Peter Kooij
Peter Kooij is a bass singer whose focus has primarily been on works from the Baroque era, particularly the cantatas and Passions of J.S. Bach. He has appeared in concert and on recordings with many of the leading conductors in the field of Baroque music, including Philippe Herreweghe, Roger Norrington, Frans Brüggen, and Gustav Leonhardt.
Kooij (also Kooy) was born on September 17, 1954, in Soest, Holland. He exhibited musical talent in his early childhood and by age six was singing treble in a choir led by his father. His attractive voice drew attention and soon he was appearing in concerts and on recordings. Despite his vocal proclivities his first serious music studies were on the violin, and he eventually enrolled in the Utrecht Conservatory to pursue advanced training on the instrument. In 1977, however, he entered Amsterdam's Sweelinck Conservatory, where he studied voice with Max von Egmond.
He graduated in 1980 from the Conservatory and soon established his career as a bass singer. From about 1990 Kooij's activity in the recording studio has been heavy, resulting in numerous recordings -- many of Bach's cantatas, most of which have been released on Harmonia Mundi and BIS Records. While his repertory included much Bach, he also sang music by many other Baroque composers, including Schütz and Charpentier, as well as works from later composers, like Mozart and Fauré, and even Kurt Weill.
In 1991, with his concert career also in full swing, Kooij joined the faculty at Sweelinck Conservatory to serve as professor of singing. He taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany, from 1995 to 1998.
Kooij left the Sweelinck Conservatory in 2000, but accepted a post that same year as professor of singing at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music. He also remained active in the new century concertizing, recording, and conducting master classes in singing in France, Germany, Spain, and other European countries. Kooij has made over 100 recordings, his labels including (besides Harmonia Mundi and BIS) Sony Classics, Philips, EMI, and Erato.
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Zelenka: De Profundis, Misere & Requiem
Il Fondamento, Il Fondamento Choir, Monkia Frimmer, Peter de Groot, Ian Honeyman, Peter Kooij
Classique - Paru chez Passacaille le 31 oct. 2012
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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 21 - Bwv 65, 81, 83, 190
Robin Blaze, James Gilchrist, Peter Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Classique - Paru chez BIS le 1 mars 2003
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Telemann : Solo Cantatas for Bass
Peter Kooij, Mieneke van der Velden
Classique - Paru chez Passacaille le 19 janv. 2018
5 de Diapason24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Telemann: Easter Cantatas
Peter Kooij, Johanna Winkel, Die Kölner Akademie, Margot Oitzinger, Michael Alexander Willens, Georg Poplutz
Classique - Paru chez CPO le 20 août 2021
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Bach: Jesu, meine Freude (Motets)
Classique - Paru chez Ramée le 1 nov. 2009
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De profundis clamavi
Peter Kooij, L'Armonia Sonora, Mieneke van der Velden
Classique - Paru chez Ramée le 1 sept. 2006
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Eybler: Die vier letzten Dinge
Kleine Konzert, Das, Rheinische Kantorei, Peter Kooij, Elisabeth Scholl, Markus Schäfer, Hermann Max
Classique - Paru chez CPO le 1 avr. 2005
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Heinrich Schütz : Italienische Madrigale op. 1
Musique vocale profane - Paru chez CPO le 27 août 2013
5 de Diapason16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Harmoniae Sacrae
Hana Blažíková, Peter Kooij, L'Armonia Sonora, Mieneke van der Velden
Classique - Paru chez Ramée le 1 févr. 2010
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Les Cantates allemandes pour basse, violon et basse continue du XVIIe siècle (Mein Herz ist bereit)
Cantates sacrées - Paru chez Pan Classics le 12 janv. 2009
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Purcell: Close Thine Eyes
Pietro Prosser, Lorenzo Feder, Peter Kooij, Joanna Klisowska, Cristiano Contadin
Classique - Paru chez Stradivarius le 10 janv. 2013
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Schubert: Songs On the Theme of Water
Peter Kooij, Leo van Doeselaar
Musique vocale (profane et sacrée) - Paru chez BIS le 31 oct. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo