Mattijs van de Woerd - Baritone

Mattijs van de Woerd studied with Sylvia Schlüter and Maarten Koningsberger at the Rotterdam Conservatory, and with Margreet Honig at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. He took part in masterclasses given by Barbara Bonney, Sir Thomas Allen, Carolyn Watkinson, Patricia MacMahon, Graham Clark, Dale Duesing, Udo Reinemann, Hartmut Höll, Rudolf Jansen, Roger Vignoles and Graham Johnson. In March 2001 he won the Vriendenkrans and Concertgebouw prizes, awarded by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Concertgebouw respectively. In June 2001 he graduated with distinction from De Nieuwe Opera Academie, the opera programme of the Amsterdam and The Hague Conservatories.

As a soloist, Mattijs van de Woerd took part in oratorio concerts performing works by composers such as Handel (Saul, Dettingen Te Deum, Utrecht Te Deum), Bach (St. Matthew's Passion, St. John's Passion), J. Haydn (Paukenmesse, The Creation), Fauré (Requiem) and Brahms (German Requiem). He performed in opera's by Mozart (Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, both conducted by Kenneth Montgomery), Purcell (Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas), Britten (Sid in Albert Herring conducted by Paul McCreesh, the Traveller in Curlew River), Menotti (Mr. Gobineau in The Medium), Weill (der Lehrer in Der Jasager) and Poulenc (le Gendarme in Les Mamelles de Tirésias conducted by Ed Spanjaard).

Furthermore, Mattijs appeared in numerous song recitals, interpreting a wide variety of repertoire (including performances of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin). He also participated in radio broadcasts and CD recordings of compositions by a.o. Carissimi (Jephte conducted by Jos van Veldhoven), Liszt (Christus conducted by Peter Eötvös), Hindemith and Rzewski.

In September 2003, Mattijs won first prize in the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition 2003.  In March 2004, he will take part in a recital programme at the Concertgebouw, sharing the stage with Dorothea Röschmann and Graham Johnson.

Shumann 'Myrten' XVIII MP3 file - click to download

Faure Requiem MPS file - click to download