Chamber Choir Stuttgart
| Chamber Choir Stuttgart | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Stuttgart , Germany |
| Founding: | 1968 |
| Genus: | Chamber choir |
| Founder: | Frieder Bernius |
| Head : | Frieder Bernius |
| Voices : | SATB , number changing |
The Chamber Choir Stuttgart is a professional chamber choir based in Stuttgart. It was founded in 1968 by Frieder Bernius , who still directs it today, while he was still studying music. Depending on the program, the choir appears in alternating line-ups from a 16-part vocal ensemble to an oratorio choir with 80 voices . The choir is organized as a project choir ; Professional singers are invited to each of the ten choir projects per year . The choir is considered to be one of the leading ensembles of its kind in Germany.
The ensemble receives invitations to all important European festivals and gives concerts in renowned concert halls. It was invited to the 1st, 4th and 10th World Symposium for Choral Music in Vienna, Sydney and Seoul. Its worldwide reputation is documented by regular tours to North America and Asia since 1988, as well as a tour of South America. The top ensemble has also been a guest in Israel every two years since 1984, again in September 2015 as part of the 50-year diplomatic relationship between Germany and Israel.
The choir's repertoire ranges from early music to romantic music and contemporary music. In the baroque and classical repertoire, the choir works closely with the Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra, also founded by Frieder Bernius in 1982, and with the Stuttgart Court Orchestra . The choir took part in all major European choir festivals and was regularly invited to concert tours in Germany and abroad. Of the more than 70 records and CD recordings, many have been awarded the German Record Critics' Prize , the Edison or the Diapason d'or .
The Stuttgart Chamber Choir also arranged a large number of premieres of contemporary compositions, including a. by Theodor W. Adorno , Heimo Erbse , Johann Nepomuk David , Karl Michael Komma , Karl Marx , Arthur Dangel , Volker Plangg , Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter , Gerald Bennett , Albrecht Imbescheid , Winfried Toll , David Kosviner and Charlotte Seither .
Web links
- Chamber Choir Stuttgart Presentation at the Musik Podium Stuttgart
- Works by and about the Stuttgart Chamber Choir in the catalog of the German National Library
- Frieder Bernius and the Stuttgart Chamber Choir with Carus, Stuttgart
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chamber Choir Stuttgart . Retrieved April 16, 2019