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Collegium Vocale Gent (Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble)

Founded: 1970 - Gent (Ghent), Belgium

In the course of more than 30 years since it was founded, the Collegium Vocale of Ghent (or Gent) (= CVG) has established a truly worldwide reputation in the field of classical music. This is clearly no mere chance occurence but is the fruit of years of consistent and methodical effort and artistic vision.

Founded in 1970 at the initiative of Philippe Herreweghe, this group of singers was the first in the 1970’s to extend the new principles of style for the performance of baroque music to vocal music. Instrumentalists had allready been searching for a number of years for a performing style more in the line with the historical context. To this end, they referred back to original source material, which they subjected to detailed study, and made use of authentic period instruments.

Consequently, it is not surprising that musicians such as Gustav Leonhardt, Ton Koopman and Nikolaus Harnoncourt soon expressed an interest in the parallel approach which the Flemish group had adopted in the field of vocal music. This resulted in an intense cooperation, both on stage and in recordings. Philippe Herreweghe has allways been conscious of the value of such a cooperation and because of that the group still works regularly with different conductors (Sigiswald Kuijken, Paul Van Nevel, René Jacobs…) and different orchestras such as La Petite Bande, the Concertgebouw Orchestra or the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

The repertoire of Collegium Vocale can not be trapped within one style period. The ensemble made an inportant contribution concerning the rediscovery of polyphonic renaissance music. Regularly the classical and romantic repertoire is programmed, and every now and then the ensemble performes contemporary music. However the ensemble is and remains most known for its outstanding performances of German Baroque music, in particular the music of J.S. Bach.

Throughout the years Collegium Vocale has made a wide collection of recordings. A capella, together with the Orchestre des Champs Elysées, the choir of La Chapelle Royale from Paris or with other vocal and instrumental ensembles, more than sixty recordings were realized for the labels Harmonia Mundi France, Virgin Classics, Accent, Ricercar and Telefunken. Apart from that Collegium Vocale is a regular guest at all major music festivals throughout Europe. The ensemble visited the USA, South America and Israel, and and made a tour of Japan in 1998.

Since 1993 the Collegium Vocale was appointed "Cultural Ambassador of Flanders" by the Flemish Government. The ensemble is also supported by the Province of East Flanders.

Members of the Collegium Vocale Gent Choir (1987-2023):

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Lore Agusti
Gundula Anders
Charlotte Ashley
Ulrike Barth
Aldona Bartnik
Amelia Berridge
Anja Bittner
Viola Blache
Hana Blažíková
Bobbie Blommesteijn
Annelies Brants
Anna-Sophie Brosig
Zoë Brown
Wilke te Brummelstroete
Edwige Cardoen
Marie-Hélène Chesneau
Annelies Coene
Delphine Collot
Goedele Debelder
Minyoung Catharina Häger (Minyoung Lee)
Ellen van Ham
Susan Hamilton
Magdalene Harer
Katharine Hawnt
Ulrike Hofbauer
Barbora Kabatková
Cécile Kempenaers
Maria Köpcke
Aleksandra Lewandowska
Anette Lösch
Elionor Martínez
Dorothee Mields
Stanislava Mihalcová
Sarah Van Mol
Anne Mopin
Armelle Morvan
Chiyuki Okamura-Riem
Hildegard Van Overstraeten
Caroline Pelon
Stephanie Pfeffer
Magdalena Podkościelna
Esther Putter
Pavla Radostová
Elisabeth Rapp
Elisabeth Rave
Margreet Rietveld
Hilde Van Ruymbeke
Josie Ryan
Marjo van Someren
Christina Stegmaier
Murni Suwetja
Zsuzsi Tóth
Lut Van de Velde [MB]
Brigitte Verkinderen
Dominique Verkinderen
Isabelle Voßkühler
Emma Walshe
Marie Luise Werneburg
Kristen Witmer
Anne-Kristin Zschunke

Carla Babelegoto
Betty van den Berghe
Bernadette Bouthoorn
Edzard Burchards
Marnix De Cat
Jonathan De Ceuster
Laia Cortés-Calafell
Uwe Czyborra-Schröder
Beat Duddeck
Steve Dugardin
Coline Dutilleul
Christopher Field
Daniel Folqué
Yvonne Fuchs
Damien Guillon
Sofia Gvirts
Karola Hausburg
Dominika Hirschler
Rik Jacobs
Pascale Jonczyk
Robert Kuizenga
Roland Kunz
Daniel Lager
Mieke van Laren
Anna Molnár
Lucia Napoli
Piotr Olech
Cécile Pilorger
Helena Poczykowska
Alex Potter
Lucile Richardot
Alexander Schneider
Simon Schoutcn
Uwe Czyborra-Schröder
Nora Steuerwald
Claudia Türpe
Bart Uvyn
Gunther Vandeven
Henning Voss
Lisinka de Vries
Matthew White
Mieke Wouters
Martin van der Zeijst
Anne-Kristin Zschunke
Jan Zwerver

Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne
Malcolm Bennett
Paul Bentley
André Berkvens
Raphaël Boulay
Robert Buckland
Friedemann Büttner
Rodrigo Carreto
André Cats
Graham Cooper
Guy Cutting
Peter Di-Toro
Wolfgang Frisch
Bernd Fröhlich
Stephan Gähler
Johannes Gaubitz
Benjamin Glaubitz
Almeno Gonçalves
Amine Hadef
Jan Herman
David Hernéndez
Thomas Hobbs
Gerhard Hölzle
Paul Hörmann
Patrik Horňák
Philippe van Isacker
Hans Hermann Jansen
Oliver Kaden
Thomas Kelly
William Knight
Jan Kobow
Thomas Köll
Tomáš Lajtkep
Koen Laukens
Vincent Lesage
Stephane Leys
Joost van der Linden
Sebastian Lipp
Ulrich Löns
Mirko Ludwig
Hans Jörg Mammel
Dan Martin
Ferran Mitjans
Tom Phillips
José Pizarro
Eric Price
Sören Richter
Albert Riera
Michael Schaffrath
Markus Schuck
Uwe Schulze
Koen van Stade
Víctor Sordo
Joël Suhubiette
Hitoshi Tamada
Dominique Toulemonde
Warren Trevelyan-Jones
Robin Tritschler
Réne Veen
Clemens Volkmar

Paul Van den Berghe
Vincent Bouchot
Nicolas Boulanger
Philipp Brömsel
Matthew Brook
Pieter Coene
William Dawes
Erks Jan Dekker
Jan Depuydt
Joris Derder
Christoph Dobmeier
Jan Douwes
Stefan Drexlmeier
Georg Finger
Matthias Jahrmärker
Philipp Kaven
Peter Kooy
Matthias Lutze
Renaud Machart
Oriol Mallart
Israel Martins
Angus McPhee
Lionel Meunier
Julián Millán
Sebastian Myrus
Louis-Pierre Patron
Edmund Saddington
Christophe Sam
Jean-Claude Sarragosse
Martin Schicketanz
Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Kai-Rouven Seeger
Alois Späth
Jonathan Stainsby
René Steur
Peter Strömberg
Bart Vandewege
Frits Vanhulle
Robert van der Vinne
Jurgen Vollens
Tobias Wicky
Paul Willenbrock

Members of the Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra (1987-2013):

Violins: Robert Anneda, Caroline Bayet, Marieke Bouche, Christine Busch [Leader], Adrian Chamorro, Daniel Deuter, Florian Deuter [Leader], Robert Diggens, Mira Glodeanu [Leader], Joanna Huszcza, Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch [Leader], Thérèse Kipfer, Mario Konaka, Michyio Kondo, Paulien Kostenze, Paul Lindenauer, Baptiste Lopez, Corrado Masoni, Dietlind Mayer, Alessandro Moccia, Diane Moore, Martha Moore, Attilio Motzo, Bénédicte Pernet, Andreas Preuss, Veronica Schepping Maia Silberstein
Violas: Pieter Van Boxelaere, Paul De Clerck, Kaat De Cock, Nadine Davin, Andreas Gerhardus, Hiltrud Hampe, Martin Kelly, Catherine Puig, Maria Roca, Wendy Ruymen, Jean-Luc Thonnerieux, Udbhava Wilson-Meyer
Viola d'amore:
Violoncellos: Harm-Jan Schwitters, Ageet Zweistra, Tom De Vaere
Viola da gamba: Romina Lischka, Philippe Pierlot
Violones: Miriam Shalinsky
Double-basses: Jonathan Cable, Miriam Shalinsky
Lutes: Wim Maeseele, Matthias Spaeter
Recorders: Bart Coen, Lambert Colson, Koen Dieltiens, Stefanie Troffaes, Marleen Vertommen
Transverse Flutes: Jan Van den Borre, Patrick Beuckels, Marion Hofmockel, Frank Theuns, Stefanie Troffaes, Jan De Winne
Oboes/Oboes d'amore: Frank de Bruine, Taka Kitazato, Anne Van Lancker, Timothée Oudinot, Marcel Ponseele
Oboe da caccia:
Bassoons: Marilyn Boenau, Margaret Bongers, Julien Debordes, Philippe Miqueu
Horns:
Trumpets: Leif Bengtsson, Stephen Keavy, Per Olof Lindeke, William O'Sullivan, Robert Vanryne, Maarten Van Weverwijk, Susan Williams
Tromba da tir: Alain De Budder
Corno da tirarsi: Alain De Budder
Cornetts: Lambert Colson
Trombones:
Timpani: Benedict Hoffnung, Francoise Rivalland
Organ: Maude Gratton, Herman Stinders
Harpsichord:

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More Photos

Sources:
Collegium Vocale Website (March 1999)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (May 2001, April-May 2015, September 2023, December 2023)

Conductor

As

Works

Marcus Creed

Choir

G.F. Handel: Brockes Passion, HWV 48 [TV Broadcast]

Gustav Leonhardt

Choir

BWV 106 [1st, TV]

Philippe Pierlot

Choir

With Ricercar Consort:
[C-14] (2018): BWV 21, BWV 76

Links to other Sites

Collegium Vocale (Official Website)

Philippe Herreweghe: Short Biography | Ensembles: La Chapelle Royale | Collegium Vocale Gent
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Cantatas: Cantatas BWV 29, 119 & 120 - P. Herreweghe | Christmas Cantatas from Leipzig - P. Herreweghe | Weinen Klagen.. Cantata BWV 12, 38 & 75 - P. Herreweghe
Other Vocal Works: BWV 232 - P. Herreweghe | BWV 244 - P. Herreweghe | BWV 245 - P. Herreweghe | BWV 248 - P. Herreweghe
Table of recordings by BWV Number


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