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The Belgian mezzo-soprano, Anna Nuytten, grew up in a very musical family. As a child, she was quickly attracted to piano and choral music. Her life took her abroad (Bourgogne and Corsica) where she pursued the study of keyboard instruments(piano, organ and harpsichord) (with C. Zimmer, J.B. Fonlupt, A. Tronquo and E. Hallein). Her first dream was to become a pianist, and she continued studying with J.B. Fonlupt (Bastia, Corsica) and T. Loguinova (Antwerp). Through her involvement with various choirs, she got the chance to further develop her vocal potential (with the assistance of I. Michiels, P. Dinneweth, J. Dewilde and V. Recolin).
In 2011 Anna Nuytten was offered a job as cantor and organist in Wervik and Geluwe, position she fulfilled until 2020. In 2015 she started singing courses at the Royal Conservatory, School of Arts in Ghent with Marcos Pujol and Hendrickje Van Kerckhove. She finishes this year her master’s degree in classical singing as well as Pedagogy. Besides her activity as a private voice and piano teacher, she teaches, since 2020, jazz and pop singing at the academy of Poperinge.
Her musical experience gave her several solo performances (with A. Heirman, C. Nuytten, J. De Wilde, Florian Heyerick) and also offered operatic opportunities: Amastre in George Frideric Handel’s Serse, La voisine in Igor Stravinsky’s Mavra, Lope in Conti’s Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena and Serpetta in W.A. Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera.
Anna is passionate about choral music. She is a member of several professional vocal ensembles such as B'Rock Choir, Ghent Singers, Swara Vocal Ensemble, Lyra Di Orfeo, Ex Tempore (Director: Florian Heyerick) and Saevus which participate in several competitions and concerts in own country as abroad. (Spain, France, Tunisia, Germany, The Netherlands…).
Anna also followed orchestra direction courses with Dirk Brossé and conducts mixed choir Asem’ in Wervik. She has had the chance to work with several extraordinary vocal coaches and artists: Delphine Galou, The King's Singers, Emma Kirkby, Simone Kermes, Michael Solomon Williams, Ubbaldo Fabbri, Giuseppe Ravi, Vincent Recolin, Dominik Wörner, Florian Heyerick, Christian Nuytten, Hilde Coppé.
In 2019, she founded with Thomas Langlois the lute duo ‘Coordonné’. They perform regularly Renaissance repertoire, but also contemporary pieces, adapted or composed for lute. She currently lives in Wervik, Belgium. |
