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Maarten Koningsberger
 

The Dutch baritone Maarten Koningsberger has appeared in opera¹s from Monteverdi to Mozart to Menotti. This wide range of styles is also reflected in his recitals, with pianists as Graham Johnson and Rudolf Jansen or with lutenist Fred Jacobs . He is a regular guest at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw as well as in many other mayor concerthalls. His concert tours include Europe, South Africa, the Far East, Israel and Canada, and are always highly acclaimed by the press. He has been invited by Festivals all over the world.  Maarten Koningsberger has sung with orchestras such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Les Arts Florissants, Tafelmusic and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under conductors such as Ton Koopman, William Christie, Richard Egarr, Gustav Leonhardt, Marin Alsop, Arnold Östman, Gennady Roshdensvensky, Jaap van Sweeden and Jeffrey Tate.
His numerous CD-recordings include lute- and consortsongs  (Byrd, Dowland), Baroque Cantates (Campras, Van Blankenburg, Charpentier), Lieder (a.o. the 'Hyperion Schubert Edition') and Mélodies  (Fauré, Milhaud), opera and oratorio (a.o. ŒLes Grands Motets de Mondonville¹ with Les Arts Florissants).
Recently Schuberts WINTERREISE and DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN were released on Cd.

Maarten Koningsberger teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music and the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and gives masterclasses all over the world.