition to bringing regular concert programmes, Pim likes to connect with other forms of art around the concert stage. For example, in recent years there have been several collaborations with actors, dancers, fine artists and sand artist Gert van der Vijver.
Pim also worked with Gregor Horsch, Floris Mijnders, Jeannette van Schaik, Thomas Beijer, Ramon van Engelenhoven, Nikola Meeuwsen and Anna Fedorova.
In addition to conducting, Pim works for NPO Klassiek as a freelance music collector for NTR.