Stijn Saveniers
Stijn Saveniers (PhD) is a conductor, repertoire coach and artistic researcher, active across a broad spectrum of musical and theatrical practices. His work combines extensive performance experience with in-depth academic inquiry.
Since 2015, he has been affiliated with the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp as a member of the Labo XIX&XX research group. In May 2025, he completed his doctoral project La Grande Bouffe: challenges in the performance of musical comedy, which explored the function of musical humour in comic music theatre.
From September 2025, he is the coordinator of the Labo XIX&XX research group, thereby further strengthening his engagement within the field of artistic research.
Current & Past Projects
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![A Victorian-era painting of a woman reading a book and a girl in a salon. A young man with curly hair sitting down, holding a guitar, looking at the woman. The room has ornate woodwork, a bust sculpture, a clock, and a vase of flowers.]()
Guitar songs and the 19th century popular music culture - Supervisor
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![Sheet music titled 'Concerto' for solo violoncello by R. Schumann, Op. 129, with musical notation and tempo markings.]()
Singing the cello - vocality as a principle of Romantic instrumental playing in Schumann's works - Supervisor
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![A group of women in elegant 19th-century dresses in a richly decorated room, with some sitting at a table and others standing nearby.]()
Echoes of home: reimagining the domestic musical soundscape of 19th century Belgium - Supervisor
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![Two men sitting in an empty church or auditorium with wooden seats and stained glass windows in the background.]()
Pipes and Tubes: Flemish music for brass and organ - Research project
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![A man with short brown hair holding a large bunch of oranges with a distressed expression, while a woman with brown hair smiling touches the oranges.]()
La Grande Bouffe - PhD project
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![A painting of a woman with long dark hair, dressed in a flowing white gown, reclining with her right hand touching her face, against a dark background with red fabric on the right side.]()
'Souvenir de Malibran' - Research project
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![Page from a classical orchestral sheet music titled "Symphonie" by Pierre Sumeront, with a tempo marking of Largo maestoso. The score is for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and double bass, with various solo and dynamic markings.]()
Pierre Suremont, a forgotten Antwerp composer - Research project
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![Group of actors on stage performing a theatrical scene, with some sitting on a couch and others standing or sitting around, wearing costumes that suggest a domestic or casual setting.]()
Le Docteur Miracle (Charles Lecocq), a new critical edition
