Baritone Hendré van Zyl matriculated with distinction from the Martin Oosthuizen High School at Kakamas in the Northern Cape. He obtained the B.Com and B.Com Honours (Financial Management) degrees from the Free State University in Bloemfontein, and is currently employed at one of South Africa’s major banking groups in Johannesburg.

Van Zyl is a private singing student of Prof. Werner Nel in Potchefstroom. Since his debut as soloist in May 2002 in works by J S Bach and W A Mozart, he has appeared regularly at concert venues in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Rustenburg, Bloemfontein, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown, in performances of works by composers such as Bach, Britten, Buxtehude, Duruflé, Fauré, Gounod, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Pergolesi, Purcell, Schubert and Vaughan-Williams. He has worked with various local and international conductors, such as Richard Cock, Petru Grabe, Kåre Hanken, Deon Lamprecht, Ben Oosthuizen, John Scott, Barry Smith, Johann van der Sandt, and Peter-Louis van Dijk.

Hendré devotes his time mainly to the performance of sacred works from the Baroque and Classical periods. Highlights during 2010 included JS Bach’s St John Passion (Jesus and bass arias)with Cantamus Corde Chamber Choir and conductor Nicholas Nicolaidis in Pretoria as well as with the Symphony Choir of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Festival Orchestra under Richard Cock, at the Linder Auditorium on Good Friday and the role of Jesus in the St Matthew Passion by Georg Philipp Telemann, with the Pretoria Bach Choir under Gerben Grooten.

During Lent 2011, he appeared in Bach’s St John Passion (Jesus) with the Philharmonia Choir of Cape Town under the baton of Kåre Hanken, in the Cape Town City Hall (17 March) and the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch (19 March).

Further scheduled performances for 2011:

• Bach’s aria Ich habe genug, from his Cantata BWV 82, for the Easter Concert by the Pretoria Bach Choir under Gerben Grooten, in Pretoria on 3 April (ZK Matthews Hall, Unisa) and 10 April (Johannesgemeinde, Willows).
• Fauré’s Requiem with the Johannesburg Bach Choir, conducted by Tim Roberts, in Johannesburg on 17 April.

Afrikaanse profiel

Bariton Hendré van Zyl matrikuleer met onderskeiding aan die Hoërskool Martin Oosthuizen op Kakamas in die Noord-Kaap. Hy voltooi die grade B.Com en B.Com Honneurs (Finansiële Bestuur) aan die Vrystaatse Universiteit in Bloemfontein, en is tans werksaam by een van Suid-Afrika se groot bankgroepe in Johannesburg.

Van Zyl is ‘n private sangstudent van Prof. Werner Nel in Potchefstroom. Sedert sy debuut as solis in Mei 2002 in werke van J S Bach en W A Mozart, tree hy gereeld op in konsertsale in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Rustenburg, Bloemfontein, Stellenbosch, Kaapstad, Port Elizabeth en Grahamstad, in uitvoerings van werke deur verskeie komponiste, insluitende Bach, Britten, Buxtehude, Duruflé, Fauré, Gounod, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Pergolesi, Purcell, Schubert en Vaughan-Williams. Hy het reeds met verskeie plaaslike en internasionale dirigente, waaronder Richard Cock, Petru Grabe, Kåre Hanken, Deon Lamprecht, Ben Oosthuizen, John Scott, Barry Smith, Johann van der Sandt en Peter-Louis van Dijk, saamgewerk.

Hendré spits hom hoofsaaklik toe op die uitvoering van gewyde werke uit die Barok en Klassieke tydperke. Hoogtepunte in 2010 sluit in JS Bach se Johannespassie (Jesus en bas-arias)in Pretoria met Cantamus Corde Kamerkoor en dirigent Nicholas Nicolaidis en met die Simfoniekoor van Johannesburg en die Johannesburgse Feesorkes onder leiding van Richard Cock, in die Linder-ouditorium op Goeie Vrydag, asook die Mattheüspassie van Georg Philipp Telemann saam met die Pretoria Bachkoor olv Gerben Grooten.

Gedurende die Lydenstyd in 2011, tree hy op in Bach se Johannespassie (Jesus) met die Filharmoniakoor van Kaapstad onder leiding van Kåre Hanken, in die Kaapse Stadsaal (17 Maart) en die Endlersaal in Stellenbosch (19 Maart).

Verdere optredes vir 2011:

• Bach se aria Ich habe genug, uit sy Kantate BWV 82, vir die Paaskonsert van die Pretoria Bach-koor olv Gerben Grooten, in Pretoria op 3 April (ZK Matthews-saal, Unisa) en 10 April (Johannesgemeinde, Willows).
• Fauré se Requiem met die Johannesburg Bach-koor olv Tim Roberts, in Johannesburg op 17 April.