Rolf Verbeek finished his master orchestral conducting in 2015. As intendant, Miranda van Kralingen invited him to learn opera at Opera Zuid. This internship resulted in the co-production 'The Soprano's' with ICK Amsterdam. This production was invited for a reprise at Ricardo Muti's Ravenna Festival. Rolf has conducted a large number of orchestras, in this regard, his work with the Camerata of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and the Dutch National Opera Academy, deserve special mention. He made his Russian debut with the professional musicians of the YSO of Saint Petersburg. Rolf served as assistant conductor to Arjan Tien at the West Deutsche Rundfunk and Jan Willem de Vriend at the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra.