Ilse Eerens
Soprano
Praised for her luminous voice, musical sensitivity, and versatility, Belgian soprano Ilse Eerens enjoys an international opera and concert career in repertoire that spans from Bach to works of the 21st century. Recent highlights include the title role in the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Natasha at the New National Theatre Tokyo, Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher with Alain Altinoglu and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at La Monnaie. She has performed at leading opera houses and festivals including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Salzburg Festival, Opéra de Lyon, and Bregenz Festival. She has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Hartmut Haenchen, Ton Koopman, Peter Dijkstra, Philippe Herreweghe, Kazushi Ono, and Laurence Equilbey, and performed with esteemed ensembles including the Orchestre National de Radio France, Orquesta y Coro Nacional de España, and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.