Harry van der Kamp
Harry van der Kamp (* 1947 in Kampen ) is a Dutch singer of vocal registers bass baritone and bass. He is known for oratorio and lieder, particularly in the field of early music.
Life
Van der Kamp first studied law and psychology in Amsterdam. He then studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam singing with Elizabeth Cooymans and Max van Egmond.
He distinguished himself especially in the music of the Renaissance and the Baroque, and has appeared in numerous Baroque operas, including by composers such as Francesco Cavalli, Stefano Landi, Antonio Cesti, Henry Purcell, Jean -Philippe Rameau, Reinhard Keiser and George Frideric Handel. In the Nederlandse Opera he sang Monteverdi's opera L' Orfeo and L' incoronazione di Poppea and in Reves d'un Marco Polo by Claude Vivier. Bernard Holland describes his appearance in 1996 as Zoroastro in Handel's Orlando with Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie in the New York Times: " Harry van der Kamp is the only man who Zoroastro bass arias cope with the desired clarity and weight. "
Among his more than 100 recordings include major works by Johann Sebastian Bach as some of his cantatas, the B Minor Mass with Gustav Leonhardt, the St. John Passion with Sigiswald Kuijken and the St. Matthew Passion with Frans Brüggen. From the period of classical music, for example, trade fairs and operas by Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were on the program, from the contemporary works by Paul Hindemith and Stefan Wolpe. He appeared as a singer with famous ensembles such as the Hilliard Ensemble, Musica Antiqua Köln, La Petite Bande, Cantus Coelln, Concerto Vocale Köln, Weser- Renaissance and Les Arts Florissants.
Van der Kamp was until 1975 a member of the Cappella Amsterdam from 1974 to 1994 Member of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, as its artistic advisor, he served from 1980 to 1987. In 1984 he founded the Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, which focused on the performance of madrigals from the 16th and 17th centuries by composers such as Carlo Gesualdo, Emilio de ' Cavalieri and Scipione Lacorcia but aufführte also music from the 20th century. With the Gesualdo Consort he completed in October 2010, a first-time recording of the complete vocal works of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck on 17 CDs, which was awarded the Dutch " Klassieke Muziekprijs 2010". Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands awarded at a gala event in the Amsterdam Oude Kerk on 20 October 2010, the first complete edition. On the same day van was awarded the Netherlands Lion der Kamp of the Order.
In 1994, Harry van der Kamp was appointed professor at the University of the Arts Bremen after he worked for Early Music since 1986 as a lecturer at the Bremen Academy. At the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, he had in 1997 and 1998 held a visiting professorship. In addition, he gives master classes in various European countries and teaches at the Monastery Foundation Michael Stone.