Pieter Vis
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Pieter Vis (1949-2017) was a Dutch bass-baritone and an important promoter of Flemish and Dutch song art at home and abroad. He was committed, among other things, to the preservation of the work of Guido Gezelle and René de Clercq.
Youth and education:
Pieter Vis started his singing career as a boy soprano with the Rotterdam Boys Choir. From the age of fourteen he sang as a soprano soloist in church concerts at home and abroad, including with the Vienna Sängerknaben. He initially followed a graphic training course, but then chose singing. From 1971 to 1978 he received classical singing training from the soprano Iza Valeton-Maas Geesteranus (1901-2005), from 1978 from the contralto Annie Hermes (1906-1995). He subsequently took song and oratorio interpretation courses with Max van Egmond (1936), Marie-Cécile Moerdijk (1929), Herman Schey (1895-1981) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012). He performed at the Flanders Festival, in Luxembourg and Austria and at various Golden Spurs celebrations. In addition to being a concert singer, Vis was also active as a conductor, producer, musicologist and illustrator of, among other things, gramophone records and CD covers.
Promoter of Flemish and Dutch song art
Pieter played an important role as a promoter of Flemish and Dutch song (see Music). He collected songs from forgotten repertoires and promoted them through compilation albums and performances. In 1980 he released Guido Gezelle
years, he released the long-playing album Guido Gezelle in Song, for which he set twenty-four of the writer's poems to music. In total, Vis collected more than 4,000 songs with Gezelle lyrics, which earned him, among other things, a bronze city medal and honorary citizenship of the city of Bruges.
Guido Gezelle in the song, for which he set twenty-four of the writer's poems to music. In total, Vis collected more than 4,000 songs with Gezelle lyrics, which earned him, among other things, a bronze city medal and honorary citizenship of the city of Bruges.
