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The Dutch soprano, Agnes van Laar, Agnes obtained her Bachelor's degree in Classical Singing under the guidance of Hanneke de Wit from the Prins Claus Conservatorium. She completed both her Master's degrees in Early Music with honors at both the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Koninklijk Conservatorium in den Haag (since September 2019). Her teachers during her Master's were Xenia Meijer, Rita Dams, Peter Kooy Kooij, Pascal Bertin, and Francesca Aspromonte. She is currently being coached by Margreet Honig. She has attended master-classes with Margreet Honig, Ira Siff, Charlotte Margiono, Nico van der Meel, Ann Murray, and Paul Triepels (breathing coach), among others. She has also received opera coaching from Floris Visser, Elsina Jansen, and David Prins.
Since the early years of her study, Agnes van Laar has performed frequently as a soloist. She has appeared live from the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ on NPO Radio 4 (performing works by Monteverdi and Gesualdo) under the baton of Klaas Stok. She also performed as a soloist with Florilegium Musicum Rotterdam (J.S. Bach's Oster-Oratorium BWV 249), with Het Gelders Orkest conducted by Joop Schets (Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah), with Consensus Vocalis and the Parnassus Ensemble conducted by Klaas Stok (including J.S. Bach's Magnificat in D major BWV 243), with the Noord Nederlands Orkest conducted by Geert-Jan van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen (J.S. Bach's Magnificat in D major BWV 243), with The Northern Consort (including J.S. Bach's Cantata Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191) with the Luthers Bach Ensemble (including J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion BWV 244), the Orkest van het Oosten (including J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion BWV 244) conducted by Béni Csillag, and the Apollo Ensemble.
As an ensemble singer, Agnes van Laar sang with Vox Luminis (Director: Lionel Meunier), with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Director: Shunske Sato), and with Bach Collegium Japan (Director: Masaaki Suzuki).
Agnes van Laar is also in demand for later repertoire. For example, at the Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam, in a performance featuring highlights from opera history, she performed the roles of the Countess (W.A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro) and Frau Reich (Nicolai, Falstaff).
Next to her passion for performing, Agnes van Laar provides with a lot of enthusiasm music lessons in group 1 (age: 4) to group 8 (age: 12) in primary education. She currently lives in Amersfoort. |
