Henk Neven

baritone BBT Fellowship Winner 2009

Henk Neven studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam where he graduated in 2003. In 2009 he joined the prestigious Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme and recently won the coveted Dutch National Music Prize, the most prestigious musical award in the Netherlands. In addition to lieder and oratorio Henk Neven has sung in many operas, performing such roles as Marco Gianni Schicchi, Don Alfonso Cosí fan tutte, Don Giovanni and Leporello Don Giovanni, Count Le nozze di Figaro, Aeneas Dido and Aeneas, Schaunard La bohème (Dijon), Pollux Castor et Pollux and Frère Léon St François d’Assise (Netherlands Opera), Capriccio (Opéra National de Paris) and Morales Carmen with Daniel Barenboim (Staatsoper Berlin). Henk Neven has worked with well-known ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle, Bonn, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radio Kamer Filharmonie, the Vlaams Radio Orkest, L’Orchestre National de France, Orchestre d’Opéra National de Paris, Staatskapelle Berlin, L’ensemble Orchestral de Paris and Les Talens Lyriques. He has worked with conductors such as Edo de Waart, Jaap van Zweden, Emanuel Krivine, Kenneth Montgommery, Patrick Lange, Paulo Olmi, John Nelson and Christophe Rousset. Recent engagements include Leporello Don Giovanni at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Patrocle Iphiginie en Aulide at La Monnaie, Ottokar Der Freischütz at the Theater an der Wien, and recital debuts at the City of London Festival, Cheltenham Festival and the BBC Proms. Highlights of the 2010-11 season include Mercutio Roméo et Juliette at De Nederlandse Opéra, his Wigmore Hall debut and recitals at the Concertgebouw, La Monnaie and the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam.

Photograph taken by Marco Borggreve

Support for Der Ballade CD
Production of publicity material

Artist Website

www.henkneven.com

General Management

François Rousseau at Le Bureau François Rousseau
telephone: +33 1 45 26 79 36
frousseau@fr-lebureau.com
www.fr-lebureau.com

United Kingdom

Louise Rayfield at Intermusica
telephone: +44 20 7608 9904
lrayfield@intermusica.co.uk
www.intermusica.co.uk

Benelux

Kasper van Kooten at Interartists Amsterdam
telephone: +31 20 675 4061
kasper.vankooten@interartists.nl
www.interartists.nl

In the first place it was a big surprise to have been awarded the BBT Fellowship. In the second place a big honour and excitement. I knew about the trust, but not what it could and would mean for me. After having been awarded I spoke to a 'BBtrust-awarded' friend, who told me the most beautiful things about the BBtrust and the people working for it. This is an absolute truth. It's a generous, warm, music-loving and caring group of people - who care for music, careers and human beings! With the help of the BBTrust I found my very good UK management, Intermusica. And indirectly it led to being invited to join the New Generation Artists Scheme of BBC Radio 3. With these exciting happenings one should almost forget that there is this great amount of money to be spent on one's career. This will make it possible to make my first solo CD, with repertoire I really love to sing.
BBTrust is love for music!

Henk Neven