Klaas-Jan de Groot

Klaas-Jan de Groot is a Dutch conductor and chorus master. Since the beginning of the season 2022-2023 he is the chorus director of the Aalto-Theater in Essen. He regularly works with the Netherlands Radio Chorus (Groot Omroepkoor). He has been assistant chorus master at the Bayreuther Festspiele every year since 2018. Klaas-Jan de Groot has been assistant chorus master with Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam from 2016-2022. Besides assisting Ching-Lien Wu he also prepared the DNO chorus for several productions and projects. He conducted various concerts/performances with Opera Zuid as well as the Orchestra of the 18th Century. In May 2023 he started to work with the NDR Vokalensemble in Hamburg. From season 2025-2026 onwards he will be the new chorus director of Opernhaus Zürich.