Coen Honig, baritone
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 In Emma Kirkby's Masterclass, Dartington (UK) 1998 |
Coen Honig was born in 1964 in Rotterdam. He started singing in the choir of the Vrije School in Rotterdam, and took his first lessons at age of 16. He had lessons from Barbara Endendijk, Frans Huyts, Sylvia Schlüter, Tom Sol and at present Joost van der Linden and Sheila Barnes. At Dartington International Summerschool he sang in masterclasses and workshops from Evelyn Tubb, Emma Kirkby, Nicholas Clapton, Neil Jenkins and Sheila Barnes. |
Coen Honig is a member of the Residency Chamber Choir in The Hague. He sings in Opus '90, a chamber music ensemble. He is active as a singer and coordinator of Haags Ad Hoc and now and then performs as a conductor for this ensemble.
His solo debute as a singer he made in 1987 when he sang the male titlerole in "Dido and Aeneas" by Henry Purcell with the Rotterdam Baroque Ensemble. Since then he has regularly performed as a soloist with choirs like the Arnold Schönberg Chorus, the Amsterdam A Capella Choir, The Chamber Choir of Leiden, The Residency Chamber Choir, chamberchoir Gloriant and other ensembles. He also sings recitals. In 1994 he sang Schubert's Winterreise in several concerts, in the autumn 1999 Winterreise has been scheduled in concerts again, with pianist Kees Langeveld. In 1996 "Songs of Travel" by Vaughan Williams was performed in concert. Other solo parts Coen sang are amongst others:
Christ, in "Via Cruxis" by Liszt.
Christ, in "Matthäus Passion" by Kühnhausen.
Albion, in "Albion and Albanius" by Grabu.
Cantata BWV 32, 103 and 106 by J.S. Bach.
Evangelist in "Auferstehungshistoria" by Heinrich Schütz.
Priest in "Weihnachtshistoria" by Heinrich Schütz.
Mendelssohn: Te Deum
Haydn: Stabat Mater
Haydn: Sieben Letzte Worte
 Coen Honig and David Clegg in "Albion and Albanius" |
Coen annually goes to the International Summerschool in Dartington, Devon, UK. That is where he sang the role of Albion in "Albion and Albanius" by Grabu, directed by Anthony Rooley. That is also where he met Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb and had the opportunity to sing in their masterclasses. Dartington is a great place for singers, because of the high level of the teachers. |
In March 1999 Vocal Quartett Opus '90, of which Coen is a member, performed as soloists in "Die Sieben Letzte Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuz" by Joseph Haydn in De Doelen in Rotterdam with chamberchoir Gloriant. This performance was broadcasted by Radio Rijnmond.
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