Josefien Stoppelenburg- Soprano 

Dutch soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg is best known for her dazzling vocal agility and her passionate and insightful interpretations. Stoppelenburg has performed all over the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America as a Baroque Music and Oratorio specialist, and as a concert singer.
Her appearance on Chicago’s classical radio program, “Live from WFMT”, was selected as one of the 10 best performances in 2016. She won the Dutch National Princess Christina Competition,  and the Chicago Oratorio Award. Stoppelenburg performed several times for the Royal Dutch Family.

Her CD 'Modern Muses, Contemporary Treasures for Soprano and Cello, published by Navona Records, won a Bronze Medal at the Global Music Awards.

Josefien has performed most major oratorio works by Handel, Haydn, Bach and Mozart, and many works by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Monteverdi.
She appeared to great acclaim in "Annelies", an oratorio about Anne Frank by composer James Whitbourn. This English composer praised Stoppelenburg's outstanding performance, stating:
" I have heard many performances, but few so accomplished and so full of understanding as hers."

Josefien appeared as a soloist with Haymarket Opera Company, Tempesta di Mare, Apollo's Fire, Camerata Amsterdam, The Noord Nederlands Orkest, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands), Harmonia Stellarum and Ars Lyrica (Houston), the Boulder Bach Festival, the Arizona Bach Festival, the Lexington Bach Festival and Baroque Festival Corona del Mar, California. She also performed with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Evansville Symphony, the Elmhurst Symphony and the Rockford Symphony Orchestra.
 
Stoppelenburg taught vocal masterclasses at Indiana University (Jacobs School of Music), the University of Colorado, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and Illinois State University. She has performed for the Dutch Royal family on several occasions. When she is not performing or teaching, she creates vibrant, colorful paintings.

Josefien is proficient in seven languages but cannot brew a decent cup of coffee.