Chris Derikx started studying HaFaBra-conducting at the Maastricht Conservatory and completed his Masters in 2010 at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

In 2009, he was a semi-finalist of the international conducting competition of the WMC. At the Concours International de Direction d'Orchestre d'Harmonie in Ville d'Avray (Paris), he finished third in a large global field of participants.

Chris currently has three orchestras under his leadership. With his orchestras, he achieved several successes at the Limburg Championship and the ONFK. During the WMC of 2013 he obtained the world title in the 1st fanfare orchestra division with the Royal Fanfare Orchestra “St. Caecilia ”.

In addition to his duties as a conductor of the aforementioned associations and the ZNFI, he is engaged in conductor education. In that context, he has been active as a guest lecturer at the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg since 2013. He is also a board member of the Association of Orchestra Conductors and Instructors.