Dresdner Kammerchor /DE/
The Dresdner Kammerchor is one of the leading choirs in Germany. Since its foundation in 1985 by Hans-Christoph Rademann, it has become firmly established on the German and European musical scenes. With initiatives such as the first complete recording of Heinrich Schütz (since 2011) and a continuing interest in researching and promoting the musical legacy of central Germany, the choir helps shape the cultural identity of this region, working internationally as an ambassador for Dresden and Saxony. In collaboration with the Dresdner Barockorchester and other musical partners, numerous works have been rediscovered, performed and recorded. Recordings of works by Heinrich Schütz, Johann Adolf Hasse, Johann David Heinichen and Jan Dismas Zelenka have been honoured with numerous prizes including the German Record Critics’ Award.
Alongside the oratories and sacred works of Baroque masters such as Bach, Telemann and Händel, the choral-symphonic repertoire of the Classical and Romantic periods from Mozart via Mendelssohn to Brahms forms another main focus of the choir’s work. The Dresdner Kammerchor is also renowned for the performance of challenging a cappella literature from the 19th and 20th centuries by composers such as Max Reger, Alfred Schnittke, Ernst Krenek, Olivier Messiaen and Herman Berlinski.
The choir specializes in modern and contemporary music. This is reflected in numerous premieres, first performances, and new works commissioned by the choir. In 2009 Hans-Christoph Rademann and the Dresdner Kammerchor initiated the Dresden Chorwerkstatt fur Neue Musik. The choir was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for its services to contemporary music.
The Dresdner Kammerchor has received broad acclaim on its numerous concert trips in and outside Europe, i.e. USA, South Africa, India and China. The choir also receives regular invitations to international music festivals of great reputation like the Rheingau Musik Festival, Oude-Muziek-Festival Utrecht, Festivales Musicales Buenos Aires, Bachwoche Ansbach and Händelfestspiele Halle and Göttingen.
Frequent co-operations with renowned orchestras and conductors from Germany and abroad underscore the reputation of the choir. Among the most famous are the conductors René Jacobs, Sir Roger Norrington, Ádám Fischer, Riccardo Chailly, Herbert Blomstedt and the ensembles Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Concerto Köln and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
Ensemble Inégal /CZ/
Ensemble Inégal and its conductor Adam Viktora earned international acclaim thanks to its highly praised concerts and awarded CD-recordings, thus becoming synonymous with the ongoing rediscovery of the legacy of the ingenious Czech baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, of whose works it performed and recorded an unparalleled number of World Premieres. The interpretative range of the highly versatile Ensemble Inégal spans from renaissance to contemporary music. In addition to early music, the ensemble has on its account innovatory performances and recordings of romantic (Dvořák, Rossini) and contemporary music (Britten, Pärt, Tormis). Ensemble Inégal has performed on prestigious European festivals such as the Prague Spring Festival, Musica Antiqua Brugge, Oude Muziek Utrecht, Lufthansa Festival London, Bachfest Leipzig, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Stockholm Early Music Festival and many others. Ensemble Inégal has recorded 16 successful CDs earning a range of international awards (Diapason d’or, IRR Outstanding, Goldberg 5 stars, a.o.), it features regularly in broadcasts of television and radio stations (BBC, EBU, Czech Television, Czech Radio, Deutschlandradio Kultur a.o.).
MUSICA AETERNA /SK/
Soubor staré hudby Musica Aeterna vznikl v roce 1973 z iniciativy prof. Jána Albrechta. Jako první systematicky seznamoval budoucí profesionální hudebníky s hudbou období gotiky, renesance a baroka. Studium skladeb zmíněných období nakonec vyústilo ve zformování speciálního souboru staré hudby, který se v roce 1989 definitivně přeorientoval na hru na dobové nástroje ze 17. a 18. století, resp. jejich kopie. Evropská hudba a hudba středoevropské, respektive slovenské provenience 17. a 18. století je těžištěm repertoáru souboru, který byl v letech 1986 – 2005 včleněn do Slovenské filharmonie. Uměleckým vedoucím je Peter Zajíček.
SCHOLA GREGORIANA PRAGENSIS /CZ/
Schola Gregoriana Pragensis byla založena Davidem Ebenem v roce 1987. Od konce roku 1989 se soubor intenzivně věnuje nahrávání a často koncertuje doma i v zahraničí (Itálie, Španělsko, Francie, Belgie, Nizozemí, Německo, Rakousko, Švýcarsko, Norsko, Švédsko, Slovensko, Maďarsko, Polsko, Izrael, Japonsko). Nahrávky souboru na CD získaly již řadu ocenění (Choc du Monde de la Musique, 10 de Répertoire, „Zlatá Harmonie“ za nejlepší českou nahrávku roku, „Recording of the Month“ na serveru MusicWeb International). Soubor zároveň natáčí i pro Český rozhlas – zde již seznam nahrávek dosáhl úctyhodného počtu 319 skladeb.
TOBIAS LINDNER /DE/
Tobias Lindner působí od roku 2022 jako hudebník v Basileji a vyučuje basso continuo a cembalo na tamní Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. V letech 2004 až 2016 vyučoval varhany a improvizaci na University of Music, Theatre and Media v Hannoveru.
Od března 2016 je profesorem varhan na Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
