Monteverdi Choir

The Monteverdi Choir is a 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, was established, internationally renowned choir.

Many choristers take regular solo tasks; some former Mitsänger completed successful solo careers.

Although founded as a baroque ensemble, the choir's repertoire from the Renaissance to the 20th century ranges. Frequently the ensemble with the orchestras of the founder Gardiner has occurred, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.

On the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, the choir realized the ambitious project of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, in which, within a year, all 198 church cantatas of Bach were performed and recorded in more than 60 churches throughout Europe.

The discography of the choir includes more than 100 recordings, many of which won awards. The choir regularly takes part in opera productions, most recently in Der Freischütz ( Berlioz / Weber), L' Étoile and Carmen at the Opéra -Comique in Paris, with which the ensemble has agreed a five-year cooperation. 2012 the choir was a guest at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, based in Berlin ( Schumann's Manfred ) and the Orchestre National de France ( Berlioz's Grande messe des morts ), each headed Gardiners. In addition, the choir performs with performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, also continues its successful collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra.