Reinoud van Mechelen

Category:muzikant, oude muziek, solist, repertoire
1987
Genre(s):barok
Instrument(s):zang (tenor)

Short description

Reinoud Van Mechelen is a tenor, who mainly focuses on early music. In 2016, he founded his own baroque ensemble, a nocte temporis.

Biography

Reinoud Van Mechelen, born in 1987, started singing at an early age in the children's choir Clari Cantuli. At the age of eighteen, he began taking singing classes with Anne Mertens and Nicolas Achten in his hometown of Leuven. One year later, he enrolled at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he studied with Lena Lootens. After finishing his bachelor's degree, he continued studying with Dina Grossberger.

To further complement his studies, Reinoud has followed several masterclasses with, among others, Greta De Reyghere, Isabelle Desrochers, Frédérick Haas, Claire Lefiliâtre, Amain Buet, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, François-Nicolas Geslot and Howard Crook. He has also sung the role of Plutus in Destouches' Le Carnaval et la Folie for the "Académie Baroque Européenne d'Ambronnay" under the baton of Hervé Niquet. He quickly starts performing both as a soloist and as an ensemble singer, performing with ensembles such as L'Arpeggiata, La Capilla Flamenca, Ludus Modalis, Ex Tempore, Ricercar Consort, B'rock and the European Union Baroque Orchestra. He regularly works with Scherzi Musicali, the ensemble of his former teacher Nicolas Achten. His recordings have been very well received by the press.

 In 2014, he first performed the role of the evangelist in J.S. Bach's St. John's Passion with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, a role which he would go on to perform several more times in the future. He has since added several other roles to his repertoire, including the title roles in Rameau's Dardanus and Zoroastre, and also those of Jason in Charpentier's Medée and W.A. Mozart's Entführung aus dem Serail. In 2016, he founded the ensemble a nocte temporis, with which he has created several concerts and recordings.

Selective discography

Rameau Jean-Philippe - Les Indes GalantesRameau Jean-Philippe - Les Indes Galantes (2014)
Baroque
Reinoud van Mechelen, Hugo Reyne, Le Choeur du Marais, La Simphonie Du Marais
Purcell Henry - How pleasent 'tis to Love!Purcell Henry - How pleasent 'tis to Love! (2013)
Baroque
Scherzi Musicali, Henry Purcell, Nicolas Achten, Reinoud van Mechelen
John Dowland - LachrimaeJohn Dowland - Lachrimae (2012)
early music
Reinoud van Mechelen, Ruby Hugues, Paul Agnew, Alain Buet
Zelenka, J.S. Bach - LamentationesZelenka, J.S. Bach - Lamentationes (2012)
Baroque
Il Gardellino, Marcel Ponseele, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Damien Guillon, Marcus Ullmann, Lieven Termont, Annelies Brants (...)
Sances Giovanni Felice - Dulcis Amor iesuSances Giovanni Felice - Dulcis Amor iesu (2010)
classicism
Scherzi Musicali, Reinoud van Mechelen, Nicolas Achten
Caccini Giulio - EuridiceCaccini Giulio - Euridice (2008)
early music
Nicolas Achten, Céline Vieslet, Magid El-Bushra, Marie de Roy, Laurence Renson, Reinoud van Mechelen, Olivier Berten, Scherzi Musicali (...)

Selectieve discografie als medewerker

Jean-Philippe Rameau - ZoroastreJean-Philippe Rameau - Zoroastre (2022)
Baroque
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Alexis Kossenko, Les Ambassadeurs - La Grande Écurie
Édouard Lassen: Lieder - MélodiesÉdouard Lassen: Lieder - Mélodies (2021)
romanticism
Reinoud van Mechelen, Eduard Lassen, Anthony Romaniuk
Charpentier: Orphée Aux EnfersCharpentier: Orphée Aux Enfers (2020)
Baroque
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, a nocte temporis
Teatro SpiritualeTeatro Spirituale (2019)
Baroque
Alice Foccroulle, anoniem, Lambert Colson, Reinoud van Mechelen, Emilio de Cavalieri, InAlto, Paolo Quagliati, Felice Anerio (...)
The Dubhlinn GardensThe Dubhlinn Gardens (2019)
Baroque
a nocte temporis
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les Indes GalantesJean-Philippe Rameau - Les Indes Galantes (2019)
Baroque
Purcell Choir, Jean-Philippe Rameau, György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra
L'Opéra des OpérasL'Opéra des Opéras (2019)
Baroque
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Monteverdi Claudio - Vespro della Beata VergineMonteverdi Claudio - Vespro della Beata Vergine (2018)
Baroque
Collegium Vocale Gent, Claudio Monteverdi, Philippe Herreweghe
Fiocco: Petits motets, vol. IIFiocco: Petits motets, vol. II (2017)
Baroque
Scherzi Musicali, Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Nicolas Achten
Erbarme DichErbarme Dich (2016)
Baroque
Reinoud van Mechelen, Johann Sebastian Bach, a nocte temporis

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