Peter Dijkstra
Peter Dijkstra (born 11 June 1978) is a Dutch conductor, especially of choirs and vocal ensembles. Born in Roden, Drenthe, Dijkstra sang in his youth in Jongenskoor Roder, a boys' choir, which his father, Bouwe Dijkstra, founded in 1985. He sang the Cantatas of J. S. Bach with the likes of Gustav Leonhardt, Sigiswald Kuijken and Max van Egmond in Amsterdam. Later he studied singing and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln with Marcus Creed, and at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Jorma Panula. He also attended master classes with Eric Ericson and Tõnu Kaljuste. He led the ensemble The Gents. Dijkstra has been guest conductor of the Netherlands Chamber Choir and artistic director of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks of Munich from September 2005. In 2007 he was appointed chief conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir. He has collaborated with major European vocal ensembles and appeared as an orchestral conductor. He is foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Genre: choral
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Top Tracks
- 3 Sacred Hymns: No. 1. Bogoroditse devo, raduysya, Blagodotnaya Marie (Hail Mary, full of Grace)
- 3 Sacred Hymns: No. 2. Gospodi, Gospodi Iisuse (Lord Jesus)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Pt. I: Symphony
- 7 Magnificat Antiphons: No. 2. O Adonai
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part I: Symphony
- 3 Sacred Hymns: No. 3. Otche nash (Our Father)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Pt. I: The sons of Israel do mourn (Chorus)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Pt. I: How Is the mighty fall'n! (Chorus)
- Choir Concerto: I. O pavelitel' sushcheva fsevo (O Master of all living)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II: He gave them hailstones for rain (Chorus)
- Voices of Nature
- Choir Concerto: II. Sabran' je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh (I, an expert in human passions)
- 7 Magnificat Antiphons: No. 1. O Weisheit
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part III, "Moses Song": Sing ye to the Lord (Soprano, Chorus)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part III, "Moses Song": Moses and the children of Israel sung this song (Chorus)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II: He rebuked the Red Sea (Chorus)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II: He smote all the first-born of Egypt (Chorus)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II: He sent a thick darkness over all the land (Chorus)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II: He spake the word (Chorus)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II: Aria: Their land brought forth frogs (Alto)
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