Tenor

Twan van der Wolde began singing as a boy soprano at the age of six with the Roden Boys Choir conducted by Rintje te Wies, where he was appointed principal soloist a few years later. As a boy soprano, he has performed solo in Antonio Vivaldi's 'Gloria' with the Rotterdam Boys Choir, Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the NNO and sang Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Erbarme dich' for the film production 'Matterhorn'.

Currently he is studying Classical Singing at the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen with vocal teachers Hanneke de Wit, Paul Triepels, David Visser and David van Laar. He took part in masterclasses from Margreet Honig, Rosemary Joshua, Maarten Koningsberger, Paul McNamara, Marcel Reijans, Nico van der Meel, Marcel Beekman and Emma Kirkby.

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He performed the roles of Sklave, Zweiter Priester and Erster Geharnischter in a production of Die Zauberflöte by the National Opera Academy with the Residentie Orkest conducted by Patrick Lange. He has worked with conductors such as Peter Dijkstra, Boudewijn Jansen, Louis Buskens, Nico van der Meel and Andreas Küppers and with ensembles such as Pearls in Baroque, the Luthers Bach Ensemble, Ribattuta Musica and The Northern Consort. In addition, he has performed works such as Mozart's Requiem, Masses by Haydn and Mozart, Britten's Saint Nicolas Cantata, oratorios such as Stainer's The Crucifixion, Saint-Saëns' Oratorio de Noël, Handel's Messiah and Saul, the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion and many Cantatas by Bach.

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As a chorister, he is associated with several professional choirs in the Netherlands including Cappella Amsterdam, the Nederlands Kamerkoor and Consensus Vocalis. He has sung under the direction of Daniel Reuss, Peter Dijkstra, Nils Schweckendiek, Matthew Rowe, Nicolas Altstaedt, Lawrence Renes, Marc Soustrot and Heide Müller.