# Peter Kooy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Kooy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Kooy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kooy > Source revision: 1311884087 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Dutch bass singer (born 1954)}} '''Peter Kooij''' (or, internationally '''Kooy''', born 17 September 1954, in [Soest](/source/Soest_(Netherlands)), Netherlands){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-kooij-mn0001675021|title=Peter Kooij Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More...|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=September 17, 2025}} is a Dutch [bass singer](/source/bass_singer) who specializes in [baroque music](/source/baroque_music). == Biography == Kooij started his musical career at six years as a choir boy. However he started his musical studies as a violin student. He came back to singing, with tuition from [Max van Egmond](/source/Max_van_Egmond) at the [Sweelinck Conservatorium](/source/Conservatorium_van_Amsterdam) in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) which led in 1980 to the award of the diploma for solo performance.booklet of CD HMC 901365 (Bach Cantatas for bass BWV 56, 82 & 128) His international career started in 1981 under the direction of [Philippe Herreweghe](/source/Philippe_Herreweghe), with [La Chapelle Royale](/source/La_Chapelle_Royale) and the [Collegium Vocale Gent](/source/Collegium_Vocale_Gent), with whom he interpreted mainly [Johann Sebastian Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach),Kooij is known for his interpretations of [Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach) bass arias (e.g. [BWV 39](/source/BWV_39), [BWV 73](/source/BWV_73), [BWV 243](/source/BWV_243), [BWV 245](/source/BWV_245), and [BWV 248](/source/BWV_248)). and also performed [Henri Dumont](/source/Henri_Dumont), [Marc-Antoine Charpentier](/source/Marc-Antoine_Charpentier), [Jean-Baptiste Lully](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lully), [Heinrich Schütz](/source/Heinrich_Sch%C3%BCtz) and [Jean Gilles](/source/Jean_Gilles_(composer)).He recorded [Jean Gilles](/source/Jean_Gilles_(composer))' ''Requiem'' (with ([Agnès Mellon](/source/Agn%C3%A8s_Mellon), [Howard Crook](/source/Howard_Crook), and [Hervé Lamy](/source/Herv%C3%A9_Lamy)). From the mid-1990s much of his career was dedicated to the recording of Bach's complete [cantata](/source/Bach_cantata)s with the [Bach Collegium Japan](/source/Bach_Collegium_Japan), directed by [Masaaki Suzuki](/source/Masaaki_Suzuki). In 2002 he founded together with [Monika Frimmer](/source/Monika_Frimmer), [Christa Bonhoff](/source/Christa_Bonhoff) and [Dantes Diwiak](/source/Dantes_Diwiak) a quartet ''Tanto Canto'' to sing rarely performed music [a cappella](/source/a_cappella), with piano or with ensemble. The quartet recorded in 2005 excerpts from the collections ''Augsburger Tafel-Confect'' (short for: ''Ohren-vergnügendes und Gemüth-ergötzendes Tafel-Confect'', in English: ''Augsburg Table Confectionery, Pleasuring the Ears and Delightful to the Soul'') of the composers [Valentin Rathgeber](/source/Valentin_Rathgeber) and [Johann Caspar Seyfert](/source/Johann_Caspar_Seyfert).{{cite web |url=http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=108507 |title=Rathgeber: Tafel-confect |year=2005 |access-date=27 October 2010 |website=Arkivmusic.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/dec06/rathgeber_9999952.htm |title=Rathgeber (1682-1750) Augsburgisches Tafel-Confect |year=2006 |access-date=31 October 2010 |website=Musicweb-international.com}} Kooij has been teaching singing at the [Royal Conservatory of The Hague](/source/Royal_Conservatory_of_The_Hague) since September 2005. == Recordings == === With Philippe Herreweghe === * 1981 : ''Motets pour la Chapelle du roy'', Henri Dumont (Chapelle Royale) * 1985 : ''Motet Pour l'Offertoire de la Messe Rouge'' H.434 and ''Miserere'' H.219, Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Chapelle Royale) * 1985 : ''Grands Motets'', Jean-Baptiste Lully (Chapelle Royale) * 1985 : ''[St Matthew Passion](/source/St_Matthew_Passion)'', BWV 244, Johann