With captivating energy and great openness, Bas Wiegers is a conductor who is always attuned to the present moment. As a guest with leading international symphony orchestras, soloist ensembles, and opera houses, he commands a wide-ranging repertoire that spans from the Baroque to the music of today.
This artistic breadth is also reflected in his successful work as Associated Conductor of the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Beginning with the 2025/26 season, he will continue in this position for another three years. Among the highlights are symphonies by Haydn, Ives, and Weill, as well as premieres with Nils Mönkemeyer and Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
Bas Wiegers is often invited back to conduct. In the coming season, he returns to the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (with Stravinsky’s Petrushka) and the WDR Symphony Orchestra. Debuts will take him to the podium of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and the Orchestre national de Metz, where he will conduct Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. He will also lead a concert series of Poulenc’s Stabat Mater with the Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. With Klangforum Wien, where he served as Principal Guest Conductor until 2022, he embarks on a tour to New York.
In his native Netherlands, Bas Wiegers has collaborated with all the major orchestras. Most recently, he conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra in three concerts marking the 750th anniversary of the City of Amsterdam. He has also appeared with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Cologne Opera, Opéra national de Lorraine (Britten, Mozart), Theater Bern, Theater Klagenfurt (Haas, Sciarrino), Festspielhaus Erl, Britten Sinfonia, and the SWR Vokalensemble. His festival appearances include Musikfest Berlin, Salzburg Festival, Venice Biennale, Holland Festival, Tongyeong International Music Festival, Prague Spring Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen, and Avanti! Summer Sounds.
Bas Wiegers enjoys close collaborations with composers such as Georges Aperghis, Georg Friedrich Haas, Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Rebecca Saunders.
Through his podcast The Treasure Hunt, he regularly ventures into the treasure trove of scores, offering listeners a personal insight into his working process as a conductor. He is also dedicated to supporting the next generation, serving as Guest Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
