Henk Lauwers

Henk Lauwers is a classical baritone singer (lyric baritone), born in Ypres, Belgium in 1956.

As a very young boy soprano Lauwers performed under direction of Benjamin Britten his War Requiem. Later he studied classical flute but gained international fame as a classical baritone singer. One of his most notable performances has been his live interpretation of Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies in a Transparent Muziektheater production directed by Ian Burton.

Performances

 * "Maria de Buenos Aires", Ástor Piazzolla, tango-operita with Rudolf Werthen, Covent Garden Festival 2000, Hong Kong Arts Festival 2001, Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan 2002,  L'Arsénal, Metz 2004 and L'Opéra, Avignon
 * "Flamma Flamma", Nicholas Lens, Contemporary Art Museum, Cologne, chamber version with Frank Sheppard, Zeger Vandersteene, Gudrun Vercampt, Geert Callaert
 * "Je Pleure des Bananes", Arne Sierens
 * "Torre de Canela", Federico García Lorca – Hans Rotman with Sinfonietta Nova Arnstadt and Opera Mobile, Weimar, Düsseldorf
 * "Cantate aux étoiles", André Waignien
 * "Jonker Lichthart", Jef Van Hoof
 * "Weihnachtsoratorium", Bach, I Fiamminghi
 * "Ulrike", Raoul Desmet
 * "De Grote Verzoeking van Sint-Antonius", Louis De Meester
 * "Welp-Urt", opera, Johan Desmet
 * "Ikh bin keyn eydes nit gevezn,"  ("The Puppet Designer"),  Nicholas Lens with Rudolf Werthen, I Fiamminghi, Paradiso, Amsterdam
 * "Don Giovanni", Mozart, I Fiamminghi
 * "L'Inganno Felice", Rossini, stage direction Harry Kümmel
 * "Empedocles' Turm", Cees Nooteboom, Hans Rotman with Sinfonia Amsterdam, Angermuseum in Erfurt
 * "Des Esels Schatten", Richard Strauss, Opera Mobile
 * "Terra Terra", Nicholas Lens, Hamburg with The Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Claron McFadden, LaVerne Williams, Frank Sheppard, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
 * "8 songs for a Mad King," Peter Maxwell Davies with Transparent, Prometheus, Etienne Siebens, Ian Burton

Awards

 * Prize Alpaerts for Chamber Music
 * Prize Emmu Luart
 * Finalist Bellini-concours
 * Prize Victor Ligley 1997 for contribution to contemporary work

Recordings
(labels Antler, Naxos, Erato, Classic Talent, Sony BMG, Ariola Classic)
 * "Het Iepersch Liedboek"  (Songbook from Ypres) 
 * "Musiques pour Marie-Thérèse", M.A. Charpentier
 * "Orrori dell’Amore", Nicholas Lens with Claron McFadden
 * "Manon Lescaut," Puccini
 * "Torre de Canela", García Lorca
 * "De Grote Verzoeking van Sint-Antonius", Louis De Meester,
 * "The Accacha Chronicles", Nicholas Lens with Derek Lee Ragin, Claron McFadden, Ian Honeyman, Jean-Paul Fauchécourt
 * 'Wilt thou be my dearie", Leopold Kozeluch with Diane Andersen, pianoforte.