Guy de Mey
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Guy de Mey is a Belgian
tenor
from Sint-Niklaas
. He studied with Stella Dalberg, Erna Spoorenberg
, Sir Peter Pears and Eric Tappy
.
It all began in 1975 when he won the First Prize at the Belgian National Pro Civitate competition (now Axion Classics). Since then he can look back on an impressive international career with hundreds of concerts and opera
performances throughout Europe
, the United States
, Canada
, Israël
and Japan
. Meanwhile he made his debut at ROH
COVENT GARDEN
in Cavalli’s “la Calisto
” and at LA SCALA
Milano in “Katia Kabanova
/Tichon” under J.E. Gardiner and “Ariadne auf Naxos
” under Jeffrey Tate
.
Other engagements since 2006 included guest performances in Zürich (first under J.E. Gardiner in "L'Etoile"/Chabrier and later under Chr. Von Dohnanyi
as "Tanzmeister" in “Ariadne auf Naxos” ; at Bavarian State Opera
Munich, he appeared in the wolrdcreation of "Alice in Wonderland
" by Unsuk Chin
, as “Monsieur Triquet” in Kr. Warlikowski’s sensational production "Onegin", in “Idomeneo
” and “Ariadne auf Naxos” all under the direction of Kent Nagano
and Bertrand de Billy
; at Teatro Real de Madrid “Katia Kabanova/Tichon” under Jiri Belohlavek
, at De Nederlandse Opera
Amsterdam
in the “Affaire Makropulos/as Vitek” under Yannick Nézet-Séguin
and at Gran Teatro del Liceu
, Barcelona
in Monteverdi's "Poppea
" under Harry Bicket
.
Last season (2009/2010) Guy de Mey sung at Opéra national du Rhin
, Strasbourg
(Ariadne), at the Grand Théâtre de Genève
(Alice in Wonderland), the Flanders Opera (Onegin), at the Opera de Oviedo and returned to ROH Covent Garden
to sing the part of “Guillot de Morfontaine” in Manon
next to Anna Netrebko
and Vittorio Grigolo
and on tour to Japan
under Antonio Pappano
.
In 2011, he will appear at Bavarian State Opera as “Tanzmeister” ; make his comeback at Opéra du Rhin in the “Affaire Makropulos/Vitek”/ direction Robert Carsen; appear in “Onegin/Triquet” at DNO Amsterdam, as well as in Munich and Lucerne under the baton of Mariss Jansons
; and make his debut at Frankfurt Opera in “L’Etoile” by Chabrier as ”Le Roi Ouf 1er”/ David Alden
. Future engagements includes parts such as “Monostatos”, “Valzacchi” and others in various European Opera houses.
Other highlights in his career are certainly his appearances in Mozart’s “Zauberflöte” and Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” under Roger Norrington
at the London Proms and at the English National Opera
; Lully’s “Atys
” under William Christie at the Paris Opera
, in Firenze and New York; Berg’s “Lulu” with Teresa Stratas
in a production by Ruth Berghaus
, and “Boris Godunov” with José Van Dam
at the Brussels Opera La Monnaie
; Händel’s “Judas Maccabaeus” with the San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
; Bach’s “Matthäus Passion” with the Concertgebouw orkest
Amsterdam ; Berlioz’ “L’Enfance du Christ” at the Festival of Aix-en-Provence
; Scarlatti’s “Mitridate” at the Schwetzinger Festspiele
; Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” at the Nantes Opera ; Berg’s “Lulu
” and Janáček’s “The cunning little Vixen” and "Katja Kabanova" at the Flemish Opera (Antwerp/Ghent). Furthermore Guy de Mey appeared with major operas by Monteverdi and Cavalli
at New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv
, Spoleto Festival USA
/Charleston, Bavarian Opera as well as at the Operahouses of Paris and Copenhagen.
Guy de Mey is also well known as a lieder singer. He appeared in recital in Belgium a.o. at the Operas in Brussels
and Antwerp, in Germany
, France
, the Netherlands
, in Israel
and the USA. Memorable were his interpretations of Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin
” at the Franz Schubert
Festival in Denmark
and Schubert’s “Winterreise
” at the Flanders Festival.
He has made more than 50 recordings with reputated conductors (John Eliot Gardiner
, Ton Koopman, Roger Norrington
, Michel Corboz
, William Christie
, Jordi Savall
, Nicholas McGegan
, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski
,...; to name just a few). Several of these recordings were distinguished with international prizes (Grand Prix du Disque, Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Caecilia Axard, Diapason d’Or). He took part in the project of Ton Koopman
and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach
.
