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Vocal Ensemble Cantatrix

December 13, 2017
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Started in 1992 as a band of twelve friends, selected and conducted by Eeuwe Zijlstra, Cantatrix has in its fifteen year history grown into a mature chamber choir, professionally performing in various concert series every year. In all those years the typical sound of the choir has remained unchanged. The secret of the choir: the combination of high level individual singing qualities with the team spirit and chemistry of the group. This transforms the choir into something special, making every Cantatrix concert an inspired listening experience.

In 2000 Cantatrix was asked to take the place of an English choir in Ripon Cathedral. This trip was a great success and the choir has been travelling ever since. In 2001 Cantatrix sang concerts in the German town of Laage. In 2004 the choir was selected to take part in an international competition in Arezzo in Italy, where the singers took third prize in the ‘straordinario’ category. In the same year, Cantatrix performed in Fulda (Germany) and Crediton (England). In 2005 the ensemble was again selected to participate in the Arezzo festival and this time managed to capture the first prize in the ‘straordinario’ category. In 2007 Cantatrix was asked to sing in the ‘Florilège vocal’ in the French city of Tours, where it won first prize in the ‘renaissance’ category. The year 2008 saw Cantatrix performing in the successful Frisian Requiem ‘Opus Exit’.

Frits Damrow

December 13, 2017
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Frits Damrow started his musical carreer as principal trumpet of the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Netherlands when he was 21 and still had to finish his studies at the Maastrichts Conservatory. After 9 years he was appointed as principal trumpet of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam holding this position from 1991 untill 2010. He was also active as a trumpet teacher at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam from 1993 untill 2010. As a chamber musician Frits Damrow played in different groups like the Amsterdam Bach Soloists, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the Ebony Band, the Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Since 2009 he has been Professor of trumpet at the University of the Arts in Zürich, Switzerland (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). He is a regular teacher and soloist at many summer courses and festivals, like the Hamamatsu Summer
Wind Academy in Japan, Musica Verano in Mexico, the Italian Brass Week, Ionian Summer Academy in Greece, Cursu International de Musica in Spain, Blekinge Int. Brass Academy in Sweden, the Tbilisi Wind Festival and Sauerland Herbst in Germany.

He also gave Masterclasses at institutions like North Western University in Chicago, the San Fransisco Conservatory, the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, the Hochschule in Freiburg, the Richard Strauss Konservatorium in Münich, the Tchaikowsky Conservatory and Gnesin Academy in Moskou, the State Conservatory in Athens, Greece, Shobi University in Tokyo, the National University in Seoul and several Universities in China. As a soloist Frits Damrow played with orchestras like the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Symfonietta Amsterdam, Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra, Italian Chamber Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Lithuania, Slovak Symfonietta and the Symphony Orchestra of Seoul. Several practice and solo literature books are publishes by “De Haske Publications”, like Fitness for Brass, Bel Canto for Brass, Sound the trumpet, Multystyle Studies, Vocalises and Bach for Trumpet.

Boris Tsoukkerman & Ivo Boytchev

December 13, 2017
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Boris Tsoukkerman, violin
Born in 1947 in Moscow started taking violin lessons when he was 6 years old. Over the years Weniamin Bytsjkov, Wolodar Bronin and Mikhail Pitkus have been his violin teachers. In 1970 Boris graduated at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moskow. After having settled in The Netherlands (The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra) Boris has participated in radio and CD recordings of the music of Georgy Catoire together with among others, Rian de Waal, Christiaan Bor, Godfried Hoogeveen and Ivo Boytchev. These were all first recordings and Boris has been the one to provide Georgy Catoire with this renewed reputation.

Ivo Boytchev, piano
Born in 1970, Ivo Boytchev started his musical studies with Rumena Penkova at the Varna music school when he was five years old. At the age of 17 he made his debut with the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra in Mozart’s Concerto in A major K.V. 488. In 1989 he was admitted to the State Conservatoire in Sofia, where he studied with Marina Kapatsinskaja and graduated with high honours. In 1995 Ivo moved to Holland and studied at the conservatoires in Enschede and Utrecht, where he took his degree with distinction. Ivo Boytchev is now considered one of the most talented Bulgarian pianists.

Lysbeth Riemersma

December 13, 2017
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After the alto Lysbeth Riemersma completed her Performer’s Certificate at the Zwolle City Conservatory, she continued her opera training with the Youth Opera Forum. In the autumn of 1987 Lysbeth took part in Elisabeth Schwartzkopf’s masterclasses, where she was selected to perform in the closing concert in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Since then Lysbeth is a much sought-after soloist in oratorio, opera and lieder and participates in diverse theater productions. As well as her performing activities, Lysbeth gives workshops in vocal training and is a permanent guest teacher at the Kalai Manram Theater in southern India, a job for which she had to develop a special methodology.

Niels Bijl

December 13, 2017
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Niels’ love for the tenor saxophone began as a 12-year-old under the inspiring tutorship of Willy van Diepen in Haaksbergen. During the early years Niels was mostly active in Big Bands and Blues and Jazz bands (including founder of the blues band Cuban Heels), but later at the Conservatorium in Enschede his knowledge of classical and contemporary music was perfected under the supervision of Arno Bornkamp and Johan van der Linden. Currently Niels works as saxophonist on regular productions with symphony orchestras (including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Anima Eterna, World Orchestra for Peace) but his passion lies in Chamber Music, collaborating with among others: the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet, pianists Hans-Erik Dijkstra, Rob Horsting, harpist Maaike Bosscher and recorder player Ronald Moelker. His most important motivations are a quest for innovation, quality and passion in music. He shares this passion with young saxophonists through giving master classes around the world and, closer to home, his activities at the music school in Hengelo.

Joris Van den Hauwe

December 13, 2017
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Known for his musicality, his impeccable technique and his distinctive tone and phrasing, Joris Van den Hauwe has become one of the most important ambassadors of the Flemish oboe school. While a student at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, he won first prizes for oboe, chamber music, harmony and counterpoint. He was further awarded a higher diploma in oboe, granted with the highest distinction, while under the tutelage of Paul Dombrecht. In 1983 he was invited to play in the European Union Youth Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado. That was the beginning of a long line of international solo performances. In 2005, Joris van den Hauwe was appointed solo oboist in the Flemish Radio Orchestra, which was later renamed the Brussels Philharmonic.