The Romanian baritone, Daniël Hermán Mostert, studied theology for two years (at a German-language institute in Sibiu/Hermannstadt, Romania), and completed a study of music therapy in the Netherlands at the conservatory in Enschede. After this he studied classical singing at the ArtEZ Conservatoire with Anne Haenen, Annette Kleine and Harry van Berne, at the same time working part-time as a music therapist. In 2008 he completed his bachelor's degree. In April 2010 he took the concert for his master's degree. During his studies he took master-classes with David Wilson-Johnson, Meinard Kraak, Johannette Zomer, Carolyn Watkinson and Barbara Schlick, among others, often as part of Marien van Nieukerken's Lieder class.
Daniël Hermán Moster is active as an ensemble singer, but also as a soloist in song recitals, operas and oratorios (by J.S. Bach, J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, W.A. Mozart,, Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Rossini, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé and Orff, among others).
Daniël Hermán Moster forms a duo with the Russian pianist Sofia Vasheruk. They have performed at the WDR-Musikfest in Münster and the Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam, among other venues. In 2009, they won the prize of the 'Association of Friends of the Song' during the 1st International Student Song Duo Competition in Enschede. Since then, they have also given regular song recitals as soloists of this association (with songs by Schubert, Alban Berg, Francis Poulenc, Ravel, Quilter, Mussorgsky and Sergei Rachmaninov, among others).
Daniël Hermán Moster performed, among other things, the role of Adonis in Venus and Adonis by John Blow; the roles of Dr Pangloss and Martin in a Dutch adaptation of Leonard Bernstein's Candide and of Gil in Il segreto di Susanna by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Since April 2010, he has been working part-time with the Groot Omroepkoor. |