Mozart Boys Choir Vienna
| Mozart Boys Choir Vienna | |
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| Seat: |
 Vienna
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| Founding: | 1956 |
| Genus: | Youth choir |
| Founder: | Erich Schwarzbauer |
| Voices : | 35 ( SATB ) |
| Website : | http://www.mozartknabenchor.at |
The Mozart Boys 'Choir Vienna , originally the Mozart Boys' Choir, later Amadeus Boys 'Choir Vienna, is an Austrian boys' choir that is one of the most famous choirs in the country and is active both nationally and internationally.
history
In 1956, Erich Schwarzbauer founded the Mozart Choir Boys on the occasion of Mozart's 200th birthday. It should be an institution that enables the children - unlike the Vienna Boys' Choir - to live at home and attend the school of their choice. Even without boarding school, the weekly get-together and rehearsals should create a high-quality choir. With the death of the founder in 1995, the decision to discontinue the activities and thus ended the existence of the Mozart Choir Boys. Since the name could no longer be used for legal reasons, its artistic director at the time, Peter Lang , founded the “Amadeus Knabenchor Wien” together with some parents as a successor organization. In the year of the 250th birthday of its namesake, 2006, another name change was made: with the result that there is again a "Mozart Boys Choir" in Austria.
repertoire
In the repertoire, the choir is naturally very close to classical music. But he also sees an obligation towards contemporary composers to make their works accessible to the public and thus to enrich their own repertoire.
Concerts and tours
The performances of the choir are varied and range from the major stages of the music world, such as the Vienna State Opera , the Vienna Volksoper , the Golden Hall of the Vienna Music Association and the large concert halls around the world to private events or evening soirées in Viennese palaces. In addition, the Mozart Boys' Choir Vienna organizes its own concerts at which, among other things, great choral and orchestral works are performed. Various tours and concert tours have taken the Mozart Boys Choir Vienna to Japan , South Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Chile and almost all European countries .
Cooperations
The Mozart Boys Choir Vienna works time and again with well-known artists and orchestras, for example with the Vienna Philharmonic , the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and others. World stars such as Barbara Hendricks , Bertrand de Billy , Christian Boesch , Eric Ericson , Marcello Viotti , Sylvain Cambreling , José Cura and Daniel Harding have already performed with the choir. The Mozart Boys Choir Vienna can also be seen again and again in film and television, including in numerous appearances for " Licht ins Dunkel ", " Willkommen Österreich ", "Wien heute", various commercials and the TV series "Die Neue - eine Frau with caliber ".
Well-known former members (selection)
- Gerhard Ernst , member of the ensemble at the Vienna Volksoper
- Alfred Šramek , ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera
- León de Castillo , opera singer (tenor)
- Alexander Horstmann, musician singer with Ostbahnkurti and Denk
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mozart Boys Choir Vienna: History . Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ Mozart Boys Choir Vienna: Former - Christian Kostal / Leon de Castillo . Retrieved January 17, 2016.