Peter Kooy (Kooij) (Bass)

Born: September 17, 1954 - Soest, the Netherlands

The Dutch bass, Peter Kooy [Kooij], started his musical career at the age of six as a choir boy and sang many solo soprano parts in concerts and on records. However, he started his formal musical studies as a violin student. This was followed by singing tuition from Max van Egmond at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, and in 1980 he obtained a diploma for solo performance.

Peter Kooy has been an active soloist in many concerts all over the world in the most important concert-halls like Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Wien, Carnegie Hall New York, Royal Albert Hall London, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Berliner and Kölner Philharmonie, Palais Garnier Paris, Suntory and Casals Hall Tokyo. He has also sung in Israel. He is a regular performer at the most important festivals in Europe. He has performed with famous conductors like Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Roger Norrington, Michel Corboz. Frans Brüggen, René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, and Iván Fischer.

Peter Kooy’s wide repertoire contains all kind of music from Heinrich Schütz to Weill and he has made over hundred CD’s for Philips, Sony and Virgin Classics, Harmonia Mundi, Erato, EMI and BIS. His recordings in the complete series of J.S. Bach cantatas with Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan have received wide acclaim. His performances of J.S. Bach's cantatas and Passions are unusually sympathetic, assisted by a soft-grained timbre and an eloquent verbal delivery.

Peter Kooy is the artistic director of the "Ensemble Vocal Européen". From 1991 to 2000 professor of singing at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. From 1995 to 1998 Lehrauftrag at the Musikhochschule in Hannover. Since 2000 he is Professor at the Tokyo University of fine Arts and Music. He was invited to give master classes in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Finnland and Japan.

Peter Kooy is also an acclaimed voice teacher. Among the singers who have studied with him and/or attended his master-classes: Vincent Berger (Bass-Baritone), Robert Buckland (Tenor), Michael Marz (Baritone), Georg Christoph Peter (Bass), Vojtěch Semerád (Tenor), Marcel Jorquera Vinyals (Counter-tenor), Bart Uvyn (Counter-tenor).

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Sources:
BIS Records (January 2001)
Peter Kooij Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2001, April 2003)

Peter Kooy: Short Biography | Ensembles: Sette Voci
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works | General Discussions

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

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Works

Frieder Bernius

Bass

BWV 206, BWV 207a

Frans Brüggen

Bass

BWV 232 [2^nd], BWV 244
V-5 (1992): BWV 245 [1^st recording]
V-8 (2010): BWV 245 [2^nd recording]
V-6 (2010): BWV 245 [3^rd recording]

Peter Dijkstra

Bass

AOB Video: BWV 69 [2017], BWV 119 [2017], BWV 137 [2017]

Bernhard Forck

Bass

BWV 32, BWV 49

Michi Gaigg

Bass

[C-2] (2023, 2-CD/MP3): BWV 56, BWV 170, BWV 54, BWV 158 [Chorale], BWV 35, BWV 82, BWV 169 [Chorale]

Philippe Herreweghe

Bass

BWV 2, BWV 8, BWV 11 [1^st], BWV 12 [1^st], BWV 20, BWV 21 [3^rd, Video], BWV 22, BWV 25, BWV 29, BWV 36, BWV 38, BWV 39, BWV 42, BWV 43 [1^st], BWV 44 [1^st], BWV 44 [2^nd], BWV 46, BWV 56, BWV 57 [1^st], BWV 57 [2^nd], BWV 61, BWV 62, BWV 66, BWV 73 [1^st], BWV 73 [2^nd], BWV 75, BWV 80, BWV 82, BWV 91, BWV 93 [1^st], BWV 93 [2^nd], BWV 105 [1^st], BWV 105 [2^nd], BWV 107, BWV 110, BWV 119 [1^st recording], BWV 120 [1^st recording], BWV 121, BWV 122, BWV 125 [1^st], BWV 125 [3^rd, Audio/Video], BWV 127, BWV 131, BWV 133, BWV 133, BWV 138 [1^st], BWV 138 [2^nd], BWV 138 [3^rd], BWV 158 [1^st], BWV 158 [2^nd], BWV 159, BWV 176, BWV 207, BWV 214
[C-3] (1987): BWV 198 [1^st recording], BWV 78
CD-20 (2010): Bachfest Leipzig 2010: BWV 197, BWV 192, BWV 120 [2^nd recording], BWV 119 [2^nd recording]
C-24 (2016): BWV 101, BWV 115, BWV 103
[C-25] (2017): BWV 80 [2^nd recording], BWV 4, BWV 79
[C-26] (2020): BWV 45, BWV 198 [2^nd recording]
[C-27] (2023, CD): BWV 99, BWV 6 [3^rd recording], BWV 147
U-5 (2014, Video): BWV 43 [2^nd recording], BWV 6 [1^st recording], BWV 11 [3^rd recording]
U-10 (2014, Video): BWV 6 [2^nd recording]
Video (2015): BWV 62 [2^nd], BWV 91 [2^nd], BWV 40, BWV 63 [2^nd]
BWV 225-230 [1^st], BWV 225-230 [2^nd], BWV 232 [1^st], BWV 232 [2^nd]
[V-15] (2011): BWV 232 [3^rd recording]
[V-21] (2014): BWV 232 [4^th recording]
BWV 233, BWV 234, BWV 235, BWV 236, BWV 243, BWV 244 [1^st], BWV 244 [3^rd]
V-17 (2012): BWV 244 [5^th recording]
[V-20] (2017, Audio): BWV 244 [6^th recording]
BWV 245 [1^st], BWV 245 [3^rd]
[V-22] (2018): BWV 245 [5^th recording, Pilatus & Arias]
BWV 248 [1^st], BWV 248 [2^nd, DVD], BWV 249 [1^st], BWV 249 [2^nd, Video]

