 Michiel Delanghe (1987) got his masters degree at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (Belgium), where he studied orchestral conducting with Ivo Venkov and Koen Kessels.
In December 2013 he won third prize and Special Award in the 11th Cadaques Orchestra International Conducting Competition. It was the first time a special award was given in the history of the competition. As a result of this event, Michiel made his professional debut with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in a program of Mozart and Beethoven, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Youth Orchestra of Girona and the Orchestre National de Lille.
During his studies he conducted several concerts with the symphony orchestra from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and with the Ensemble XXI. Also, he served as an assistant-conductor in the Flemish Opera where he assisted conductors such as Patrick Fournillier (Turandot), Yannis Pouspourikas (Candide) and Jef Smits (Aladino e la lampada Magica). He actively participated in masterclasses with Robin Engelen and “het collectief”, with Ivo Venkov and the “Philharmonic Orchestra of Russe-Bulgaria”, with Mark Heron and the Manchester Camerata and with Peter Eötvös and the “Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France”.
2024, Michiel Delanghe was appointed general and artistic manager of the International Opera Academy Ghent (Belgium).
Recent projects
2024 he conducted the premiere of the musical theater production FAUST by the Belgian composer Mathias Coppens. The worked was commissioned by "Theater Arsenaal" and "Maan" and coproduced by "deCompagnie", and turned out to be a tremendous success with dozens of revivals also throughout 2025. Michiel Delanghe also conducted JUNGLE BOOK by composer Gwenaël Mario Grisi upon invitation of the Royal Philharmonique Orchestra of Liège, with performances at bozar Brussels and the so called Salle Philharmonique Liège.
For his debut at the Royal Opera House La Monnaie, the opera house invited him to conduct the world premiere of ALI, a community opera composed by Grey Filastine in close cooperation with Walid Ben Selim and Brent Arnold, commissioned by the opera house and premiered April 2024.
During the season 2025-2026 Michiel Delanghe will return to la Monnaie, to revive ALI and to conduct the world premiere of MEDUSA by Iain Bell, libretto and staged direction Lydia Steier.
Also noteworthy
his debut at Philharmonie Zuid-Nederland and comeback at Brussels Philharmonic, the world premiere of POLYMNIA by Theodosia Roussos at the Little Theater in Los Angeles ( 2023). CINDERELLA (Prokofiev) a production by de dance compagny Junior Ballet Antwerp and the belgian orchestra Casco Phil at the Bourse of Antwerp (2023). He also conducted the world premiere of the new opera by composer Frederik Neyrinck : KRUISTOCHT/CRUSADE after the international bestseller by Thea Beckman. A community Opera commissioned by the Flanders Opera, premiered in April 2023 and revived during season 2023-2024.
Upon invitation by Casco Phil, Michiel Delanghe participated in an large symphonic project around "Beethoven". On the programme the composer's 7th symphony and 5th piano concerto. Soloist : Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort. Career progress
Meanwhile Michiel Delanghe has repeatedly stood in front of the latter Belgian Orchestras in varied repertoire. With Brussels Philharmonic he also successfully conducted the cd-recording of Carmen Amoris by the Belgian composer Jan Van der Roost. Eventually he was also invited to debut at the Belgian national Orchestra in the community project Mol. Other highlights included the premiere of Zwanemans, a quite famous revisited interpretation of Richard Wagner's LOHENGRIN, for young audiences, made possible by a co-production between "Het PALEIS", "Opera-Ballet-Flanders" and "IOA" the International Opera Academy of Ghent. Reinviations and projects took him to the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra and the Brussels Philharmonic. The Flanders Opera invited him together with his ensemble "deCompagnie", to create Banket ! again a most exciting revisited opera adventure this time after Verdi's Macbeth (creation in 2019 at Flanders Opera Ghent followed by a revival at Theater ‘t Eilandje in Antwerp.
Important support
Michiel Delanghe was invited to assist Antony Hermus at the Opera house of Rennes on La Finta Giardiniera (Mozart) ; Koen Kessels on Satyagraha (Philip Glass) and recently (May 2022) on the world premiere of The Convert (by Wim Henderickx) both at Flanders Opera ; Alejo Perez on Don Carlos (Verdi) ; Eric Withacre at Brussels Philharmonic and the Flanders Radio Choir : Sir Mark Elder at the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (ASO) ; Arnaud Oosterbaan on Peter Grimes (Benjamin Britten) at Wadopera,The Netherlands ; Alain Altinoglu on Kinderen der Zee (Lodewijk Mortelmans) at the ROH La Monnaie ; M° Yi-Chen Lin on L’heure espagnole at Flanders Opera and eventually Christian Arming at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège Royal on Schubert's 9th Symphony. CV-Update : May 2025. Please contact the agency to get the latest update or the shortened version of the artist's biographical details. |
