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Korneel Bernolet

December 13, 2017
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Korneel Bernolet (b. 1989) is active as both a harpsichordist and a conductor.At the age of 19, he made his début with La Petite Bande (Sigiswald Kuijken). From then onwards, he is regularly invited as a soloist or ensemble player with a.o. Scherzi Musicali (Nicolas Achten), B’Rock, cantoLX (Frank Agsteribbe), Mannheimer Hofkapelle (Florian Heyerick) and Musica Favola (Stephan Van Dyck), besides Ensemble Apotheosis, which he founded and directs himself.As a respected continuo player, he took part in recordings for broadcast, CD and television for the labels Accent, Ricercar, Alpha, Musique en Wallonie, Klara, Musiq3, France Musique, Mezzo… Thus far, he has appeared in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy and Spain.After completion of his piano studies with Paul Clcment, Korneel has enjoyed his harpsichord training with highest honors (summa cum laude) at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp in the class of Ewald Demeyere on the famous Dulcken 1747 harpsichord (Museum Vleeshuis). Simultaneously, he refined his playing through mastercourses at the Amsterdam Conservatoire (NL) with Gustav Leonhardt and Menno Van Delft, the Académie Baroque de Lanvellec (F) with Frédérick Haas and Erwan Le Prado (historical improvisation) and several times at the Piccola Accademia di Montisi (I) with Jesper Bøje Christensen and, in particular, Christophe Rousset.As a conductor, Korneel was allowed participation at the highest level of the international Kurt Thomas Course in Utrecht (NL) at the age of 18. Having followed mastercourses with Daan Admiraal and Georg Grün, he was selected to conduct choir and orchestra during the final concert. He is currently completing his Master’s degree with Geert Hendrix and Luc Anthonis at the Antwerp Conservatoire, where he will graduate at the end of June 2013. From January 2011 on, he is principal conductor of the reknowned Bruges choir Vagantes Morborum. Korneel is regularly in charge as a baroque and early-classical repertoire coach with prominent vocal soloists.In 2008, Korneel conducted the Nederlands Wind Ensemble (NBE) in orchestral work of his own writing and led Haendel dance productions at the Antwerp Conservatoire (2009 and 2011). He assisted Frank Agsteribbe in 2010 with B’Rock at the Gergiev Festival (NL) and the Klarafestival (B) in Claire Croizés dance production ‘Vor deinem Thron’, during the same year he also was assistent-director to Ewald Demeyere in the Flemish opera production ‘De Signôor in China’ (c.1760) by J.T. Baustetter at the Antwerp Conservatoire. He conducted the continental creation of ‘The Death of Dido’ (1716) by J.C. Pepusch in eight performances during the Ghent Festivity. For January 2013 he is reappointed assistent to Ewald Demeyere in J.C. Bach’s ‘Artaserse’ at the Antwerp Conservatoire.Korneel obtained the degree of Master of Music with highest honors (summa cum laude), as well as final levels in harmony, counterpoint and fugue. On completion of his harpsichord studies, he was engaged at the Artesis University College (departement Royal Conservatoire) as guest professor of  ‘practical harmony and improvisation’ and harpsichord accompanist. He also teaches harpsichord at the academy of Alost. A researcher at the Antwerp Conservatoire Library, his passion for music typography results in the editing and high quality typesetting of music scores. Korneel is equally active as a recording engineer, offering his experienced ears and technical knowledge to classical musicians.In March 2008, Korneel obtained a first prize at the ‘Dexia Classics’ competition. In November 2010, he was awarded the first ‘ARTos Muziekprijs’ for ‘special artistic achievements’. Korneel is ‘artist in residence’ at vzw SWUK Vlaanderen during the concert season 2012-2013. As ‘Laureat 2013’ of this organisation, he will be recording his first solo disc with ‘Pièces de clavecin’ (1759) by Claude-Bénigne Balbastre on his magnificent Hemsch 1736 copy by Augusto Bonza (collection Korneel Bernolet), to be released through Aliud Records around spring 2013.

Bob van der Ent

December 13, 2017
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Bob van der Ent (1982) began his violin studies with Lauri Vreeken-Bos at the age of five and subsequently studied with Jan Repko, Davina van Wely and Herman Krebbers. In 1993 he was one of the first students admitted to the special Young Talent Department at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he graduated in 2006 with Vesko Eschkenazy, leader of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He followed master classes with renowned violinists such as a.o. Lorand Fennyves, Eduard Grach, Shmuel Ashkenazy (primarius of the Vermeer Quartet), Ivry Gitlis and Pierre Amoyal. Since his debut, at the age of 10, as soloist with the Dutch Youth String Orchestra under the guidance of Roland Kieft, he has worked as a soloist with many orchestras. In 2005 he made his debut in the main hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam under the guidance of Jurjen Hempel. Van der Ent has received numerous prizes on a national and international level. In 1996 he won the first prize at the Iordens Viooldagen (the national violin competition for young violinists), and at the Princess Christina Concours (1999). In 2000 he achieved the Diplôme d’Honneur at the famous International Wieniawsky- Lipinsky Competition in Poland and in 2005 he was prize winner at the National Violin Competition Oskar Back. In 1995 he gave his first recital and he performed in renowned halls such as the Concertgebouw, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg (Utrecht), the Doelen (Rotterdam) etc., and in Belgium, France, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Russia and the United States. Van der Ent also performed for radio and television. He continues to provide his assistance to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on a regular basis.

