Henk Neven

baritone BBT Fellowship Winner 2009

A graduate from the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the New Opera Academy, baritone Henk Neven made his professional debut in 2004 at the Opéra National de Paris in Capriccio and at the Staatsoper Berlin in Carmen under Daniel Barenboim. He has recently performed in Castor et Pollux (Pollux) and Marschner's Der Vampyr (title role) in Amsterdam, Don Giovanni (Leporello) in Montpellier, Messiaen's Saint-François d'Assise (Frère Léon) in Amsterdam and London, Schumann's Manfred with the Orchestre National de France, Ariadne auf Naxos (Harlekin), Don Giovanni (title role), Iphigénie en Tauride (Patrocle), La Chute de la Maison Usher at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Billy Budd (Donald) at Nederlandse Opera. He has also worked with well-known ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Orkest van de Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Christ in the St Matthew's Passion), Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Vlaams Radio Orkest, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Staatskapelle Berlin and Les Talens Lyriques under conductors such as Edo de Waart, Jaap van Zweden, Hervé Niquet, Emmanuel Krivine, Kenneth Montgommery, Paulo Olmi, Armin Jordan, John Nelson, Marc Soustrot and Christophe Rousset. Other career highlights include performances at Festival Oude Muziek in Utrecht and the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and roles in Vanessa (Barber), Bakchantinen (Wellesz), Jérusalem (Verdi), Flammen (Schulhoff), Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) as Mercutio and as Roucher in Andrea Chenier (Giordano). In Notre-Dame de Paris he sung the role of Joseph in L'Enfance du Christ (Berlioz), conducted by John Nelson. He was awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship in 2009.

Photograph taken by Marco Borggreve

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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

Hannah Taylor at Intermusica
telephone: +44 20 7608 9904
htaylor@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