Artists

Gunther Vandeven

Gunther Vandeven

Baritone

Gunther has studied singing with Lieve Vanhaverbeke at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, with Margreet Honig at the Dutch National Opera Academy in Amsterdam, and with Neil Baker in London. He has performed with renowned ensembles including La Petite Bande, Collegium Vocale Gent, L’Arpeggiata, Bl!ndman, Ensemble Jacques Moderne, cantoLX, Hyoid and Currende. Gunther is regularly invited to participate in opera and music theatre productions. In Tokyo he sang as a soloist next to Emma Kirkby in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, and he performed with B’Rock in the productions Waar is mijn ziel? and Dido and Aeneas. For many years Gunther was a regular soloist with Barokopera Amsterdam performing in venues throughout Belgium, The Netherlands and France including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Théatre de l’Athenée in Paris and the Opéra de Reims. Since 2020 he conducts the choir of Brussels Cathedral. Next to his singing work Gunther is also a passionate shiatsu teacher and practitioner.