composer

Krüs, Monique

The colourfoul compositions of Dutch versatile musician Monique Krüs encompass opera, music theatre, lieder, chamber music, works for choir, music for media. As a soprano she loves to sing contemporary music as well as the traditional repertoire. A large part of her work contains educational elements.
Monique Krüs studied psychology at the University of Utrecht, combining a preparatory year of classical guitar studies at the Conservatoire of Utrecht. At the same time she had her own jazz trio and wrote and produced the title song of the first movie of Oscar-winner Mike van Diem. During her psychology study she auditioned for solo voice at the Utrecht Conservatory, where she discovered her affection for opera and new music. She finished her vocal studies with one year opera class at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
As a composer she is completely self-taught. With conductors Vincent de Kort and the late Jan Stulen she studied conducting.
Monique writes and produces music for a wide variety of projects, where her vast experience as a singer proves to be very valuable. At first mainly for television, but since 2007, when her first opera God's Videotheque saw its premiere, her compositional focus has shifted more towards live music, of which opera and vocal music form the biggest part.