Inge Van de Kerkhove (Soprano)

Born: Belgium

The Belgian soprano, Inge Van de Kerkhove, started out as a piano student at the Royal Music Conservatory in Gent (Belgium) before taking up singing and opera-class. In June 1999 she obtained the degree Masters in Music with highest honours and in the same year she won the first prize at a singing-competition organised by Rotary Belgium. She continued her studies with Barbara Schlick and in the mean time followed masterclasses at the Flanders Opera Studio with René Jacobs, Robert Carsen and Guy Joosten.

Van de Kerkhove made her debut in a production of Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina with the orchestra Musica Antiqua Köln. Next, she sang with the ensembles La Petite Bande, In Stil Moderno, Nuova Prattica and the chambermusic-group Het Collectief.

Recenlty she recorded Carl Heinrich Graun’s Der Tod Jesu conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken for the label Hyperion.

Source: Flanders Music Centre Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (February 2009)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Sigiswald Kuijken

Soprano

BWV 225-229

Links to other Sites

Inge Van de Kerkhove (Flanders Music Centre)

de Bijloke Concertzaal Gent [Dutch]