Cornelis Witthoefft

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Cornelis Witthoefft has worked as a conductor and vocal coach at major opera houses in Europe such as the Opéra de la Bastille Paris (France), the Flemish Opera Antwerp (Belgium), the Teatro di San Carlo Naples and Teatro Massimo Palermo (Italy), the Salzburg Festival (Austria) as well as the New National Theater Tokyo (Japan).

Cornelis Witthoefft appeared as a solo pianist, chamber musician and accompanist, disposing of a repertoire of some fifty song recital programs, in Europe and overseas including Japan where also held master classes on German lieder.

In 2004 he was appointed professor of Lied (Art Song) at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart (Germany).