Maarten Engeltjes

Countertenor Maarten Engeltjes is in demand in both opera and choral music. He has recorded for the major Sony Classical and PentaTone Classics labels. Engeltjes was born in 1984 in Zwolle or Elburg in the northeastern Netherlands (sources differ, but the two towns are very close to each other). At age four, he joined the Elburg City Boys' Choir. Engeltjes had some success as a boy soprano, performing in 1995 under conductor David Willcocks in a Haarlem, Netherlands, boys' choir festival in Handel's Coronation Anthems. After his voice broke, he decided to continue as a counte...