Daniel Reuss (born 2 July 1961, in

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, primarily known as a

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Biography

Daniel Reuss studied with Barend Schuurman at the Rotterdam Conservatory in the

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. In 1982, he founded the Oude Muziek Koor Arnhem, which attained a very high level of performance. It decided to expire in June 2007 after 25 years. From 1988 until 1998, Daniel Reuss also conducted vocal ensemble VENUS. This

chamber choir A chamber choir is a small or medium-sized choir of roughly 8 to 40 singers (occasionally called 'chamber singers'), typically singing classical or religious music in a concert setting. (This is distinct from e.g. a church choir, which sings in ...

consists of 26 advanced amateurs who perform twice a year with a combination of classical and modern choral repertoire and commissioned compositions. From 1990 until 1997, he conducted the Dutch Student Chamber Choir, that focuses on bringing young talent together. In 1990, he became director of Cappella Amsterdam, which he turned into a full-time professional ensemble that is now one of the most sought after in the Netherlands. From 2003 until 2007 he was chief conductor of the

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, with whom he recorded a number of successful CDs. In these years, his career began to take him all over Europe. In the summer of 2006, at the invitation of Pierre Boulez, Daniel Reuss taught and conducted at the summer 2006 Lucerne Festival Academy. In February 2007, Reuss made his debut at the

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with Händel's Agrippina.

Examples of works on CD

* Nederlands Studenten Kamerkoor, Daniel Reuss, Rudolf Escher, Carlos Micháns, Lowell Dijkstra, and

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. ''Time will say nothing''. Rotterdam: Erasmus, 1995. * ''Works by Martin and Messiaen'' (released by

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) won both the "Diapason d'or de l'année 2004" and the "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik". * ''Works by Stravinsky'' (Les Noces, Cantata and Mass) have also been critically acclaimed. * ''Martin's Le Vin Herbé'' (spring 2007). * ''Händel's Solomon'' (autumn 2007). *
In Umbra Mortis (Wolfgang Rihm & Giaches de Wert)
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David Lang The Writings
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Pentatone
(2022)

References

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* 1961 births Living people Dutch choral conductors Male conductors (music) People from Leiden 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century male musicians Codarts University for the Arts alumni {{netherlands-conductor-stub