TEAM
BOARD
Arne VAN HANDENHOVEN
Artistic Director
Tom VAN BOGAERT
Vocal Direction
Chair
Maria EICHLER
Public Relations
MEMBERS*
INSTRUMENTAL ensemble
VIOLIN
Joséphine PRÉLONGE
Anton VAN DURME
Sophie PAESHUYSE
VIOLA
Marina MARCOS AGUAYO
CELLO
Leonor SÁ
VIOLA DA GAMBA | VIOLONE
Clémence SCHILTZ
VOCAL ensemble
OBOE | BASSOON
Luís SANTOS
TRAVERSO | RECORDER
Joan CASABONA i AMAT
TRUMPET
Elke SOENEN
TIMPANI | PERCUSSION
Bart ROSSEEL
SOPRANO
Isabelle STORMS
ALTO
Maria EICHLER (board member)
TENOR
Mathis VAN CLEYNENBREUGHEL
BASS
Tom VAN BOGAERT (Vocal Director, Chairman, FOUNDER)
BASSO CONTINUO
Arne VAN HANDENHOVEN (Artistic Director, FOUNDER)
*This list includes the core musicians of FLANDERS BACH CONSORT, based on the programming it can be expanded or reduced to accommodate a more intimate setting.
Arne VAN HANDENHOVEN
Harpsichord | Organ | Artistic Direction | FOUNDER
Arne Van Handenhoven (°2002) studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with
Bart Naessens (harpsichord), Herman Stinders (basso continuo/chamber music) and Catalina Vicens (virginal).
He was also coached by Ewald Demeyere (harpsichord/basso continuo),
Bart Jacobs (harpsichord), Korneel Bernolet (harpsichord), Mario Sarrechia (harpsichord), Tineke Steenbrink (harpsichord and basso continuo) and Sigiswald Kuijken (interpretation and continuo).
Early 2022 Arne made his debut as a continuo player in a performance of Kaiser's Markus Passion and made his debut as a soloist at the Cydonnia Barocca festival with a performance of Bach's Concerto for 3 harpsichords recorded and broadcast by radio Klara. In 2023 he played a supporting program for the Terra Nova Collective in Roosdaal. He has already shared the stage with: Sarah Van Mol, Jan Van Elsacker, Lieven Termont, Ben Van Nespen, Paul Van Loey and Ann Cnop.
Arne has created GAME II, a work by Jan Van Landeghem that is dedicated to him. As an organist he performed several times at the artists' masses in the Carolus Borromeus church (Antwerp).
As a repetiteur/assistant he is associated with the renowned boys choir 'Flanders Boys Choir'.
Arne is co-founder and artistic director of Flanders Bach-Consort, a young baroque ensemble that is guided by established names in the early music landscape.
Tom VAN BOGAERT
Bass | Chairman | Vocal Director | FOUNDER
Tom Van Bogaert's singing career began in the Sint-Niklaas based boys choir Flanders Boys Choir
(formerly In Dulci Jubilo) where he is currently a vocal coach for singers in the male choir.
With this background it is no surprise that Tom is passionate about the ensemble repertoire.
He has sung and sings with BachPlus, Bach in de Stad, Ex Tempore, La Petite Bande, the VOLT Chamber Choir, the Terra Nova Collective, the Flemish Radio Choir, the Choeur de Chambre de Namur and the Capella Reial de Catalunya, among others.
In these ensembles he worked with Bart Naessens, Florian Heyerick, Sigiswald Kuijken, Jan Schweiger, Vlad Weverbergh, Julien Chauvin, Alexis Kossenko, Jos van Veldhoven, René Jacobs, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Leonardo García Alarcón and Jordi Savall.
These collaborations took him to the Bijloke, De Singel, Concertgebouw Brugge, Grand Manège Namur, Opéra de Liège, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Philharmonie de Paris, Philharmonie Köln, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and Teatro Real Madrid. In addition to his work as ensemble singer, Tom appears more and more as soloist in oratorio-, concert- and song repertoire.
In 2018 he obtained his bachelor's degree at the Antwerp Conservatory with Gary Jankowski. In 2021 he obtained his master's degree with great distinction at the Ghent Conservatory in the class of Marcos Pujol.
He received further coaching from Drew Santini, An De Ridder and recently Lucienne Van Deyck.
He followed masterclasses with Ed Lyon and Riccardo Novaro (as a member of MM Academy), Maciej Pikulski, Delphine Galou and Thomas Michael Allen.
After his singing studies, Tom obtained a Postgraduate degree in Cultural Management at the Bruges Business School. His most recent venture is FLANDERS BACH-CONSORT, an innovative and ambitious early music ensemble.
Maria EICHLER
ALT | Public Relations
Maria Eichler received her Bachelor in Singing from the Hochschule für Musik in Saarbrücken, DE, under the guidance of Prof. Frank Wörner. She completed her Masters at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, BEL, under the guidance of Andrew Richards. She received further inspiration from Lucienne van Deyck, Charlotte Wainberg and Claron McFadden.
She has already been invited as 'Dido' in Purcell's opera of the same name 'Dido and Aeneas' at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, DE. She previously performed the role of 'Tassile' in Handel's 'Alessandro' in a collaboration between the Young German Philharmonic and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Bamberg, DE.
In addition to her solo activities, the emphasis is on ensemble and choir singing.
She has gained extensive experience in collaboration with professional ensembles such as the Studium Chorale in the Netherlands and the Ensemble Reflection in Belgium. Since 2023 she is a permanent member of the Symphonic Choir Bamberg, DE.
2022-2023 she was selected as a participant in the Young Artists Programme of the Netherlands Chamber Choir - NKK NXT production 'Minaminotori', a collaboration with Daniel Cross (ROSA ENSEMBLE), was seen and heard at festivals such as Wonderfeel Festival, NL, Klaterklanken Festival, NL, and Gaudeamus Festival, NL.
