Cécile Kempenaers

Category:muzikant, solist, oude muziek
Genre(s):barok, oude muziek
Instrument(s):zang (sopraan)
Actual/previous member of:Zefiro Torna, Collegium Vocale Gent, Huelgas ensemble

Biography

Cécile Kempenaers studied voice with Mireille Capelle and Rolande Van der Paal at the conservatory of Ghent.  Subsequently she pursued advanced studies with Margreet Honig, Ingrid Voermans, and Jutta Schlegel. She participates in Zefiro Torna, the Huelgas Ensemble, the Collegium Vocale Gent, the French ensemble Akâdemia, the Vocal Consort Berlin, and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir. She often performed as a soloist, both live and on CD, in works by, among others, Schütz, Landi, Buxtehude, Bach, Pergolesi, Purcell, Händel, Telemann and Mendelssohn, with conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Marcus Creed, François Lasserre, Attilio Cremonesi, Hans Christoph Rademann, and Paul Dombrecht.

Selective discography

Reformation & Counter-reformationReformation & Counter-reformation (2010)
early music
Ex Tempore, Capella Sancti Michaelis, Capilla Flamenca, Ricercar Consort, Patrick Denecker, Guy Penson, Currende, Collegium Vocale Gent (...)
Bach - Famous Cantatas  Volume 1Bach - Famous Cantatas Volume 1 (2010)
Baroque
Collegium Vocale Gent, Steve Dugardin, Marcel Ponseele, Marnix De Cat, Cécile Kempenaers, Bart Vandewege, Paul De Clerck, Bart Coen (...)
Bach - Famous Cantatas Volume 2Bach - Famous Cantatas Volume 2 (2010)
Baroque
Collegium Vocale Gent, Cécile Kempenaers, Marcel Ponseele, Paul Van Loey, Jan De Winne, Bart Vandewege, Steve Dugardin, Bart Coen (...)
Nowel, nowelNowel, nowel (2010)
early music
Cécile Kempenaers, Samuel Scheidt, Encantar, Jacobus Clemens Non Papa, Vier Op 'n Rij - Flanders Recorder Quartet, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Michaël Praetorius, Jacob Praetorius (...)
Bach - OratoriosBach - Oratorios (2010)
Baroque
Collegium Vocale Gent, Steve Dugardin, Herman Stinders, Patrick Beuckels, Koen Dieltiens, Bart Coen, Marcel Ponseele, Jan De Winne (...)
assimassim (2009)
21st century / contemporary, early music
Zefiro Torna, Cécile Kempenaers, Els Van Laethem, Liam Fennelly, Jurgen De bruyn, Petra Noskaiova, Het Nieuwe Gents Stadsblazerscollectief, Jean-Philippe Poncin (...)
Schütz Heinrich - Matthäus PassionSchütz Heinrich - Matthäus Passion (2004)
Baroque
Jan Van Elsacker, Cécile Kempenaers, Akadêmia, Françoise Lasserre
Bach Johann Sebastian - Johannes-Passion BWV 245Bach Johann Sebastian - Johannes-Passion BWV 245 (2001)
Baroque
Cécile Kempenaers, Collegium Vocale Gent, Johann Sebastian Bach, Philippe Herreweghe

Selectieve discografie als medewerker

Dufay - O Gemma LuxDufay - O Gemma Lux (2011)
early music
Huelgas ensemble, Paul Van Nevel
Di Manoli Blessi - Il primo libro delle GreghescheDi Manoli Blessi - Il primo libro delle Greghesche (2008)
early music
Zefiro Torna, Cipriano De Rore, Giaches De Wert, Ivo De Vento, Manoli Blessi, Annibale Padovano, Bartolomeo Spontone, Gioseffo Guami (...)
De fragilitateDe fragilitate (2007)
early music
Zefiro Torna, Timo Väänänen, Antwerps Kathedraalkoor, Sebastiaan Van Steenberge, Jurgen De bruyn
El Noi de la MareEl Noi de la Mare (2004)
early music
Zefiro Torna, Jurgen De bruyn
MermaphiliaMermaphilia (2002)
early music
Zefiro Torna, George De Decker
Le Chant de VirgileLe Chant de Virgile (2001)
early music
Huelgas ensemble, Josquin Desprez, Marbrianus De Orto, Adriaen Willaert, Cipriano De Rore, Jacobus Vaet, Orlandus Lassus, Jean Mouton (...)