Since 1996 Guy de Mey has been teaching at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp.
On December 13th, 2008 he received the title of Honorary citizen of the town of Sint-Niklaas
.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
from Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai....
. He studied with Stella Dalberg, Erna Spoorenberg
Erna Spoorenberg
Erna Spoorenberg was a Dutch soprano.She was born in Yogyakarta, Java now part of Indonesia. As a child, she studied the violin and singing and, at the age of 14, she studied under Isa Neuhaus, a singer with the Düsseldorf Opera...
, Sir Peter Pears and Eric Tappy
Eric Tappy
Eric Tappy is a Swiss operatic tenor.Tappy studied with Fernando Carpi at the Geneva Conservatory and Ernst Reichert in Salzburg. He made his concert debut in Strasbourg in 1959 as the Evangelist in the St. Matthew Passion. He made his American debut as Don Ottavio at the San Francisco Opera in 1974...
.
It all began in 1975 when he won the First Prize at the Belgian National Pro Civitate competition (now Axion Classics). Since then he can look back on an impressive international career with hundreds of concerts and opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
performances throughout Europe
Europe
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, the United States
United States
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, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Israël
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Meanwhile he made his debut at ROH
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...
COVENT GARDEN
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
in Cavalli’s “la Calisto
La Calisto
La Calisto is an opera by Francesco Cavalli with a libretto by Giovanni Faustini. The libretto was published in 1651 by Giuliani and Batti. The opera received its first performance on 28 November 1651 at the Teatro San Apollinare, Venice...
” and at LA SCALA
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
Milano in “Katia Kabanova
Káta Kabanová
Káťa Kabanová is an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by Vincenc Červinka, based on The Storm, a play by Alexander Ostrovsky. The opera was also largely inspired by Janáček's love for Kamila Stösslová...
/Tichon” under J.E. Gardiner and “Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Bringing together slapstick comedy and consuming beautiful music, the opera's theme is the competition between high and low art for the public's attention.- First version :The opera was originally...
” under Jeffrey Tate
Jeffrey Tate
Dr Jeffrey Tate CBE is an English conductor.Tate was born with spina bifida, and also has kyphosis. His family moved to Farnham, Surrey when he was young and he attended Farnham Grammar School between 1954 and 1961 gaining a State Scholarship to Cambridge University, where he directed theatre...
.
Other engagements since 2006 included guest performances in Zürich (first under J.E. Gardiner in "L'Etoile"/Chabrier and later under Chr. Von Dohnanyi
Christoph von Dohnányi
Christoph von Dohnányi is a German conductor of Hungarian ancestry.- Youth and World War II :Dohnányi was born in Berlin, Germany to jurist Hans von Dohnányi and Christine Bonhoeffer. His uncle on his mother's side was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor and theologian/ethicist...
as "Tanzmeister" in “Ariadne auf Naxos” ; at Bavarian State Opera
Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Opera is an opera company based in Munich, Germany.Its orchestra is the Bavarian State Orchestra.- History:The opera company which was founded under Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy has been in existence since 1653...
Munich, he appeared in the wolrdcreation of "Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (opera)
Alice in Wonderland is a 2007 operatic adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. It is the first opera of Korean composer Unsuk Chin, who co-wrote the English libretto with the Asian-American playwright David Henry Hwang...
" by Unsuk Chin
Unsuk Chin
Unsuk Chin , is a South Korean composer of classical music, based in Berlin, Germany. She was awarded the Grawemeyer Award in 2004 and the Arnold Schönberg Prize in 2005.- Biography :...
, as “Monsieur Triquet” in Kr. Warlikowski’s sensational production "Onegin", in “Idomeneo
Idomeneo
Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante is an Italian language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet, which had been set to music by André Campra as Idoménée in 1712...
” and “Ariadne auf Naxos” all under the direction of Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano
__FORCETOC__Kent George Nagano is an American conductor and opera administrator. He is currently the music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Bavarian State Opera.-Biography:...
and Bertrand de Billy
Bertrand de Billy
Bertrand de Billy is a French conductor.He was born in Paris.After his career as an instrumental musician, de Billy began his conducting career in Paris. He later moved to Germany and built up his career as an opera conductor. He was the general music director at the Anhaltisches Theater in...
; at Teatro Real de Madrid “Katia Kabanova/Tichon” under Jiri Belohlavek
Jirí Belohlávek
Jiří Bělohlávek is a Czech conductor. His father was a barrister and judge. In his youth Bělohlávek studied cello with Miloš Sádlo and was later a graduate of the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague...
