4x4 women's choir PH Heidelberg

4x4 women's choir PH Heidelberg
Seat:	Heidelberg / Germany
Founding:	2004
Genus:	Chamber choir
Head :	Heike Kiefner-Jesatko
Voices :	16
Website :	http://www.ph-heidelberg.de/4-x-4-frauenchor/startseite/aktuelles.html

4x4, the women's choir of the Heidelberg University of Education of the PH Heidelberg was founded in 2004 by Heike Kiefner-Jesatko. In the ensemble , 16 to 20 student teachers from the university sing works from the 19th to the 21st century. In addition to working on romantic literature , the choir also brings world premieres to the stage, most recently “Dona nobis pacem” (2015) for female choir and organ and “Lobt him Sonne und Mond” (2016), a motet on Psalm 148. The Mannheim composer Johannes Matthias Michel dedicated the sacred pieces to the choir.

Choir direction

Heike Kiefner-Jesatko studied school music, history and conducting. She has been an academic senior councilor at the PH Heidelberg since 2001 . Since 2006 she has headed the Konkordien-Kantorei in Mannheim.

Competitions (selection)

• 8th Isola del sole - International Choir Competition 2016
  • Gold (category female choir)
  • Gold (Sacred Music Category)
• 14th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf 2015
  • "International Very Good" rating
• 9th German Choir Competition 2014
  • 1st prize category "Women's choirs from 16 people"
  • Special prize “Excellent interpretation of a German folk song”: Johannes Brahms, Die Temptation.
• International Choir Competition , Venice, 2011
  • Gold (category winner and top rating of the entire competition)
• International Robert Schumann Choir Competition , Zwickau, 2010
  • Gold (category winner)
  • Special prize "Best interpretation of a Schumann choral work"
  • Prize winner of the entire competition
• International Choir Competition, Budapest, 2007
  • Gold (category winner)
• International Choir Competition, Riva del Garda, 2006
  • Gold (category winner)

Discography

• The temptation. 2014, Castigo
• 4x4 women's choir of the PH Heidelberg. 2011, SWR-Studio Kaiserslautern

Web links

• 4 x 4 women's choir of the Heidelberg University of Education on the PH Heidelberg website
• 10 years women's choir 4x4 at the Heidelberg University of Education on swr.de/swr2