The Royal Conservatoire The Hague has appointed Jeremy Llewellyn as the new Head of the Early Music Department. He will succeed Teunis van der Zwart on 1 September 2026. In recent years, Van der Zwart has led the department with great dedication, artistic vision and commitment.
Jeremy Llewellyn brings extensive international experience in musicological research, historical performance practice and academic leadership. The Royal Conservatoire’s Early Music Department is widely regarded as one of the leading programmes in the field worldwide. With Llewellyn’s appointment, the department continues to strengthen its international profile.
Jeremy Llewellyn: “Early Music never stands still; there is always more to discover. It is therefore a great honour to join the Early Music Department, which is internationally renowned for its prowess in performance, excellence in ensemble and joy in collaboration.
I look forward to building on the work of my predecessors and, together with teachers, students and partners, bringing new discoveries to life and sharing them with a wide audience: young and old, local and international, specialists and curious listeners alike.
Throughout my career, I have lived and worked in several cities - London, Copenhagen, Basel, Vienna and Jerusalem - and I am very much looking forward to getting to know The Hague and its cultural life more closely. I also look forward to contributing to the European mission of the Royal Conservatoire and to the European Universities Alliance IN.TUNE.”
Llewellyn was born in London and received his first musical training in piano, organ and oboe. He studied Music at the University of Cambridge as an organ scholar at Selwyn College, which led to international tours, radio broadcasts, CD recordings and several positions as an organist.
Following research and doctoral studies at the University of Basel and a research appointment at the University of Copenhagen, he joined the management team of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2007, the internationally renowned institute for historical performance practice. In 2012, he served as Acting Deputy Director.
Llewellyn subsequently worked at the University of Oxford as a Departmental Lecturer and tutor at Exeter College and St Hugh’s College. Since 2019, he has worked at the University of Vienna as Senior Researcher at the Institute of Musicology and, since 2024, as Coordinator of the interdisciplinary Doctoral School of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies.
His publications focus on music and performance practice from the 9th to the 16th centuries. He has also collaborated with the BBC on projects relating to the Viennese composer Marianna von Martines (1744–1812).
The Royal Conservatoire warmly welcomes Jeremy Llewellyn to The Hague and looks forward to an inspiring collaboration. We look forward to the continued development of the Early Music Department under his leadership and to the new artistic and academic perspectives he will bring.