Andreas Pruys [SEP] voice type
Andreas Pruys
Andreas Pruys (born in Kleve) is a German classical bass singer.
Professional career.
Andreas Pruys studied singing and church music at the Folkwanghochschule in Essen. He worked as a church musician for several years, also as director of the music school in Emmerich. He has been a member of the choir NDR Chor since 2001.
Pruys has performed as a soloist in oratorio concerts, especially singing the words of Jesus in Bach's Passions. In 2007, he sang Bach's Mass in B
staged concerts here with Elizabeth Parcells, Chanticleer and ensemble amarcord, among others.
In the church St. Martin an annual choral concert is performed by the combined choirs Chor St. Martin and the chamber choir Martinis, conducted by Franz Fink, such as Bach's "St Matthew Passion" in 1998 with Elisabeth Scholl, Andreas Scholl and Max van Egmond and again in 2009 with Andreas Pruys and Klaus Mertens. The concert of 2011 was Handel's "Messiah", with soloists Katia Plaschka, Andreas Scholl, Ulrich Cordes and Markus