CantAnima

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CantAnima
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Seat: AustriaAustria Styria
Founding: 2004
Genus: State Youth Choir
Founder: Styrian Singers' Association
Head : Sebastian Meixner
Voices : approx. 40 (SSAATTBB)
Website : http://www.cantanima.at

The provincial youth choir CantAnima is the provincial youth choir of the Austrian state of Styria . CantAnima was founded in 2004 by the Styrian Singers' Association as a project choir to give young people between the ages of 16 and 26 the opportunity to work on rarely performed pieces at a high level. CantAnima was directed from the founding of the choir until 2010 by Franz M. Herzog (overall artistic direction) and Miriam Ahrer (assistant). In the following three years Nataliya Lukina (2011–2012) and Sebastian Meixner (2013) took over the assistance. In 2014 Franz M. Herzog handed over the overall management to Sebastian Meixner .

World premieres

Successes in competitions

  • 2005: "Praga Cantat" choir competition in Prague :
    • Winner of the category "mixed choirs"
    • Special award for the best artistic program
    • Overall winner of the competition
  • 2006: “Zlota Lyra” choir competition in Warsaw
    • Winner of the category "mixed youth choirs"
  • 2008: 5th World Choir Games in Graz
    • Gold medal and 3rd place in the category "mixed youth choirs"
  • 2009: Choir competition "Austria Cantat" in Linz :
    • Winner of the category “mixed choirs” with 94 out of 100 points
  • 2009: Choir competition “Summa cum Laude” in Vienna
    • Winner of the category "mixed youth choirs"
  • 2011: ORF choir competition "Austria sings" in Graz :
    • Winner of the South Region (Category B)
  • 2011: 1st World Choir Championships for Youth and Young Adults in Graz :
    • Winner and World Champion of Category 9 "Young Adult Choirs, Mixed Choirs"
  • 2011: 2nd Grand Prix of Choral Music in Graz :
    • Winner of the category "Mixed Choirs"
  • 2012: 1st Xinghai Prize International Choir Competition in Guangzhou , China:
    • Platinum in the "Mixed Choirs" category
  • 2014: 51st International Choir Competition, Spittal an der Drau
    • 1st prize in the art song competition
    • 2nd prize in the folk song competition
    • Audience winner
  • 2017: International Choir Festival and Competition, Budapest
    • Category winner and golden diploma "Mixed Choirs"
    • Golden diploma "Musica Sacra"

Other important concerts

repertoire

The fixed eight-part division and the practiced preparatory study enable the choir to work out a larger program at a high level in short and intensive rehearsal phases. The program changes annually and consists of larger coherent works (Misa Tango, Missa Pater Noster, Suite de Lorca, Missa Afro-Brasileira) as well as individual pieces or excerpts from larger works. Most composers from the 20th and 21st centuries such as Eric Whitacre , Rudolf Mauersberger , Einojuhani Rautavaara , Francis Poulenc , Claude Debussy , Franz M. Herzog or Moses Hogan predominate in the selection . Works by older masters such as Claudio Monteverdi , Jacobus Gallus or Antonio Lotti are performed less often .

Publications

  • cantanima (2004)
  • Cloudburst (2005)
  • Pater Noster (2006)
  • Misa Tango (2007)
  • The Vowel Madness CD / DVD (2008)
  • The vowel madness 2 CD / DVD (2009)
  • cantanima LIVE (2010)
  • cantanima GOLD (2012)
  • cantanima TEN (2013)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Results of the international choir competition Spittal an der Drau. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
  2. ^ Budapest Choir Festival. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
  3. ^ Result list of the international choir competition "Ave Verum" in Baden. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .