Charette, Gregory
Born in 1987, a conductor and programmer deeply committed to the performance and promotion of new music. He is the chief conductor of Orkest De Ereprijs and principal guest conductor of the Kosovo Philharmonic. He is also a regular guest conductor to the Asko | Schönberg Ensemble, guest lecturer and conductor of the Ensemble Academy at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. In 2013 he founded Oerknal, a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to reimagining and reinvigorating the concert experience.
Gregory studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Ohio) and at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, as well as working with Pierre Boulez at the 2011 Lucerne Festival and serving as conductor during the Holland Festival’s John Cage Centennial as well as the Aldeburgh Festival’s Emerging Composers Programme.
Engagements have included concerts with Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, RTSH Orchestra (Albania), Kosovo Philharmonic, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Nieuw Ensemble, Ensemble Contrechamps, Britten-Pears Ensemble and SONEMUS Ensemble (Bosnia). He currently resides in Rotterdam.