Henk Lauwers

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Born = 1956 Ypres, Belgium
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Occupation = Classical Baritonesinger,
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Genre = Contemporary classical,
Opera

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Henk Lauwers is a classical baritone singer (lyric baritone / "Baryton-Martin"), born in Ypres, Belgium in 1956. [http://home.scarlet.be/~helahel1/]
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.
His most remarkable performance so far was probably his live interpretation of "8 songs for a Mad King" of Peter Maxwell Davies in a stage direction of Ian Burton.

Performances

* "Maria de Buenos Aires," Astor Piazzolla, tango-operita with Rudolf Werthen, Covent Garden Festival 2000, Hong Kong Arts Festival 2001, Chiang Kai-Shek, Taiwan 2002, L'Arsénal, Metz 2004 and L'Opéra, Avignon
* "Flamma Flamma," Nicholas Lens, Contemporary Art Museum, Köln, chamber version with Frank Sheppard, Zeger Vandersteene, Gudrun Vercampt, Geert Callaert
* "Je Pleure des Bananes," Arne Sierens
* "Torre de Canela," Federico Garcia Lorca - Hans Rotman with Sinfonietta Nova Arnstadt and Opera Mobile, Weimar, Düsseldorf
* "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," "("The Puppet Designer")," Nicholas Lens with Rudolf Werthen, I Fiamminghi, Paradiso Amsterdam
* "Don Giovanni," Mozart, I Fiamminghi
* "L'Inganno Felice," Rossini, stage direction Harry Kümmel
* "Empedocles' Turm," Cees Nooteboom, Hans Rotman with Sinfonia Amsterdam, Angermuseum in Erfurt
* "Des Esels Schatten," Richard Strauss, Opera Mobile
* "Terra Terra," Nicholas Lens, Hamburg with The Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Claron McFadden, LaVerne Williams, Frank Sheppard, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
* "8 songs for a Mad King," Peter Maxwell Davies with Transparant, Prometheus, Etienne Siebens, Ian Burton

Awards

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

Recordings

"(labels Antler, Naxos, Erato, Classic Talent, Sony/BMG, Ariola Classic)"

* "Het Iepersch Liedboek" "(Songbook from Ypres)"
* "Musiques pour Marie-Thérèse," M.A. Charpentier
* "Orrori dell’Amore," Nicholas Lens with Claron McFadden
* "Manon Lescaut," Puccini
* "Torre de Canela," Garcia Lorca
* "De Grote Verzoeking van Sint-Antonius," Louis De Meester,
* "The Accacha Chronicles," Nicholas Lens with Derek Lee Ragin, Claron McFadden, Ian Honeyman, Jean-Paul Fauchécourt
* 'Wilt thou be my dearie," Leopold Kozeluch with Diane Andersen, pianoforte.