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We in Sofia Vokalensemble are looking for experienced singers who want to join us in 2017. In March we’ll sing Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir and Chansons françaises by Francis Poulenc. Send an e-mail to dirigent@sofiavokalensemble.com if you’re interested in an audition and we’ll get back to you with more information. Auditions are held January 16 and 17. On January 11 we’ll…
Success for Sofia Vokalensemble’s ladies in London
After a couple of intense days in London the ladies of Sofia Vokalensemble are at home again. The performance on Thursday at Royal Festival Hall was gripping, emotional and got standing ovations. This is from theartsdesk.com “The Symphony of Psalms, which ended the Philharmonia’s Stravinsky series last night, is an indelible masterpiece, silencing the tired but persistent accusation that Stravinsky’s music is…
Ladies of Sofia Vokalensemble to London
This summer the sopranos and altos performed Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms together with the Orphei Drängar and ladies of Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör during the renowned opera festival in Aix-en-Provence, France. This week we get to meet and work with director Peter Sellars, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and his Philarmonia Orchestra again. On September 29th we’ll be on stage in London at…
New video: Tėvyne mūsų (Pater Noster)
We’re back home after a fantastic tour to our Baltic neighbors! Last night we performed in Vilnius and sang Tėvyne mūsų (Pater Noster), a beautiful piece by the Lithuanian composer Vaclovas Augustinas. This is a song that is special to many Lithuanians and we hope we made it justice.
New term and open rehearsal August 24th!
Yesterday we in Sofia Vokalensemble had our first rehearsal after the summer break and we have an exciting autumn in front of us. In October we’ll be singing music by Pärt and Mäntyjärvi and in December we’ll perform Händel’s Messiah with orchestra and soloists. In September the tenors and basses will be going on their own tour to the Baltics…
Tenors and basses are going on tour in Baltics
Sofia Vokalensemble men group on a first ever tour for the first ever visit to Baltics. For our first visit to Baltics we prepared the program with rich display of of male choral music pieces that are highly popular in Sweden as well as some of the best music for male choirs by foreign composers. The program ranges from romantic,…
Sofia Vokalensemble meets Peter Sellars
Last summer we received a very exciting invitation – to go and take part of Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. In July the women of Sofia Vokalensemble will be performing Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms together with Orphei Drängar and sopranos and altos from Gustaf Sjökvists kammarkör. A truly fantastic project! Today we had a full day rehearsal with renowned opera stage director and Polar Music Prize laureate…
First performance on Saturday
The spring semester has started and we have this year’s first performance already on Saturday. On January 30th the Stockholm bishopric celebrates Jubilate or church music festival and we have the honor performing Sven-David Sandström’s Te Deum together with organist Mattias Wager. The concert is at Oscar’s church in Stockholm at 15:00. Welcome! Free entrance!
Happy new year!
2015 has been an exciting year for us where we celebrated 20 years as a choir. Some of the projects we took on during this year were J.S Bach’s Mass in B-minor, a concert tour in France and the fantastic opportunity to perform for millions of radio listeners in Let the Peoples Sing. Thank you all for being part of…