Biography

Lyric soprano TINEKE VAN INGELGEM (°1980) obtained a Master in Germanic Languages at the Catholic Universities of Brussels and Leuven, and a Master in Music: Singing at the Lemmensinstitute in Leuven. Her teachers were Gerda Lombaerts and Dina Grossberger. She perfectioned herself with Axel Everaert and Ismini Giannakis. Her actual coach is Carole Wilson.

She made her debut as an operetta singer as Rosalinde/Die Fledermaus. At the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, she sang the roles of Diane/Orphée aux Enfers and Clara/La Vie Parisienne. She performed for several Belgian operetta companies: Bronislawa/Der Bettelstudent, Vilma/La Rose de Noël, Josepha/Im Weissen Rössl and Eliza Doolittle/My Fair Lady. Her talent was awarded the second prize in the operetta category at the 22^ième Concours International de Chant in Marmande, France. This season, she sings the title role in Gräfin Mariza at the Landestheater in Linz (Austria).

As an opera singer, Tineke is a welcome guest at the three Belgian opera houses. She sang la Dama di Lady Macbeth/Macbeth and Flora/La Traviata at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Second Niece/Peter Grimes at the Vlaamse Opera and Blumenmädchen/Parsifal and Coryphée & Bohémienne/Les Huguenots at La Monnaie. She also performed the one-woman-opera La Voix Humaine. In 2012, she will sing Second Niece/Peter Grimes at the Opera de Oviedo (Spain) and Chancelière/Sybil et le Silhouettes at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. In season ’12-’13, she will be welcomed again at the Vlaamse Opera  as Zweite Dame/Die Zauberflöte and as Blumenmädchen/Parsifal.

Tineke is also a recognized Lied and oratorio singer. She sings recitals at home and abroad, and performed the soprano solos in Paulus/F.Mendelssohn, Óttusöngvar á vori/J.Nordal, Requiem Pro Luna/S.Roels, Petite Messe Solenelle/G.Rossini, Missa Solemnis/W.A.Mozart, Requiem/J.Rutter and Stabat Mater/F.Poulenc. She recorded several CDs, a.o. Bist du bei mir and Ich liebe dich with her father Kristiaan Van Ingelgem at the organ.