Dieter Van Handenhoven started as a junior choir boy. Today he is the choirmaster. As an eight-year-old he joined his brother in In Dulci Jubilo and became a member of the male choir Later he became the assistant-choirmaster of Johan Van Bouwelen. In the meantime Dieter studied at the Antwerp and Brussels academies and obtained the Higher Degree for organ and the Master Degree for harpsichord. He has been attached to the Collegium Vocale Instrumentale Brugensis as an organ player and harpsichordist and he has played with - amongst others - the Flemish Radio Orchestra, the Beethoven Academy, The Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra and Il Fondamento. He has been the harpsichordist for Flemish Opera productions since 2002. Dieter became the choirmaster in 1993. It is under his leadership that the choir has given concerts at home and abroad and that the musical coaching was professionalized. Dieter ocassionally conducts other ensembles like the Flemish Radio Choir and the Capella Brugensis. Additional music coaches: Pieter Stas, Els Spanhove, Neeltje Van den Bosch, Linda Van Handenhoven.
The choirmaster