Sebastian Bach (Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale) * 1987 : ''Musikalische Exequien'', Heinrich Schütz (Chapelle Royale) * 1988 : ''Johannes Passion'', BWV 245, Johann Sebastian Bach (Collegium Vocale, Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale) *1988 : [Requiem](/source/Requiem_(Faur%C3%A9)), Gabriel Fauré (version 1893) (Chapelle Royale, Ensemble Musique Oblique) * 1989 : ''Weihnachts-Oratorium'', BWV 248, Johann Sebastian Bach (Collegium Vocale) * 1989 : ''Les Lamentations de Jérémie'', Roland de Lassus (Ensemble Vocal Européen de la Chapelle Royale) * 1990 : Cantata [''Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats'', BWV 42](/source/Am_Abend_aber_desselbigen_Sabbats%2C_BWV_42), Johann Sebastian Bach (Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale) * 1990 : Magnificat, BWV 243, and Cantata [''Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'', BWV 80](/source/Ein_feste_Burg_ist_unser_Gott%2C_BWV_80), Johann Sebastian Bach (Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale) * 1990 : [Missa](/source/Kyrie%E2%80%93Gloria_masses%2C_BWV_233%E2%80%93236)e, BWV 234 & 235, Johann Sebastian Bach (Collegium Vocale) * 1991 : ''Cantatas for bass'', [BWV 56](/source/BWV_56), [82](/source/BWV_82) & [128](/source/BWV_128), Johann Sebastian Bach (Chapelle Royale) * 1990 : Requiem, Jean Gilles (Chapelle Royale) * 1991 : [Missae](/source/Kyrie%E2%80%93Gloria_masses%2C_BWV_233%E2%80%93236), BWV 233 & 236, Johann Sebastian Bach (Collegium Vocale) * 1992 : Cantatas, [BWV 131](/source/BWV_131), [73](/source/BWV_73) et [105](/source/BWV_105), Johann Sebastian Bach (Collegium Vocale) * 1992 : ''Missa Viri Galilei'', Palestrina (Ensemble Vocal Européen de la Chapelle Royale) * 1993 : Cantatas, [BWV 39](/source/BWV_39), [93](/source/BWV_93) et [107](/source/BWV_107), Johann Sebastian Bach (Collegium Vocale) * 1996 : ''[Geistliche Chormusik](/source/Geistliche_Chormusik)'', Heinrich Schütz (Collegium Vocale) === With Ton Koopman === * 1992 : ''Motets à double Choeur'' H.403, H.404, H.135, H.136, H.137, H.392, H.410, H.167 by [Marc-Antoine Charpentier](/source/Marc-Antoine_Charpentier) (The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra). 2 CD Erato. === With Masaaki Suzuki === * 1995-2008 : Bach's complete cantatas (Bach Collegium Japan) === Solo recitals === * ''Mein Herz ist bereit'' German Solo cantatas for bass, violin and b. c. from the 17th century. - [Bruhns](/source/Nicolaus_Bruhns) ''Mein Herz ist bereit'', [Buxtehude](/source/Dieterich_Buxtehude), [Tunder](/source/Franz_Tunder), [Pachelbel](/source/Johann_Pachelbel), [Rosenmüller](/source/Johann_Rosenm%C3%BCller), [J. P. Krieger](/source/Johann_Philipp_Krieger), [Biber](/source/Heinrich_Ignaz_Franz_Biber) ''Nisi Dominus'' CordArte Ensemble, Pan Classics PC10211 2005 * ''De profundis clamavi'' – Weckmann, [Bruhns](/source/Nicolaus_Bruhns), Geist, Buns, [J. C. Bach](/source/J._C._Bach). Armonia Sonora, Ramée 2007 * ''Harmonia Sacrae'' – Tunder ''An Wasserflüssen Babylon'', [Meder](/source/Johann_Valentin_Meder) ''Gott hilf mir; Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht mit deinem Zorn'', Christoph Weckmann ''Lamentatio Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste'', [Christoph Bernhard](/source/Christoph_Bernhard) ''Sie haben meinen Herrn hinweggenommen'', [Buns](/source/Benedictus_Buns) ''Obstupescite'' Peter Kooij, [Hana Blažíková](/source/Hana_Bla%C5%BE%C3%ADkov%C3%A1), [L'Armonia Sonora](/source/L'Armonia_Sonora), dir. [Mieneke van der Velden](/source/Mieneke_van_der_Velden), [Ramée](/source/Ram%C3%A9e). 2009 == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kooy, Peter}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch basses Category:20th-century Dutch male opera singers Category:Dutch performers of early music Category:Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni Category:People from Soest, Netherlands Category:21st-century Dutch male opera singers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Kooy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kooy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kooy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.