Joris Derder

Dirigent / Vedúci skupiny

After general music theory, violin and piano courses, Joris took singing classes, as a baritone, first with Rita Piron, later on with Ludwig van Gijsegem, Bernadette Degelin and Lucienne Van Dijck at the Royal Music Academy of Antwerp. Since 2005 Joris has been a baritone with the Flemish Radio Choir, led by chief conductor Hervé Niquet. In this choir he has also performed as a soloist in works by Bo Holten and Johan Dujick, and participated in many cd, radio and tv recordings. As a soloist, Joris has sung in many European countries, as well as in New York and South-Korea in cooperation with a number of other ensembles, bringing a varied repertoire, ranging from Renaissance to contemporary music and newly created works. He has worked with Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, Bo Holten, Kurt Bikkembergs, Jos Van Immerseel, Timo Nuoranne, Marcus Creed, Kaspars Putnins, Paul Hillier, Mariss Jansons and numerous other conductors. He has also experience in opera: Zuniga in the opera Carmen by G. Bizet in Leiden (Netherlands), Orfeo in Orfeo by F. Bertoni, Hans (Hansel) in Grietje de Heks (Gretel the Witch), a children’s opera with the music by Filip Martens. Next to being a professional baritone, Joris has also worked as a conductor. He took Kurt Thomas Master classes for Choir and Orchestra conducting in Utrecht, where he worked with several conductors including Daan Admiraal, Jos Van Veldhoven and Daniel Reuss. He was given the honour of conducting the Wiener Kammerchor. Since 2000 he has been artistic director of the University choir of Ghent. In August 2010 a new ambitious chamber choir was founded, named Koriolis. Joris is their artistic director.