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elementor - v3.11.3 - 07-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbf3f86\" data-id=\"cbf3f86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a940ee8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a940ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5624a08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5624a08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ffd736\" data-id=\"4ffd736\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb5ec0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fdb5ec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jan Wouters - Altus<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cd7859 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cd7859\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdbda95\" data-id=\"fdbda95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae85854 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae85854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.3 - 07-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>De Belgische contratenor Jan Wouters (\u00b01993) groeide op in Herentals, waar hij zijn eerste muzikale stappen zette met hobo, piano en zang aan de Academie voor Muziek, Woord en Dans. In 2013 studeerde hij met grootste onderscheiding af aan de kunsthumaniora van het Heilig Graf Turnhout. Zijn opleiding vervolgde hij aan LUCA School of Arts (Lemmensinstituut, Leuven), waar hij in 2016 zijn bachelor zang behaalde met grote onderscheiding bij Gerda Lombaerts. In 2018 rondde hij zijn master Konzertgesang\/Opera met grootste onderscheiding af aan de Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Theater M\u00fcnchen, onder begeleiding van Fenna K\u00fcgel-Seifried.<\/p><p>Hij vervolmaakte zich via masterclasses bij o.a. Maarten Koningsberger, Roberta Alexander, Monica Benvenuti, W. Stephen Smith, Janice Chapman, James Platt en Kai Wessel.<\/p><p>Jan werd meermaals onderscheiden in nationale en internationale zangwedstrijden, waaronder:<br \/>\u2022 Winnaar Belfius Classics Brussel (2013)<br \/>\u2022 Laureaat Prinses Christina Concours \u2019s-Hertogenbosch (2013)<br \/>\u2022 Finalist en laureaat Internationaal Vocalisten Concours \u2019s-Hertogenbosch (2018)<br \/>\u2022 Tweede prijs Triomphe de l\u2019Art (Brussel, 2019)<br \/>\u2022 Zilveren medaille 1st Vienna International Music Competition<br \/>\u2022 Gouden medaille 4th Manhattan International Music Competition<br \/>\u2022 Tweede prijs Cascais International Singing Competition (Lissabon, 2024)<br \/>\u2022 Gouden Label Jong Talent \u2013 Klassiek Centraal (2020)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-346d24e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"346d24e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.3 - 07-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_8167_c_Mark_Noormann-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1391\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_8167_c_Mark_Noormann-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_8167_c_Mark_Noormann-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_8167_c_Mark_Noormann-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_8167_c_Mark_Noormann-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_8167_c_Mark_Noormann-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c772522 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c772522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u201eStarken Eindruck hinterl\u00e4sst auch Jan Wouters, dessen warm timbrierter Countertenor sich perfekt mit den Stimmen seinen <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Partnerinnen mischt.\u201c<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><em>M\u00fcnchner Merkur 2021 &#8211; 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Sindsdien bouwde hij een veelzijdige carri\u00e8re uit met producties bij Opera Ballet Vlaanderen en Opera Zuid, waar hij indruk maakte als Oberon in A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream (Britten).<\/p><p>Als concertsolist is Jan een veelgevraagd artiest met een breed repertoire, waaronder: Messiah en Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (H\u00e4ndel), Matth\u00e4us- en Johannespassion, Weihnachtsoratorium en cantates (Bach), Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Tuma), Gloria (Vivaldi), Come, ye sons of art (Purcell), Te Deum (Charpentier), Nelsonmesse (Haydn), Requiem (Mozart), Cavell Mass (Mitchell) en Sea Pictures (Elgar), waarvan hij als eerste contratenor de orkestversie vertolkte.<\/p><p>Hij werkte samen met o.a. ensemble Octopus, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, M\u00fcnchner Rundfunkorchester en Orquestra Sinf\u00f3nica Portuguesa, onder dirigenten als Karel Deseure, Jan M\u00fcller-Wieland, Ulf Schirmer, Hartmut Haenchen en Nicholas Cleobury.<\/p><p>In november 2025 en januari 2026 trad Jan op als uitgenodigd solist aan de Opera Nacional de S\u00e3o Carlos in Lissabon, waarmee hij zijn internationale concertloopbaan verder verstevigde.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cddaf93 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cddaf93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_7963_c_Mark_Noormann-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1388\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_7963_c_Mark_Noormann-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_7963_c_Mark_Noormann-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_7963_c_Mark_Noormann-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_7963_c_Mark_Noormann-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_7963_c_Mark_Noormann-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_7963_c_Mark_Noormann-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/jan-wouters.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jan-Woulters-Prinze-und-Studio_IMG_7963_c_Mark_Noormann-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>",
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