Philippe Herreweghe

Bass

Member of Collegium Vocale Gent:
C-18 (2006/2007): BWV 27, BWV 95, BWV 161
C-19 (2007): BWV 22, BWV 23, BWV 127, BWV 159
C-22 (2012): BWV 25, BWV 138 [3^rd],, BWV 105 [2^nd], BWV 46
C-23 (2013): BWV 44 [2^nd], BWV 48, BWV 73 [2^nd], BWV 109
C-24 (2016): BWV 101, BWV 115, BWV 103
[C-25] (2017): BWV 80 [2^nd recording], BWV 4, BWV 79
[C-26] (2020): BWV 45, BWV 118, BWV 198 [2^nd recording]
[C-27] (2023, CD): BWV 99, BWV 6 [3^rd recording], BWV 147
Bachfest Leipzig [F2023-C26]/[U-11] (2023, Video): BWV 65, BWV 73 [3^rd recording], BWV 81, BWV 190.1
[V-22] (2018): BWV 245 [5^th recording]

Peter Van Heyghen

Bass

R. Keiser: Brockes-Passion [Jesus]

René Jacobs

Bass

[V-1] (1995): BWV 225-230

Ton Koopman

Bass

BWV 244 [1^st, Jesus], BWV 245 [1^st, Jesus], BWV 247 [1^st], BWV 247 [2^nd, DVD]

Maarten Kooij

Soprano

[C-1] (1973): BWV 82
[C-2] (1993): BWV 211, BWV 212

Fritz Krämer

Bass

Member of BERNVOCAL:
[CV-1] (2018,Video): BWV 106

Gustav Leonhardt

Bass

Audio (1988): BWV 45 [2^nd], BWV 114 [2^nd]

Rudolf Lutz

Bass

BWV 91 [2016], BWV 127 [2017]
DVD/CD (2018): BWV 21
DVD/CD (2019): BWV 208
BSSG [D15-6] (2021, Video)/Bach-Kantaten N°39 (CD): BWV 215
BSSG [D16-14] (2022, Video): BWV 28
BSSG [D17-7] (2023, Video): BWV 178

Michael D. Müller

Bass

BWV 245 [1^st]

Peter Neumann

Bass

BWV 248

Andrew Parrott

Bass

BWV 249

Jan Pasveer

Bass

[C-2] (1980, LP): BWV 131

Shunske Sato

Bass

AOB Video: BWV 81 [2017], BWV 83 [2017]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bass

BWV 1, BWV 2, BWV 3, BWV 4, BWV 5, BWV 7, BWV 8, BWV 9, BWV 10, BWV 12, BWV 13, BWV 14, BWV 16, BWV 17, BWV 18, BWV 19, BWV 20, BWV 21 [1^st], BWV 21 [2^nd], BWV 22, BWV 25, BWV 26, BWV 27, BWV 28, BWV 29, BWV 30 [2^nd recording], BWV 31, BWV 32, BWV 33, BWV 34, BWV 36, BWV 38, BWV 39, BWV 40, BWV 43, BWV 44, BWV 45, BWV 46, BWV 47, BWV 49, BWV 56, BWV 58, BWV 59, BWV 60, BWV 61, BWV 62, BWV 63, BWV 64, BWV 65, BWV 66, BWV 67, BWV 68, BWV 69, BWV 69a, BWV 70, BWV 71, BWV 72, BWV 73, BWV 74, BWV 75, BWV 77, BWV 78, BWV 79, BWV 80, BWV 81, BWV 83, BWV 84: Chorale, BWV 85, BWV 87, BWV 88, BWV 90, BWV 91, BWV 93, BWV 94, BWV 95, BWV 96, BWV 97, BWV 98, BWV 99, BWV 100, BWV 101, BWV 102, BWV 105, BWV 106, BWV 107, BWV 110, BWV 111, BWV 112, BWV 113, BWV 114, BWV 115, BWV 116, BWV 117, BWV 119, BWV 120, BWV 120a, BWV 121, BWV 122, BWV 123, BWV 124, BWV 125, BWV 126, BWV 127, BWV 128, BWV 129, BWV 131, BWV 132, BWV 133, BWV 135, BWV 136, BWV 137, BWV 138, BWV 139, BWV 140, BWV 143, BWV 145, BWV 146, BWV 147, BWV 149, BWV 150, BWV 151, BWV 152, BWV 153, BWV 154, BWV 155, BWV 156, BWV 157, BWV 158, BWV 159, BWV 162, BWV 164, BWV 168, BWV 169: Chorale, BWV 171, BWV 172, BWV 173, BWV 174, BWV 175, BWV 176, BWV 178, BWV 179, BWV 180, BWV 181, BWV 182, BWV 183, BWV 186, BWV 187, BWV 188, BWV 190, BWV 192, BWV 195, BWV 196, BWV 197, BWV 197a
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 38 (2006): BWV 82, BWV 58
CV-1 (2011, Video): BWV 29 [1^st recording], BWV 120 [2^nd recording], BWV 30 [1^st recording]
BWV 232, BWV 233, BWV 234, BWV 235, BWV 236, BWV 244, BWV 245 [2^nd], BWV 248

