NanetteMans
soprano
With her clear, warm voice, soprano Nanette Mans (2000) is a versatile musician. She recently made her solo debut at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
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Biography
With her clear, warm voice and natural musicality, soprano Nanette Mans (2000) is a versatile musician. As a soloist she is regularly heard in oratorio, with a repertoire that includes Bach's Matthäus-Passion, Johannes-Passion and Weihnachtsoratorium, Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Psalm 42 and various (solo) cantatas. She recently made her solo debut at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
She is equally at home in chamber music. Since 2018 she has formed a regular duo with organist Gerben Budding, and since 2019 she has worked with pianist Mieke Verduijn as a song duo. In these and other collaborations she explores a broad repertoire and regularly devotes herself to performing newly composed works.
Nanette has contributed to several CD recordings, including Wunderkind Felix (2024) with Ars Musica and Archipel X (2025) with Gerben Budding.
Nanette studied Classical Voice at Codarts Rotterdam with Henk Neven. She also took masterclasses with leading musicians such as Margreet Honig, Christianne Stotijn, Sophie Karthäuser, Olaf Bär and Charlotte Margiono. Together with pianist Mieke Verduijn she took part in the Udo Reinemann International Masterclasses in Brussels.
Her love of singing has its origins in ensemble singing, in which she has built broad experience. She is currently a member of the Cantores Martini, directed by Remco de Graas, and the Ars Musica Chamber Choir, directed by Patrick van der Linden.
She feels at home in a wide repertoire, with a particular affinity for combining early music with contemporary compositions. In all her work, musicality, a feeling for text and collaboration with other musicians are central.
Soprano and organ duo
with Gerben Budding, organ
Nanette Mans (soprano) and Gerben Budding (organist) have been working together as a duo since 2018. They can be heard regularly in the concertante and liturgical practice of St. John's Church in Gouda. The duo developed several thematically related concert programmes, such as a program with early music (including Schütz and Scorzuto), a program with solo cantatas from the 18th century (including Telemann and Bach) and a program with French romantic and modern music (Franck, Vierne and Daan Manneke).
For the passion time they made a program with arias from the St Matthew and St John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach and parts from the Stabat Mater by Pergolesi. They regularly perform new music of which the ink has barely dried.
Characteristic for the duo is flexibility and adventurousness.
Song duo
with Mieke Verduijn, piano
Nanette Mans (soprano) and Mieke Verduijn (pianist) have been working together regularly as a song duo since 2019. Together they have already given several recitals on different themes and with cycles by Ravel and Schumann, among others.
The duo participated in the Udo Reinemann International Masterclasses in the 2021-2022 season. They attended monthly masterclasses there and worked with Christianne Stotijn, Olaf Bär, Charlotte Margiono, Peter Nilsson, Sophie Karthäuser, Eric Schneider, Henk Neven and Imogen Cooper, among others.
Together, Nanette and Mieke put on varied programs in which they share their unique, clear sound and musicality with the listeners and take the audience along in stories.
Media
two recordings via Spotify
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