- Lenka Dohnalová (CZE)
PaedDr. Lenka Dohnalová, Ph.D. graduated from the Faculty of Education of Palacký University Olomouc, majoring in Czech Language and Music Education. She has been teaching for almost three decades at the Grammar school in Olomouc-Hejčín and leading three ensembles. The oldest one – the Lenka Dohnalová Mlynářová Chamber Choir – focuses on contemporary classical music, jazz and musical projects (e.g. cooperation with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in Olomouc, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, the Podkarpackie Philharmonic Orchestra in Rzeszów, and artists such as Emil Viklický, Dan Bárta, and others). The Prostějov women’s choir Proměny is rather pop-rock and folklore oriented, while the grammar school choir is characterised by music-drama projects (P. Helebrand’s Evangelium with Hradišťan). Most of the repertoire of the ensembles is interesting because it includes original vocal arrangements by its choirmaster as well as instrumental arrangements by Richard and Petr Mlynář. Lenka Dohnálová was awarded the Olomouc City Prize and the Olomouc Region Prize in the field of Culture.
- Andrés Garcia (COL / AUT)
Andrés García is a conductor, choirmaster, lecturer and music arranger. He works in Vienna, where he came to study from his native Colombia in 2002. The basis of his versatile work forms orchestral and choral conducting. He is the Artistic Director of several ensembles in Vienna: Neuer Madrigalchor Vienna (since 2009), wu chor wien – Choir of the Vienna University of Economics (since 2010); since 2012 he has also been the regional choir Director of the ChorForum Wien (Association for viennese choirs). For 2023, he was appointed the new choirmaster of the choir of the Retz Summer Festival (Lower Austria). He founded the L'Orfeo Viennese Orchestra together with violinist Teresa Meckelová in 2014 and he continues to lead it to this day. He also conducts educational classical music concerts for the second grade of primary school. He has worked with orchestras as a guest conductor in Austria, Slovakia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. As a lecturer he teaches orchestral and choral conducting in Europe and South America. He is also the Artistic Director and member of the jury of the International Franz-Schubert Choir Competition and Festival in Vienna.
- Blanka Juhaňáková (SVK)
Prof. MgA. Blanka Juhaňáková, ArtD. has had absolute hearing since childhood. After graduating from the conservatory (piano, singing) she continued her studies at JAMU in Brno under the pedagogical guidance of Prof. Inessa Janíčková. Blanka Juhaňáková has worked as a choirmaster of the Slovak Philharmonic Choir, and her broad professional portfolio also includes major projects at the Invalides in Paris, Vienna State Opera, Spain, Switzerland, Istanbul, Japan, etc. However, what she values most in her artistic life as a conductor is the opportunity to work with some of the world's most important conductors. In addition to her artistic activities, we can highlight her teaching activities, for example, at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and the JAMU in Brno. In 2012, she was awarded the Holíč City Award for the representation of artistic music and the Crystal Wing Prize for outstanding conducting and choral performances on international music stages.
- Milan Kolena (SVK)
Assoc. Prof. Milan Kolena is the Artistic Director of international and orchestral festivals in Bratislava, where he also teaches choral conducting and Gregorian chant at the Academy of Performing Arts. With the Apollo Choir and the Schola Gregoriana Bratislavensis he has participated in many prestigious competitions throughout Europe. Between 2004 and 2006 he recorded 3 CDs of the Bratislava Antiphons for the Slovak National Library together with the Schola Gregoriana Bratoslavensis. Milan Kolena has lectured at American universities on the topic of Interpretive Issues of Latin Text in Sacred Choral Works. He conducted a choral workshop in Kunming, China and at the World Choir Olympics in South Africa. Milan Kolena is an active chairman and jury member at international choral competitions in Europe and Asia as well. In 2023 he won the Grand Prix with the Apollo Choir at the Spanish International Choral Festival Cancó Mediterrania Barcelona – Lloret De Mar 2023.
- David Slater (AUS)
David Slater is an Australian composer, conductor and music teacher. He studied at several prestigious institutions including the University of Sydney, the International Musikinstitut Darmstadt and the University of New England. He is an experienced conductor who has led student, amateur and professional orchestras and choirs throughout Australia, Europe and Asia. He has also undertaken a number of international tours with choirs and orchestras to various parts of the world. David’s repertoire covers a wide range of music, from the Baroque to contemporary. He has a keen interest in the subject of music and its place in society and education, and throughout his career has been involved in raising awareness of music studies and has worked with many organisations and festivals, most notably as a jury member and masterclass leader.
