Daniel Reuss

Daniel Reuss (* 1961 ) is a German-Dutch choir conductor.

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Reuss was born in the Netherlands to German parents and studied choral conducting with Barend Schuurman at the Rotterdam Conservatory .

In 1982 he founded the Oude Muziek Koor Arnhem , which he built up into one of the most respected amateur choirs in the Netherlands. From 1990 he was artistic director of the Cappella Amsterdam . He also worked with the Schönberg Ensemble , the 18th century orchestra , the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra , the Radio Kamerorkest , Concerto Palatino and the Cappella Amsterdam .

From 1995 to 2000 Reuss was head of the choral conducting department at the Amsterdam Academy of Music. As a conductor he worked with the Dutch Radio Choir , the Collegium Vocale Gent , the Balthasar Neumann Choir and the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart , but also with chamber orchestras such as the Prometheus Ensemble and the Norwegian Symphony Orchestra in Stavanger. From 2003 to 2006 he was chief conductor of the RIAS Chamber Choir in Berlin.

Reuss received the Edison Award for his CD with works by Robert Heppener with the Dutch Chamber Choir . A CD with works by Frank Martin and Olivier Messiaen received the Diapason d'or de l'année 2004 and the German Record Critics' Prize .

In 2006 Reuss was a guest of the Lucerne Festival Academy as a conductor and lecturer . In 2007 he made his debut at the English National Opera with Handel's Agrippina . Since the 2008/09 season he has been chief conductor of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

Discography

• Time wants to say nothing with the Dutch student Kamerkoor
• Ivan Moody - Passion and Ressurection with Red Byrd and the Cappella Amsterdam
• Heppener Choral Works with the Nederlands Kamerkoor
• Stephan Wolpe - "Zeus and Elida" and "Schöne Geschichte" with the Cappella Amsterdam and the Ebony Band
• The Ligeti Project III - György Ligeti with the Cappella Amsterdam and the Schönberg Ensemble
• Elégie pour les villes détruites with the Cappella Amsterdam
• Frank Martin en Olivier Messiaen with the RIAS Chamber Choir
• Works by Sofia Gubaidulina with the Collegium Vocale and Pieter Wispelwey
• Bach Cantatas , RIAS Chamber Choir and Thomas Quasthoff
• Francis Poulenc : “Figure humaine” and “Quatre petites prières de saint Francois d'Assise” with the RIAS Chamber Choir
• Stravinsky: Les Noces, Mis en Cantate , RIAS Chamber Choir and Musik Fabrik with soloists Carolyn Sampson , Susan Parry, Jan Kobow , Vsevolod Grivnov, Maxim Mikhailov
• Martin, Le vin herbé ; Der Zaubertrank , RIAS Chamber Choir and Scharoun Ensemble with the soloists Sandrine Piau , Steve Davislim , Jutta Böhnert
• Handel, Solomon , RIAS Chamber Choir and Academy for Early Music Berlin with the soloists Carolyn Sampson, Susan Gritton, Sarah Connolly, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson
• Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century + Capella Amsterdam (Concertmaster: Alexander Janiczek), 2017

Web links

• Homepage of Daniel Reuss
• Works by and about Daniel Reuss in the catalog of the German National Library