Pieter Stas – bass
singers baritones & basses
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Renaissance - 21st century
Pieter Stas studied cello at the conservatories of Ghent and Antwerp with France Springuel and Ilja Laporev. In addition to being a cellist, he is also active as vocalist. He was selected for the European Youth Choir and the World Youth Choir. Currently he is mainly active as a vocalist with Capella Reial de Catalunya and Vox Luminis. As a teacher he is currently affiliated with the Bornem music academy. Pieter Stas is a founding member of the Goeyvaerts String Trio. — pieterstas@telenet.be
Lieven Termont – baritone Renaissance - Classicism
premiere the Lukas-Passion by Homilius/C.P.E. Bach. Since 2015, Lieven Termont has been part of Utopia, a five-part vocal ensemble with a focus on 16th-century polyphony, of which a third CD will be released in 2021. Lieven Termont obtained a Masters in music from LUCA School of Arts Lemmens Campus in Leuven and studied under Lieve Vanhaverbeke, Maarten Koningsberger and Jard Van Nes. Lieven is a laureate of the Erna Spoorenberg Vocalisten Presentatie 1996 in the Netherlands and is a voice teacher at the SLAC/ Conservatorium in Leuven and the music academies of Aalter (Art A’A) and Aalst (Utopia). — lieven.termont@telenet.be
Label Eufoda, Etcetera Records,
Passacaille, Musique en Wallonie, Ricercar, Harmonia Mundi, Sony classical
Lieven Termont is a well-known name in the world of early music. As soloist, the Belgian baritone has sung under the baton of Paul Dombrecht, Philippe Pierlot, Erik Van Nevel, Florian Heyerick, Paul Van Nevel and Marcel Ponseele. As a soloist and in ensembles, Lieven Termont has performed throughout Europe, North and South America and Southeast Asia, and can be heard on more than sixty CDs; mostly with Capilla Flamenca and the Huelgas Ensemble. As a soloist in the Baroque repertoire, he can be heard on a series of Bach CDs with Il Gardellino and with Il Fondamento in the world
Jan Van der Crabben – baritone Baroque - 21th century
Label Accent, Etcetera Records, Fuga
Libera, Senzanome, Naxos, Phaedra
Jan Van der Crabben studied piano and then voice at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Van der Crabben has been a frequent guest at important festivals in the Netherlands and abroad. In 1990 he was awarded the ‘Prix de la meilleure interprétation de la Mélodie en langue française’ and the ‘Grand prix de la musique contemporaine’ at the Concours international d’oratorio et de Lied. His repertoire extends from Baroque to Contemporary. As a baroque vocalist he often collaborates with renowned