Annett Andriesen is the Managing Director of the International Vocal Competitions at Hertogenbosch. She has been the artistic and financial director of the International Vocal Competition for nine years.

The International Vocal Competition’s Hertogenbosch (IVC) was founded in 1954 and is the sole classical vocal competition in the Netherlands that involves oratorio and art song as well as opera, with much attention also being paid to 20th century and to contemporary music. It is a unique cultural institution with long-standing connections to the province of Noord-Brabant and to the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch.

Annett was previously the opera singer at DNO Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, May 1974. He has regular guest roles as the mezzo-soprano with Dutch Opera in Amsterdam and has sang over 100 operaroles during the last 36 years in The Netherlands, Belgium and Europe as well as USA. When not working she enjoys politics, sports, and culture.