TOM VAN BOGAERT | BARITONE
BIO
Versatile and captivating, that's the best way to describe the journey of the young baritone Tom Van Bogaert.
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Soloist
As a soloist, Tom is increasingly making a name for himself within the concert repertoire. His performed repertoire includes Bach's Magnificat, the Te Deum, the Funeral Anthem and The Messiah by Handel, Fauré's Requiem, and Howard Goodall's Eternal Light. Most recently, he sang Aeneas in Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, the bass solo in Mozart's Requiem, and Monteverdi's Vespers.
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Ensemble
Tom's singing career began in the Sint-Niklaas boys' choir Flanders Boys Choir (formerly In Dulci Jubilo), where he is now a vocal coach for singers in the men's choir. With this background, it is no surprise that Tom is passionate about the ensemble repertoire.
He has sung and continues to sing with BachPlus, Bach in de Stad, Ex Tempore, La Petite Bande, the VOLT Chamber Choir, the Terra Nova Collective, the Flemish Radio Choir, the Choeur de Chambre de Namur, and the Capella Reial de Catalunya.
Within these ensembles, he has worked with Bart Naessens, Florian Heyerick, Sigiswald Kuijken, Jan Schweiger, Vlad Weverbergh, Julien Chauvin, Alexis Kossenko, Jos van Veldhoven, René Jacobs, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Leonardo García Alarcón, and Jordi Savall.
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These collaborations have taken him to the Bijloke, De Singel, Concertgebouw Brugge, Grand Manège Namur, Opéra de Liège, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Philharmonie de Paris, Philharmonie Köln, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Teatro Real Madrid.
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Opera
In opera, Tom gained experience in the opera choir of La Monnaie as a member of the MM Academy and at the Midsummer Mozartiade. At the latter, he got to know Mozart's opera repertoire up close, first as an ensemble member (Die Entführung aus dem Serail, La Clemenza di Tito), then as a soloist (Die Zauberflöte).
He also sang with them in Handel's Acis and Galatea under the baton of Thibaut Lenaerts.
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Lied
Tom equally has a great affinity with German, French, English, and American Lied composers. Last season, for example, he performed a program of music by Finzi and Barber with the Desguin Quartet during the Passages festival in his hometown of Sint-Niklaas. This season he will perform Brahms' Liebeslieder-Walzer at the Midsummer Mozartiade.
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Own initiatives
Together with Lucas Cortoos, Tom founded Opera Present, a young and dynamic opera company.
His most recent venture is Flanders Bach-Consort, an innovative and ambitious early music ensemble.
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Background
Tom had his first singing lessons in Lokeren with Philippe Souvagie. In 2018, he obtained his bachelor's degree at the Antwerp Conservatory with Gary Jankowski. In 2021, he obtained his master's degree with great distinction at the Ghent Conservatory in the class of Marcos Pujol.
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He received further coaching from Drew Santini, An De Ridder, and recently Lucienne Van Deyck. He attended masterclasses with Ed Lyon and Riccardo Novaro (as a member of the MM Academy), Maciej Pikulski, Delphine Galou, and Thomas Michael Allen.
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After his vocal studies, Tom obtained a Postgraduate in Cultural Management at the Bruges Business School.
In addition to his activities as a singer, Tom is also active as a teacher. In recent years, he has worked as a substitute teacher in the academies of Ronse and Schaerbeek.
