On 27 August 2016, during Tenso Days Helsinki / The Nordic Choir Expedition, two conductors will work with Tenso Europe Chamber Choir and coach James Wood.
Arndt Martin Henzelmann (Germany, 1987) studied church music at HfMT Cologne and choral conducting at HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin, where he currently studies for a master degree with Jörg-Peter Weigle.
Arndt leads the neuer chor berlin and the choirs of the Musikgymnasium Carl-Phillip-Emanuel-Bach Berlin and works as an musical assistant of Jörg-Peter Weigle with the conservatory choir of HfM Hanns Eisler.
Beside his conducting career Arndt enjoys singing in different ensembles and works as a singing coach and as a passionate organ player.
Lodewijk van der Ree (the Netherlands, 1986) studied choral conducting at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Jos Vermunt and Jos van Veldhoven. He has worked with Dutch ensembles, chamber choirs and oratorio societies all over Holland, performing repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant to premieres of new works. He has conducted the Netherlands Chamber Choir in several private concerts for the city of Utrecht, and prepared Cappella Amsterdam for a concert in the Zaterdagmatinee series of the Concertgebouw together with Asko | Schõnberg ensemble.
Currently Lodewijk lives in Tallinn and sings in vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis. From september 2016 he will conduct projects with chamber choir Head Ööd, Vend in Tallinn and with the Chamber Choir of the University of Tartu, and study choral conducting at the Estonian Music Academy.