Reputation
Marion van den Akker has a wonderful reputation as an artistic director and advisor for festivals, stages and competitions where she also served as a jury member, among these the Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation, the Peter the Great Festival, the Nazomer Music Festival and the renowned International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch. In 1994, together with Rian de Waal, she founded the Rhijnauwen Chamber Music Festival in Bunnik, later in 2005, the series Royaal Vocaal in The Hague. Press and public acclaim is ongoing for the Klassiekintveen Foundation, the farmhouse annex concert hall where in its famed acoustics, van den Akker programs concerts.
For actual example of artistic direction see www.klassiekintveen.nl