KOOIJ, PETER

The bass Peter Kooij sang from the age of six in his father’s choir and as a treble made a number of recordings and broadcasts. He studied the violin at the Utrecht Conservatory and singing at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. His concert activities have taken him to the most important musical centres throughout the world and have brought collaboration with conductors including Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt, René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, Roger Norrington and Ivan Fisher. His repertoire includes all the vocal works of Bach, with music from Schütz to Webern, witnessed in more than a hundred recordings.

In 1999 he established the De Profundis Chamber Orchestra, and founded and directs the vocal ensemble Sette Voci for younger singers. Since 2002 he has been a member of the vocal quartet Tanto Canto. He has taught at the Sweelinck Conservatory and the Hanover Music and Theatre Hochschule, and since 2000 has served as guest lecturer at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music.

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BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 5 (BWV 18, 143, 152, 155, 161)	BIS-CD-841
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 6 (BWV 21, 31)	BIS-CD-851
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 7 (BWV 61, 63, 132, 172)	BIS-CD-881
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 8 (BWV 22, 23, 75)	BIS-CD-901
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 10 (BWV 105, 179, 186)	BIS-CD-951
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 11 (BWV 136, 138, 95, 46)	BIS-CD-991
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 12 (BWV 147, 21)	BIS-CD-1031
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 13 (BWV 65, 25, 69a, 77, 50)	BIS-CD-1041
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 15 (BWV 40, 60, 70, 90)	BIS-CD-1111
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 16 (BWV 119, 194)	BIS-CD-1131
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 17 (BWV 73, 144, 153-154, 181)	BIS-CD-1221
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 18 (BWV 66, 134, 67)	BIS-CD-1251
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 20 (BWV 44, 59, 173, 184)	BIS-CD-1271
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 21 (BWV 65, 81, 83, 190)	BIS-CD-1311
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 22 (BWV 7, 20, 94)	BIS-CD-1321
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 23 (BWV 10, 93, 107, 178)	BIS-CD-1331
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 24 (BWV 8, 33, 113)	BIS-CD-1351
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 25 (BWV 78, 99, 114)	BIS-CD-1361
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 26 (BWV 96, 122, 180)	BIS-CD-1401
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 27 (BWV 5, 80, 115)	BIS-CD-1421
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 28 (BWV 26, 62, 116, 139)	BIS-SACD-1451
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 29 (BWV 2, 3, 38, 135)	BIS-SACD-1461
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 31 (BWV 91, 101, 121, 133)	BIS-SACD-1481
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 32 (BWV 111, 123-125)	BIS-SACD-1501
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 34 (BWV 1, 126, 127)	BIS-SACD-1551
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 35 (BWV 74, 87, 128, 176)	BIS-SACD-1571
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 38 (BWV 52, 82, 55, 58)	BIS-SACD-1631
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 39 (Suzuki) - BWV 28, 68, 85, 175, 183	BIS-SACD-1641
BACH, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248	BIS-CD-941-42
BACH, J.S.: St. John Passion, BWV 245	BIS-CD-921-22
BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244	BIS-CD-1000-02
BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (excerpts)	BIS-SACD-1500
BACH: Mass in B minor, BWV 232	BIS-SACD-1701-02
HANDEL: Hercules	8.557960-62
SCHUBERT: Songs on the Theme of Water	BIS-CD-1089