Ensemble Rossignol

December 13, 2017
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Ensemble Rossignol (nightingale) owes its name to its first series of performances in 1998 built around De virtuoze zang van het Engels Nachtegaeltje (The virtuoso song of the English Nightingale) by Jr. Jacob van Eyck (Amsterdam, 1648). The virtuosity and the refined, musical, playful and inspiring performance of the ensemble immediately call to mind the nightingale’s song. Ensemble Rossignol previously released two CDs under its own management: LocLoc Locke en Locatelli gelardeerd… (Locke and Locatelli interlocked…) and Sprong AchttienTwintig (Eighteen-twenty).

Duo Seraphim

December 13, 2017
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Margot Kalse studied Dutch, and specialized in Renaissance Literature at Leiden University. She then studied solo singing at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague; and she specialized in the performance practices and techniques of early vocal music at the Fontys Conservatory Tilburg, the Netherlands, where she received the diploma for Performing Musician in 1998. She followed Master classes with Diane Forlano, Max van Egmond and Emma Kirkby, among others. She taught for seven years at the Early Vocal Music programme of the Fontys Conservatory Tilburg.

Elly van Munster first studied classical guitar with Stanley Noordpool at the Fontys Conservatory Tilburg. Then she received a Master’s degree in Spanish at the Utrecht
University. Finally she returned to music and in 1994 she took the state lute exam. She regularly appears as a soloist and as accompanist for singers and instrumentalists and as continuo player in ensembles. She played in a many baroque operas in the Netherlands and in France, always with conductor Frédérique Chauvet (Barokopera Amsterdam).
Together with mezzo-soprano Margot Kalse she forms “Duo Seraphim”, with recorder player Alice Gort-Switynk the ensemble “Rossignol” and with soprano Hilde Van Ruymbeke “Duo Rosemont”. She is a member of the ensemble “Fortuna” which specializes in 14th Medieval repertoire. In this ensemble she plays the plectrum lute. In June 2002, together with soprano Sinje Kiel she won the First Prize and the Public Award at the Competition for Early Music ensembles in Berlin, “Alte Musik-Treff Berlin”.

Grand Désir

December 13, 2017
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Grand Désir’s artistic directors Anita Orme Della-Marta (Recorder, Harp) and Anne-Marieke Evers (Mezzo-Soprano) met at the beginning of their musical studies at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam in September 1997, where they specialised both in contemporary music as well as medieval and renaissance music. Later in their careers, their paths led them to pursue further studies in medieval music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Switzerland, where they met the other ensemble members of Grand Désir. Grand Désir performed their première in the ‘Fringe’ programme of the Utrecht Early Music Festival 2005. The ensemble has given numerous performances and radio recordings since in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Australia. In July 2009, Grand Désir won the audience award during the York Early Music Festival Young Artist’s Competition 2009. Grand Désir likes to work with different musicians for each individual programme, thus creating the flexibility to obtain the perfect instrumentation for each project. The large repertoire of Grand Désir, as well as their interest to combine contemporary and medieval music, makes Grand Désir a unique ensemble both for early as well as contemporary music.

Barocco Locco

December 13, 2017
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The international ensemble Barocco Locco was founded in 1985 by Fritz Heller to perform music of the 16th and 17th centuries with the instruments and performance practice of the period. Each programme is preceded by extensive research, and the musicians play as far as possible from the original notation or their own arrangement of the original. The nucleus of Barocco Locco consists of Fritz Heller (comett), Saskia van der Wel (soprano and violoncello), Arwen Bouw (violin), Cas Gevers (trombone) and Vincent van Laar (organ and harpsichord). The ensemble can also be increased to perform large‑scale works. In its smaller form Barocco Locco aims to draw attention to little‑known repertoire in addition to more standard works. Programmes have included German music (Schein, Selle, Schütz and Vierdanck), Italian works (Frescobaldi, Cima, Monteverdi and Castello), programmes focusing on Netherlanders (Verrijt, Hollanders and Padbrué) and productions inspired by local music history (Aachen, Liege, Maastricht, Düsseldorf, Jülich, Rostock and Haarlem).

Examples of large‑scale projects:
Heinrich Schütz: Christmas historia
Claudio Monteverdi: Marian Vespers
Marian Vespers with unpublished works from the church of San Petronio in Bologna
‘Wege zu Bach’, the Protestant Mass in the 17th century
‘Muziek en Ruimte’, two‑, three‑ and four‑choir music from Germany and Italy
Claudio Monteverdi: Selva Morale et Spirituale
Heinrich Schütz: Psalmen Davids