Josef Suilen is a Netherlands-based conductor active in both the symphonic and operatic repertoire, with a particular focus on the core symphonic canon. He studied with Bernard Haitink and Frans Brüggen, and received further training at the Mozarteum Salzburg and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.

He has held chief conductor positions with the Brabant Chamber Orchestra, International Opera Productions Company (NL), and the Royal Netherlands Army Band, and is currently Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the newly founded Chamber Orchestra of Limburg (COoL).

Recent engagements include the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica Dinu Lipatti, and orchestras throughout Central and Eastern Europe, as well as his U.S. debut with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. His work is characterised by clarity, musical authority and a strong rapport with orchestras.

Suilen studied orchestra conducting and the clarinet at the Conservatories of Maastricht and Amsterdam, graduating “Summa Cum Laude”. During those years he had lessons with Bernard Haitink, Carlos Kleiber and Frans Brüggen.

After his studies he dedicated himself to working with symphony and wind orchestras in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. He toured extensively during those years.

For Joop van den Ende and Stage Entertainment he conducted the widely acclaimed musical “Les Miserables” at the “Nieuwe Luxor Theater” in Rotterdam and “Koninklijk Theater Carré” in Amsterdam.

From around 2010, Josef dedicated his work symphony orchestras and opera companies all over the world. Since then he worked with multiple orchestras among others; The Mumbai Chamber Orchestra in India, The Istanbul State Orchestra in Turkey, The Guangxi Symphony Orchestra in China and Tomsk, Samara, Murmansk in Russia.

Nowadays, Josef continuous to move audiences working with symphony orchestras and opera companies all over the world.