Recorder player
Bart Coen has made a career both as a soloist and as an ensemble player in some of the most acclaimed European Baroque and Renaissance ensembles and chamber orchestras. Born and trained in Antwerp, he studied with
Jos van Immerseel and Dirk Verelst. Groups with which he has played include
Concerto Vocale,
Huelgas Ensemble,
Concerto Palatino, and
Collegium Vocale, and he has worked with conductors such as
Philippe Herreweghe,
René Jacobs,
Dominique Visse, and
Paul van Nevel.
Coen is a featured soloist on a 2010 recording of
J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with
La Petite Bande led by
Sigiswald Kuijken. He formed his own ensemble, Per Flauto, for the 2010 Sony recording
Manoscritto Di Napoli 1725, in which he is the soloist in concertos by
Scarlatti,
Mancini, and Sarro.