Arturo den Hartog

(Suriname, 1999) is a countertenor and prize- and audience award winner at the 2021 Princes Christina Concours. Arturo started solo singing at the age of 8 in the church in Suriname and was one of the first students of the Cathedral Choir School in Paramaribo. In 2017, he left for the Netherlands to continue his studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Arturo is a versatile performer with a big love for Opera, Baroque- and Contemporary music. He made his opera debut with the Dutch National Opera en LOD muziektheater with the newly written opera The Girl, the Hunter and the Wolf by Vasco Mendonça. Other engagements include a tour to Suriname with ensemble Holland Baroque, a performance during the O. Festival, the Koorbiënnale 2022 as soloist with Stargaze ensemble and a main role in two contemporary operas at the Opera Forward Festival in Amsterdam. Next to that, he often performs music of black composers with his piano duo. With this duo, he performed in the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam and on tv in Podium Witteman.