Conductor Arie Hoek

Arie Hoek’s (1960) primary subjects at the Rotterdam College of Music were Organ, Harpsichord, Church Music and Choir Conducting, and he also studied Choir Conducting, second level, at the southern Dutch College of Choir Conducting. In addition to conducting the Rotterdam Young Men’s Choir De Coolsingers, he is also the conductor of the “Carmina Amantes” choir, boys’ choir Rivierenland, and boys’ choir Rijnmond. From 2001 to 2005 he was the conductor of the Dutch National Broadcasting Boys’ Choir.

With these various boys’ choirs, Arie Hoek participated in many productions by Philippe Herrweghe, Valerie Gergjiev, Laurens Renes, Edo de Waard, Jaap van Zweden, Jan Willem de Vriend, Arnold Ostman and many others. He is also the cantor of the church of Saint Martin in Zaltbommel and musical leader of Saint Martin’s Music Foundation. From 1994 he has been teaching Church Music for multiple voices, hymnology and church choirs at the Rotterdam College of Music.