Entrance Vocal Ensemble City Moscow Year of foundation 2006 A type choirs The work of the Intrada Vocal Ensemble is today an integral part of the most exquisite musical events in the Russian capital. The group specializing in the performance of early music was founded in 2006. Under the guidance of a young teacher of the Moscow Conservatory and a graduate of the Cologne Higher School of Music Ekaterina Antonenko united highly professional, passionately passionate about their work singers – graduates of the best music universities in the capital. The Intrada Ensemble is a regular participant in the subscription program of the Moscow Philharmonic. The musicians made their debut on…

Sretensky Monastery Choir City Moscow Year of foundation 1397 A type choirs The choir at the Moscow Sretensky Monastery arose simultaneously with the foundation of the monastery in 1397 and has existed for more than 600 years. The interruption in the activities of the choir fell only during the years of persecution of the church during the period of Soviet power. In 2005, it was headed by Nikon Zhila, a graduate of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, the son of a priest, who had been singing in the church choir of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra since childhood. The current membership of the choir includes seminarians, students of the Sretensky Seminary,…

Master’s degree Notre-Dame de Paris, Adult choir City Paris Year of foundation 1991 A type choirs The choir of Notre Dame de Paris is made up of professional singers educated at the cathedral’s singing school (La Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris). The school-workshop of Notre Dame Cathedral was founded in 1991 with the support of the city administration and the Parisian diocese and is a major educational musical center. It provides a versatile vocal and choral education, designed for both amateurs and professionals. Students are engaged not only in vocal technique, choral and ensemble singing, but also learn to play the piano, study acting, musical and theoretical disciplines, foreign languages ​​and…

City Moscow A type choirs The festive male choir of the Moscow Danilov Monastery has existed since 1994. It consists of 16 professional singers – graduates of the Moscow State Conservatory, the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, the A.V. Sveshnikov Academy of Choral Art – with higher vocal and choral education. The director of the Festive Men’s Choir of the Moscow Danilov Monastery is Georgy Safonov, a graduate of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, laureate of the XNUMXst All-Russian Competition of Conductors. The choir constantly takes part in divine services on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as in solemn festive divine services led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of…

The Mariinsky Theater Chorus City St. Petersburg A type choirs The Choir of the Mariinsky Theater is a collective well-known in Russia and abroad. It is interesting not only for the highest professional skills, but also for its history, which is rich in events and is closely connected with the development of Russian musical culture. In the middle of the 2000th century, during the activity of the outstanding opera conductor Eduard Napravnik, famous operas by Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky were staged for the first time at the Mariinsky Theatre. Large-scale choral scenes from these compositions were performed by the Mariinsky Theatre’s choir, which was an organic part of the…

Choir of Boys of Sveshnikov Choir College City Moscow Year of foundation 1944 A type choirs Well-known in Russia and abroad, this children’s choir was founded in 1944 on the basis of the Moscow Choral School by one of the most respected Russian choir conductors, professor at the Moscow State Conservatory, head of the famous Russian Folk Choir Alexander Vasilyevich Sveshnikov (1890-1980). Today, the Boys Choir of the Choir School named after A.V. Sveshnikov is the bearer of a unique vocal school, based on the revived traditions of ancient Russian singing culture and musical education. The level of professional performance training of young singers is so high that it allows…

Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble City Cologne Year of foundation 1996 A type choirs The choir of the Cologne Cathedral has existed since 1996. The members of the singing ensemble mostly have a professional musical education, as well as experience in chamber choirs and church communities. Like other temple groups, the choir actively participates in worship services, concerts and other events held in the Cologne Cathedral. Sunday and holiday services are broadcast on the church radio portal – www.domradio.de. The group’s repertoire includes choral music from several centuries, from the Renaissance to the present day. The high professional level of the church choir is evidenced by the fact that the group…

Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir City Moscow Year of foundation 1936 A type choirs State Academic Russian Choir named after A.V. Sveshnikova is a world-famous Russian choir. It is difficult to overestimate the creative contribution of the illustrious team to the preservation of the age-old singing traditions of the Fatherland. Date of creation of the State Choir of the USSR – 1936; the collective arose on the basis of the vocal ensemble of the All-Union Radio Committee, founded by Alexander Vasilyevich Sveshnikov. The years of artistic direction of Nikolai Mikhailovich Danilin, the coryphaeus of Russian choral art, were truly fateful for the State Choir. The professional foundations laid down by…

Pyatnitsky Choir City Moscow Year of foundation 1911 A type choirs State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M.E. Pyatnitsky is rightly called the creative laboratory of folklore. The choir was founded in 1911 by the outstanding researcher, collector and propagandist of Russian folk art Mitrofan Efimovich Pyatnitsky, who for the first time showed the traditional Russian song in the form in which it has been performed by the people for centuries. Looking for talented folk singers, he sought to acquaint the wide circles of the city public with their inspired skill, to make them feel the full artistic value of Russian folk songs. The first performance of the group…

The Graz Cathedral Choir City Graz A type choirs The choir of the Dome Cathedral of Graz became the first church choir to gain fame outside its city. In addition to participating in divine services and religious holidays, the choir conducts active concert activities and performs on the radio. His tours took place in many European cities: Strasbourg, Zagreb, Rome, Prague, Budapest, St. Petersburg, Minsk and other cultural centers. The group’s repertoire includes music for choir a’ cappella of several centuries, from the Baroque era to the present day, as well as masterpieces of cantata-oratorio genres. Especially for the Dome Choir, spiritual compositions by contemporary authors – A. Heiler, B.…