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Adriaan De Koster (Tenor)

Born: Brussels, Belgium

The Belgian tenor, Adriaan De Koster, started his music studies after obtaining degrees in economics and arts management at the universities of Leuven and Antwerp. He studied with Marianne Vliegen and Lieve Jansen in Leuven, and with Andrew Schroeder in The Hague. In master-classes, he has had great experiences with Janette Fischer, Anna Nativitade, Christoph Prégardien and Maarten Koningsberger.

As a soloist Adriaan De Koster sang many Cantatas, Magnificat (BWV 243) and the Evangelist and aria’s in the Passions (BWV 244, BWV 245) by J.S. Bach, as well as Messiah, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso ed il Moderato, Dixit Dominus and Chandos Anthem 11 by George Frideric Handel. He performed the tenor solo part in the Vespro della Beata Vergine (Monteverdi), Membra nostri Jesu (Dietrich Buxtehude) and the Markus-Passion (by Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns [Bruhns]; previously attributed to Reinhard Keiser) as well as playing the role of Florville in Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino. With the Octopus Soloists he took part in the musical theatre production of Almschi.

Next to his solo work, Adriaan De Koster also is an ensemble singer. He has sung many concerts with Currende and La Petite Bande (Director: Sigiswald Kuijken) and works regularly with the Vlaams Radio Koor. He is part of the gregorian group Psallentes and did several projects with ensembles as Vox Luminis (Director: Lionel Meunier), Graindelavoix, Ensemble Pygmalion (Director: Raphaël Pichon) and Nieuw Nederlands Vocaal Ensemble (Director: Béni Csillag). Since this year, he is singing with Huelgas Ensemble. He is also a member of Ensemble BachPlus (Director: Bart Naessens), Cappella Amsterdam (Director: Daniel Reuss), Utopia Ensemble (Belgian handmade polyphony) and Beauty Farm (a-cappella Renaissance). In this way, he has had the opportunity to work with many interesting conductors like Erik Van Nevel, Masaaki Suzuki, Hervé Niquet, Richard Egarr, Philippe Herreweghe and Sigiswald Kuijken.

Adriaan De Koster currently lives in Brussels, Belgium


Sources:
Utopia Ensemble Website; Adriaan De Koster profile on Facebook
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (April 2018)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Florian Heyerick

Tenor

[CV-2] (2021, Video): BWV 149/Mvt. 6, BWV 143/Mvt. 6, , BWV 150

Patrick van der Linden

Tenor

[CV-1] (2021, Video): BWV 159
[CV-2] (2021, Video): BWV 23

Patrick van der Linden

Tenor

Member of Ars Musica Kamerkoor:
[CV-1] (2021, Video): BWV 245/Mvt. 26, BWV 159
[CV-2] (2021, Video): BWV 245/Mvt. 26, BWV 23

Václav Luks

Tenor

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-198] (2020, Video): BWV 198

Stephan MacLeod

Tenor

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-225] (Video, 2016): BWV 225
NBV-AOB [AB-226] (Video, 2016): BWV 226
NBV-AOB [AB-228] (Video, 2016): BWV 228
NBV-AOB [AB-229] (Video, 2016): BWV 229
NBV-AOB [AB-A159] (Video, 2016): BWV Anh 159

Bart Naessens

Tenor

Member of Ensemble BachPlus:
[C-2] (2017): BWV 125

Beniamino Paganini & Nele Vertommen

Tenor

[CV-1] (2024, Video): BWV 71

Christoph Prégardien

Tenor

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-227] (2019, Video): BWV 227
NBV-AOB [AB-230] (2019, Video): BWV 230

Hans-Christoph Rademann

Tenor

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-45] (2023, Video): BWV 45
NBV-AOB [AB-46] (2023, Video): BWV 46
NBV-AOB [AB-127] (2023, Video): BWV 127

Shunske Sato

Tenor

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-19] (2022, Video): BWV 19
NBV-AOB [AB-80] (2022, Video): BWV 80
NBV-AOB [AB-97] (2022, Video): BWV 97
NBV-AOB [AB-103] (2021, Video): BWV 103
NBV-AOB [AB-109] (2021, Video): BWV 109
NBV-AOB [AB-117] (2022, Video): BWV 117
NBV-AOB [AB-192] (2022, Video): BWV 192

Jos van Veldhoven

Tenor

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-245] (2017, Video): BWV 245 [2nd recording, Ripieno]

Mannu Wuyts

Tenor

[CV-1] (2023, Video): BWV 131

Links to other Sites

Adriaan De Koster (Utopia Ensemble) [English/Dutch]
Adriaan De Koster on Facebook
Adriaan De Koster (La Badinerie) [French/Dutch]


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