, at De Nederlandse Opera
De Nederlandse Opera
De Nederlandse Opera , in Amsterdam, is a Dutch opera company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its present home base is the Het Muziektheater, a modern building designed by Cees Dam which opened in 1986....
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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in the “Affaire Makropulos/as Vitek” under Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a French Canadian conductor. He is Music Director Designate of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and will become Music Director in 2012.-Biography:...
and at Gran Teatro del Liceu
Liceu
The Gran Teatre del Liceu , or simply Liceu in Catalan and Liceo in Spanish, is an opera house on La Rambla in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain...
, Barcelona
Barcelona
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in Monteverdi's "Poppea
L'incoronazione di Poppea
L'incoronazione di Poppea is an Italian baroque opera comprising a prologue and three acts, first performed in Venice during the 1642–43 carnival season. The music, attributed to Claudio Monteverdi, is a setting of a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello...
" under Harry Bicket
Harry Bicket
Harry Bicket is a British conductor, harpsichordist and organist.Bicket was educated at Radley College, Christ Church, Oxford, where he was organ scholar, and the Royal College of Music...
.
Last season (2009/2010) Guy de Mey sung at Opéra national du Rhin
Opéra national du Rhin
LOpéra national du Rhin is an opera company which performs in Alsace, eastern France, and which includes the Opéra in Strasbourg, the company's ballet in Mulhouse , and the "Opéra Studio" , a training centre for young singers, in Colmar...
, Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
(Ariadne), at the Grand Théâtre de Genève
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Grand Théâtre de Genève is an opera house in Geneva, Switzerland.As with many other opera houses, the Grand Théâtre de Genève is both a venue and an institution. The venue is a majestic building, towering over Place Neuve, officially opened in 1876, partly destroyed by fire in 1951 and reopened in...
(Alice in Wonderland), the Flanders Opera (Onegin), at the Opera de Oviedo and returned to ROH Covent Garden
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
to sing the part of “Guillot de Morfontaine” in Manon
Manon
Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost...
next to Anna Netrebko
Anna Netrebko
Anna Yuryevna Netrebko is an Russian operatic soprano. She now holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenship and currently resides in Vienna. She has been nicknamed "La Bellissima" by fans.-Biography:...
and Vittorio Grigolo
Vittorio Grigolo
Vittorio Grigolo is an Italian singer.Grigolo was born in Arezzo, but raised in Rome.He began singing by the age of four...
and on tour to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
under Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage.Pappano's family relocated to England from Castelfranco in Miscano near Benevento, Italy in 1958 and at the time of his birth his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Pasquale Pappano, his father, was by vocation a...
.
In 2011, he will appear at Bavarian State Opera as “Tanzmeister” ; make his comeback at Opéra du Rhin in the “Affaire Makropulos/Vitek”/ direction Robert Carsen; appear in “Onegin/Triquet” at DNO Amsterdam, as well as in Munich and Lucerne under the baton of Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons is a Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīds Jansons. His mother, the singer Iraida Jansons, who was Jewish, gave birth to him in hiding in Riga, Latvia, after her father and brother were killed in the Riga Ghetto...
; and make his debut at Frankfurt Opera in “L’Etoile” by Chabrier as ”Le Roi Ouf 1er”/ David Alden
David Alden (director)
David Alden is a prolific theater and film director known for his post-modernist settings of opera. He is the twin brother of Christopher Alden, also an opera director in the revisionist mold...
. Future engagements includes parts such as “Monostatos”, “Valzacchi” and others in various European Opera houses.
Other highlights in his career are certainly his appearances in Mozart’s “Zauberflöte” and Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” under Roger Norrington
Roger Norrington
Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington, CBE is a British conductor. He is the son of Sir Arthur Norrington and his brother is Humphrey Thomas Norrington....
at the London Proms and at the English National Opera
English National Opera
English National Opera is an opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane. It is one of the two principal opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden...
; Lully’s “Atys
Atys
Atys may mean:*Atys was a king of Alba Longa.*Atys was an early king of Lydia, then referred to as Maeonia, and was the father of Lydus.*Atys son of Croesus was the son of the later King Croesus of Lydia....
” under William Christie at the Paris Opera
Paris Opera
The Paris Opera is the primary opera company of Paris, France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and renamed the Académie Royale de Musique...
, in Firenze and New York; Berg’s “Lulu” with Teresa Stratas
Teresa Stratas
Teresa Stratas, OC , is a retired Canadian operatic soprano. She is especially well-known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu.-Early life and career:...
in a production by Ruth Berghaus
Ruth Berghaus
Ruth Berghaus was a German choreographer and opera and theatre director.Berghaus was born in Dresden and studied Expressionist dance and Dance direction with Gret Palucca there and was an advanced student at the German Academy of Arts in Berlin, at least part of the time under Walter Felsenstein -...
