Harry van der Kamp

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Harry van der Kamp
Born1947 (1947)
Kampen
EducationAmsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory
Occupations
  • Classical bass singer
  • Academic
Organizations

Harry van der Kamp (born 1947 in Kampen) is a Dutch bass singer in opera and concert. Mostly active in Historically informed performance, he founded the Gesualdo Ensemble. He is also an academic voice teacher.

Singing career

Born in

Kampen, van der Kamp studied first law and psychology in Amsterdam. Then he studied singing with Elizabeth Cooymans and Max van Egmond at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory.[1]

He has worked mainly in

New York Times: "Harry van der Kamp is the only man, managing Zoroastro's bass arias with pleasing clarity and heft."[2]

He recorded several

Vespro della Beata Vergine in 1978, in Handel's Messiah in 1979, in Bach's St. Matthew Passion in 1981 and 1985, and in his Mass in B minor in 1983.[4]

He has worked with such ensembles as the Hilliard Ensemble, Musica Antiqua Köln or Les Arts Florissants. With the Huelgas Ensemble he recorded works of Matteo da Perugia.[5]

In 1984, he founded the Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam to perform madrigals of the 16th and 17th century, of composers such as Carlo Gesualdo, Emilio de' Cavalieri and Scipione Lacorcia, and also music of the 20th century.

Van der Kamp and the Gesualdo Consort completed Het Sweelinck Monument, a first complete recording of the vocal works of

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was present at the commemorative event at the Oude Kerk van Amsterdam on 20 October 2010, and Van der Kamp was made a Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw.[7]

Teaching career

In 1994, Harry van der Kamp was appointed professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen.[1] He has been teaching at the Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Harry van der Kamp on bach-cantatas
  2. ^ Modulating Handel's 'Orlando' For Ears Of the 90's review of Bernard Holland in the NYT, 12 February 1996
  3. ^ Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 Conducted by Frans Brüggen
  4. ^ Pfingstkonzerte Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine junge kantorei (in German)
  5. ^ Perusio: Virelais, Ballades, Caccia /Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine Arkivmusic
  6. ^ An interview with Harry van der Kamp by Mark Wiggins, 2009
  7. ^ Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam wint VSCD Klassieke Muziekprijs Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Het Sweelinck Monument 2010
  8. ^ Dozenten Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine teachers of the Foundation for Education and Research (in German)

External links

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