Masaaki Suzuki

Bass

Member of Bach Collegium Japan:
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1: BWV 4, BWV 150
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 2: BWV 71, BWV 106, BWV 131
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 3: BWV 12, BWV 182
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 5: BWV 18, BWV 143, BWV 161
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 6: BWV 31, BWV 21 [1714/1720 edition]
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 7: BWV 61, BWV 63, BWV 132, BWV 172
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 12: BWV 21 [1723 Leipzig version], BWV 147
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 13: BWV 64, BWV 25, BWV 69a, BWV 77, BWV 50
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 15: BWV 40, BWV 60, BWV 70, BWV 90
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 16: BWV 119
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 17: BWV 153, BWV 154, BWV 73, BWV 144, BWV 181
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 18: BWV 66, BWV 134, BWV 67
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 20: BWV 44, BWV 59, BWV 173, BWV 184
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 21: BWV 65, BWV 81, BWV 83, BWV 190
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 22: BWV 7, BWV 20, BWV 94
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 23: BWV 10, BWV 93, BWV 107, BWV 178
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 24: BWV 8, BWV 33, BWV 113
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 25: BWV 78, BWV 99, BWV 114
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 26: BWV 96, BWV 122, BWV 180
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 27: BWV 5, BWV 80, BWV 115
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 28: BWV 26, BWV 62, BWV 116, BWV 139
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 29: BWV 2, BWV 3, BWV 38, BWV 135
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 31: BWV 91, BWV 101, BWV 121, BWV 133
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 32: BWV 111, BWV 123, BWV 124, BWV 125
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 34: BWV 1, BWV 126, BWV 127
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 35: BWV 74, BWV 87, BWV 128, BWV 176
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 38 (2006): BWV 52, BWV 55
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 39: BWV 28, BWV 68, BWV 85, BWV 175, BWV 183
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 40: BWV 79, BWV 137, BWV 164, BWV 168
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 43: BWV 110, BWV 57, BWV 151
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 44: BWV 43, BWV 88, BWV 146
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 45: BWV 39, BWV 129, BWV 187
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 46: BWV 102, BWV 45, BWV 17, BWV 19
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 47: BWV 36, BWV 47, BWV 27
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 48: BWV 34, BWV 98, BWV 117, BWV 120
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 49: BWV 188, BWV 156, BWV 159, BWV 171
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 50 (2011): BWV 49, BWV 145, BWV 149, BWV 174
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 51: BWV 195, BWV 192, BWV 157, BWV 120a
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 52: BWV 29, BWV 112, BWV 140
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 53: BWV 9, BWV 97, BWV 177
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 54: BWV 14, BWV 100, BWV 197, BWV 197a
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 55: BWV 30, BWV 69, BWV 191
Lutheran Masses Vol. 1 (2013/2014): BWV 235, BWV 236, BWV 240, BWV 241, F. Durante-J.S. Bach: BWV Anh 26, BWV 242, BWV 238, BWV 237
Lutheran Masses Vol. 2 (2014/2015): BWV 234, BWV 233, M.G. Peranda: Missa in A minor

David Timm

Bass

BWV 205, BWV 207, BWV 214, BWV 213

Jos van Veldhoven

Bass

AOB Video: BWV 67, BWV 99, BWV 100, BWV 102, BWV 144
BWV 232 [1^st], BWV 244 [1^st]

Agnieszka Żarska

Bass

[CV-5] (2021, Video): BWV 249, BWV 11
[VV-1] (2023, Video): BWV 232
[VV-2] (2022, Video): BWV 248/1,4,5,6

Links to other Sites

Peter Kooij (Official Website)
Peter Kooij, bass (BCJ)
Biographie de Peter Kooij avec gold-music.com [French]