the European network for professional chamber choirs
After seven years back in Amsterdam (NL) on November 24-27 : the international festival for contemporary choral music, hosted by Cappella Amsterdam and Nederlands Kamerkoor. Invited choirs: Polski Chór Kameralny (PL) and Ensemble Aedes (FR). Read more…
For the Young Composers workshop during Tenso Days 2016, the composers Miguel Bastos, Lillie Harris, Patiparn Jaikampan, Sarah Lianne Lewis and Maria Rostovtseva have been selected. Read more….
The conductors Mariana Delgadillo Espinoza, Tobias Walenciak and Yuval Weinberg have been selected for the Masterclass for Conductors, Tenso Days 2016, working with Grete Pedersen and Daniel Reuss. Read more….
As part of Tenso’s project 14-18 : from Poetry to Music, we organize a special edition of the composers workshop for young composers from Central Europe, taking place in Ljubljana (Slovenia) 19-21 April 2017. Read more…
The jury has awarded a commission for a new choral work to Aftab Darvishi (Iran,1987). With rather simple means, she wrote a convincing piece that is both contemporary and moving. Read more…
The next conference of the European Choral Association / Europa Cantat will take place in Utrecht (NL), 11-13 November. “Cross the line is an encouragement. An encouragement to connect, to try new things and to look forward and next to you”. The conference is open to the general public.
Cappella Amsterdam, member of Tenso since 2008 and coordinating partner of the current EU project 14-18: From Poetry to Music has received notice that it will no longer be subsidized by the national funding organization as of 2017. How this will affect the choir’s future is not clear at the…
Starting the season 17/18, British conductor Justin Doyle will be the chief conductor of RIAS Kammerchor. Doyle was a chorister at Westminster Cathedral before becoming a Choral Scholar at King’s College in 1994. He was awarded the first ever Conductor Fellowship with the BBC Singers, and has been Principal Conductor…
We are happy to announce that Zbor Slovenske filharmonije joined our network as the 20th member. Since the 2012/2013 season, the choir’s artistic leader has been Martina Batič. The choir’s membership brings the total amount of new members in 2016 to five: earlier this year, Zbor HRT (HR), Chamber Choir Ireland (IE), Eesti Filharmoonia Kammarkoor (EE) and…
In the last couple of months, Tenso Network Europe welcomed four new members, bringing the total membership to 19 choirs from 15 European countries. In January, Croation Zbor HRT was the 16th member of the network, followed recently by Chamber Choir Ireland (IE), Eesti Filharmoonia Kammarkoor (EE) and Polski Chór Kameralny (PL). Click on…
