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Arie van Beek was born in Rotterdam. He studied percussion instruments and worked first as a percussionist at the Radio orchestras of the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). He then turned to conducting. His teachers were Edo de Waart and David Porcelijn. From 1994 to 2010 Arie van Beek was chief conductor in residence of the Orchestre d'Auvergne in France. Since 2011 he is artistic and musical director of the Orchestre de Picardie, France and since 2013 artistic and musical director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève. He is permanent conductor of the Doelen Ensemble and conductor in residence at Codarts, the music conservatory of Rotterdam. Arie van Beek appears regularly as a guest conductor in France with orchestras such as Orchestre d'Auvergne, Orchestre Poitou-Charentes, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne and in
Arie van Beek is Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic. He has also been awarded the Médaille of the City of Clermont-Ferrand as well as the Elly Ameling-Prize in regognition for his contribution to the artistic accomplishment of the City of Rotterdam. In March 2014 he has been awarded Erasmus Prize of the city of Rotterdam.
