Artistic leader, conductor
Gijs Leenaars, who grew up in Nijmegen, obtained his conservatory diploma, majoring in piano, one year after obtaining his high school diploma. After this he studied choral conducting and singing at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and took orchestral conducting lessons with Joop van Zon. In addition to being the artistic director of the Bachkoor Holland, he has been the chief conductor of the Groot Omroepkoor since the 2012/2013 season. In recent years, Gijs has worked with Cappella Amsterdam, Collegium Vocale Ghent, Nederlands Kamerkoor and Rundfunkchor Berlin. As an orchestra conductor he led the Residentie Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gelders Orchestra, among others. Gijs has been chief conductor of Rundfunkchor Berlin since season 2015/2016.
Choir and orchestra
Bachkoor Holland has a stable line-up of professional choir members who together deliver a high-quality musical result. The Bach Choir Holland is musically accompanied by B'Rock Orchestra from Ghent. B’Rock Orchestra has the Baroque era at heart. On period instruments, they explore five centuries of music in opera, oratorio and instrumental music.
