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Henk Lauwers
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Henk Lauwers

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Ypres, Belgium
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Henk Lauwers is a classical baritone singer (lyric baritone), born in Ypres, Belgium in 1956.

As a very young boy soprano Lauwers performed under direction of Benjamin Britten his War Requiem. Later he studied classical flute but gained international fame as a classical baritone singer. One of his most notable performances has been his live interpretation of Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies in a Transparent Muziektheater production directed by Ian Burton.

Performances

  • "Maria de Buenos Aires", Ástor Piazzolla, tango-operita with Rudolf Werthen,
  • "Flamma Flamma", Nicholas Lens, Contemporary Art Museum, Cologne,
  • "Je Pleure des Bananes", Arne Sierens
  • "Torre de Canela", Federico García Lorca – Hans Rotman
  • "Cantate aux étoiles", André Waignien
  • "Jonker Lichthart", Jef Van Hoof
  • "Weihnachtsoratorium", Bach, I Fiamminghi
  • "Ulrike", Raoul Desmet
  • "De Grote Verzoeking van Sint-Antonius", Louis De Meester
  • "Welp-Urt", opera,Johan Desmet
  • "Ikh bin keyn eydes nit gevezn," Nicholas Lens
  • "Don Giovanni", Mozart, I Fiamminghi
  • "L'Inganno Felice", Rossini,
  • "Empedocles' Turm", Cees Nooteboom, Hans Rotman
  • "Des Esels Schatten", Richard Strauss, Opera Mobile
  • "Terra Terra", Nicholas Lens, Hamburg
  • "8 songs for a Mad King," Peter Maxwell Davies

Awards

  • Prize Alpaerts for Chamber Music
  • Prize Emmu Luart
  • Finalist Bellini-concours
  • Prize Victor Ligley 1997 for contribution to contemporary work

Recordings

  • "Het Iepersch Liedboek"
  • "Musiques pour Marie-Thérèse", M.A. Charpentier
  • "Orrori dell’Amore", Nicholas Lens
  • "Manon Lescaut,"Puccini
  • "Torre de Canela", García Lorca
  • "De Grote Verzoeking van Sint-Antonius", Louis De Meester,
  • "The Accacha Chronicles", Nicholas Lens
  • 'Wilt thou be my dearie", Leopold Kozeluch

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