, and “Boris Godunov” with José Van Dam
José van Dam
Joseph, Baron van Damme , known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone.At the age of 17, he entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory and studied with Frederic Anspach. A year later, he graduated with diplomas and first prizes in voice and opera performance...
at the Brussels Opera La Monnaie
La Monnaie
Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium....
; Händel’s “Judas Maccabaeus” with the San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra is an orchestra based in San Francisco, which is dedicated to historically informed performance of Baroque, Classical and early Romantic music on original instruments. The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra was founded in 1981 by harpsichordist, teacher and early music...
; Bach’s “Matthäus Passion” with the Concertgebouw orkest
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a symphony orchestra of the Netherlands, based at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In 1988, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands conferred the "Royal" title upon the orchestra...
Amsterdam ; Berlioz’ “L’Enfance du Christ” at the Festival of Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence Festival
The festival international d'art lyrique is an annual international music festival which takes place each summer in Aix-en-Provence, principally in the month of July. Devoted mainly to opera, it also includes concerts of orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo instrumental music.-Establishment:The...
; Scarlatti’s “Mitridate” at the Schwetzinger Festspiele
Schwetzingen Festival
The Schwetzingen Festival is an early summer festival of opera and other classical music presented each year from May to early June in Schwetzingen, Germany....
; Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” at the Nantes Opera ; Berg’s “Lulu
Lulu (opera)
Lulu is an opera by the composer Alban Berg. The libretto was adapted by Berg himself from Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora .-Composition history:...
” and Janáček’s “The cunning little Vixen” and "Katja Kabanova" at the Flemish Opera (Antwerp/Ghent). Furthermore Guy de Mey appeared with major operas by Monteverdi and Cavalli
Cavalli
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at New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
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, Spoleto Festival USA
Spoleto Festival USA
Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the world's major performing arts festivals. It was founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who sought to establish a counterpart to the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy...
/Charleston, Bavarian Opera as well as at the Operahouses of Paris and Copenhagen.
Guy de Mey is also well known as a lieder singer. He appeared in recital in Belgium a.o. at the Operas in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
and Antwerp, in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, France
France
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, the Netherlands
Netherlands
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, in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and the USA. Memorable were his interpretations of Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin
Die schöne Müllerin
Die schöne Müllerin , is a song cycle by Franz Schubert on poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is the earliest extended song cycle to be widely performed. The work is considered one of Schubert's most important, and it is widely performed and recorded....
” at the Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
Festival in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and Schubert’s “Winterreise
Winterreise
Winterreise is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert , a setting of 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two great song cycles on Müller's poems, the earlier being Die schöne Müllerin...
” at the Flanders Festival.
He has made more than 50 recordings with reputated conductors (John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner
Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE FKC is an English conductor. He founded the Monteverdi Choir , the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique...
, Ton Koopman, Roger Norrington
Roger Norrington
Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington, CBE is a British conductor. He is the son of Sir Arthur Norrington and his brother is Humphrey Thomas Norrington....
, Michel Corboz
Michel Corboz
Michel Corboz is a Swiss conductor.Corboz was born in Marsens, Switzerland and educated in his native canton of Fribourg. He founded the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, with which he has recorded and toured extensively...
, William Christie
William Christie (musician)
William Lincoln Christie is an American-born French conductor and harpsichordist. He is noted as a specialist in baroque repertoire and as the founder of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants....
, Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a Catalan viol player, conductor and composer. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol back to life on the stage...
, Nicholas McGegan
Nicholas McGegan
Nicholas McGegan OBE is a British harpsichordist, flautist, conductor and early music expert....
, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski
Marc Minkowski
Marc Minkowski is a French conductor of classical music, especially known for his interpretations of French Baroque works. His mother is American, and his father was Alexandre Minkowski, a Polish-French professor of pediatrics and one of the founders of neonatology...
,...; to name just a few). Several of these recordings were distinguished with international prizes (Grand Prix du Disque, Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Caecilia Axard, Diapason d’Or). He took part in the project of Ton Koopman
Ton Koopman
Ton Koopman is a conductor, organist and harpsichordist.Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied the organ , harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam...
and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir is a Dutch early-music group based in Amsterdam.The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir was created in two stages by the conductor, organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman. He founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in 1979 and the Amsterdam Baroque Choir in...
to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
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Since 1996 Guy de Mey has been teaching at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp.
On December 13th, 2008 he received the title of Honorary citizen of the town of Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai....
.