VocalCompetition's video: Mozart Masterclass Thomas Oliemans - Vincent Kusters baritone

The International Vocal Competition’s “Mozart masterclass and More” course week reached its conclusion on 3rd December 2020. Under the motto ‘The world keeps on singing’, eight talented young singers worked intensively with the masters Vesselina Kasarova, Roberta Alexander and Thomas Oliemans on Mozart repertoire. In addition to the master classes, the participants also had online discussions with leading international professionals and the Presentation Concert on the programme. "Mozart masterclass and more" was set up to provide a stage for young singing talent after the 54th edition of the International Vocal Competition had to be moved to 2022 due to COVID-19. General Director of the IVC Ivan van Kalmthout is delighted that the masterclasses have continued. “Our mission is to give young singing talent the opportunity to develop. The sharing of knowledge by the masters is essential for these vocalists. Just like performances: gaining experience is important for their young careers.” www.ivc.nu // Vincent Kusters, Baritone Netherlands (*1991) www.vincent-kusters.com Studied classical singing and piano at Maastricht Conservatoire with Mya Besselink and Joop Celis - Prizewinner Princess Christina Competition - Vocal studies with Reginaldo Pinheiro at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and piano with Willem Brons at Amsterdam Conservatoire - In 2018 choral conducting at Utrecht Conservatoire - Masterclasses Lied with o. m. Robert Holl, Elly Ameling, Jard van Nes, Julius Drake - Currently coached by Meinard Kraak - Winner of the Friends of the IVC Prize 53rd IVC LiedDuo in 2019 with pianist Charlie Bo Meijering - In season 2020/21 Dutch Touring Opera with Magelone & Peter. W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) · Hai già vinta la causa!...Vedrò mentr'io sospiro (Count Almaviva) - Le nozze di Figaro Pianst: Hans Eijsackers // Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans has established himself in recent years as a singer of outstanding musicality and intelligence combined with a compelling stage presence who is at home on the big opera stages as well as in the major concert venues and festivals around the world. In repertoire that spans from Mozart to Strauss, he has appeared on the stages of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Mr. Redburn/Billy Budd, Schaunard/La Bohème), Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (Bill/Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Papageno/Die Zauberflöte, Hercule/Alceste), English National Opera ( Figaro/Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno/Die Zauberflöte), Teatro Real Madrid (Mr. Redburn/Billy Budd, Silvio de Nardi/Bomarzo, Hercule/Alceste), Göteborg Opera (Il Conte di Almaviva/Le nozze di Figaro, Hamlet/Hamlet), Salzburger Festspiele (Gonsalvo Fieschi/Die Gezeichneten), Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse (Lescaut/Manon Lescaut, Papageno/Die Zauberflöte), Opéra National du Rhin (Eisenstein/Die Fledermaus, Harlequin/Ariadne auf Naxos, Marcello/La Bohème) and Grand Théâtre de Genève (Guglielmo/Cosi fan tutte, Donner/Das Rheingold). A regular guest at Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, he has appeared there as Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, Papageno in Simon McBurney's production of Die Zauberflöte (which earned him their Prix d’Amis) Lescaut in Manon Lescaut as well as in productions of La Bohème, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg/Kothner, Hänsel und Gretel/Peter, Un ballo in maschera, Castor et Pollux as well as several leading roles in world premieres amongst others. He works regularly with directors such as Deborah Warner, Simon McBurney, Pierre Audi, Christof Loy, Robert Carsen and Ivo van Hove. Thomas Oliemans regularly collaborates with conducters such as Ivor Bolton, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Raphael Pichon, Marc Albrecht, Hartmut Haenchen, Antonello Manacorda, Jaap van Zweden, James Gaffigan and Vassily Petrenko and with orchestras like the Rotterdam Philhamonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester Basel, the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Ensemble Pygmalion and Amsterdam Sinfonietta. A sought-after recitalist, he appears with pianists Malcolm Martineau, Roger Vignoles, Graham Johnson and Paolo Giacometti, amongst others, in Oxford, Cambridge, Vienna, Zürich, Basel, Antwerp, London (Wigmore Hall), Schloss Elmau, Tokyo and Paris. A regular guest at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, he presented together with Malcolm Martineau the three Schubert song-cycles there within the course of a week, as well as recitals wholly dedicated to Wolf and to Schumann. He curated the 2019 Delft Chamber Music Festival and was on the Jury of the 2019 International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch, where he also appeared in recital with Graham Johnson. www.thomasoliemans.info