- Jan Vičar (CZE)
Prof. PhDr. MgA. Jan Vičar, CSc. devotes himself to composition, musicology, pedagogical and organisation work. His compositions are recorded on eight CDs, and he is the author or co-author of seven specialised monographs. For almost four decades he worked at the Palacký University of Olomouc, where he made a contribution in the establishing process of the Department of Musicology. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Hudební rozhledy (Music Review), founded two professional journals, built up the doctoral studies in music at the Faculty of Education in Pilsen and lectured at several American universities. He founded the Music Management Department at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague as well as the MusicOlomouc International Festival of Contemporary Music. He has been cooperating with the Festival of Songs Olomouc for half a century. He is a professor at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
- Angelus Cantat – Głubczyce, POL · conductor: Tadeusz Eckert · categories: A5
Angelus Cantant is a singing school bringing together the youth choir, the mixed choir of the Głubczyce High School and the choir of its alumni, thus creating a huge intergenerational ensemble. In its short history, it can proudly claim many successes, such as gold awards at festivals in Těšín, Międzyzdroje, Legnica and Barcelona. The choir has also performed in J. Strauss's operetta Die Fledermaus with the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra and toured France with the band Les Traversées Baroques. The creator of this school of singing is the choirmaster Tadeusz Eckert, who, in addition to his work in many places in Poland, directed the Las Palmas Philharmonic Choir in the Canary Islands and was a member of the artistic council and adjudicator of the international chamber and ensemble singing competition Stonavská Barborka.
- Bystroušek – Brno, CZE · conductor: Eva Kalousková · categories: A1, E
The Bystroušek children's choir was founded in Brno in 2016. The choirmaster of the choir is Eva Kalousková. Her working method is based on natural emotion, vocal colour, declamation and rhythmic playfulness. The goal of the Bystroušek children's choir is to make children who have longed to discover music through their own voice grow up to be naturally musical people who do not see the gradual difficulty of the sung pieces as a goal, but as a way to discover the beauty of the world of music and at the same time to awaken all the senses in themselves.
- Cansona Neosoliensis – Banská Bystrica, SVK · conductor: Veronika Veverková · categories: A6, C
Cansona Neosoliensis is a female academic choir performing at the Faculty of Performing Arts of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica. The choir was founded in 2021 and its founder and choirmaster is Mgr. Veronika Veverková, ArtD. The choir's repertoire consists of compositions of various styles and genres. The main goal of the choir is to bring the audience an unusual audiovisual experience through innovative interpretations of choral music in conjunction with movement, choreography and acting elements.
- Cantus Monte Regis – Nová Baňa, SVK · conductor: Janka Šumichrastová · categories: B
The choir was founded in 2010 in Nova Bana and has 40 members. Its repertoire includes classical and sacred compositions as well as arrangements of mining and folk songs. It performs at social events, prepares Christmas and Easter concerts, promotes mining traditions and devotes itself to charity performances. It also represents its country internationally. In 2018 in Budapest, in 2022 in Venice and in 2023 at the international choir festival in Vranov nad Topľou. Since 2021 the choir has worked under the choirmaster Janka Šumichrastová.
- Colori – Bučovice, CZE · conductor: Kateřina Vašíčková · categories: E
The Colori Children's Choir was founded in 2014 and will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. During that time, it has sung alongside the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, performed at a joint concert with Václav Hudeček or with Petr Bende. The choir has won numerous awards, such as the golden band from the 2017 Festival of Songs in Olomouc. Colori won the golden band in the national round of the Litomyšl choir competition in 2016 and again in 2023, when they were the absolute winners of the chamber choir category.
- Con Fuoco Choir of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow – Krakow, POL · conductor: Diana Mrugała-Gromek · categories: A5, E
Con Fuoco is a mixed choir founded in November 2009 on the initiative of its conductor and artistic director Diana Mrugała-Gromek. Over the more than 10 years of its existence, the Choir has completed many musical projects. One of them is the release of a carol album in December 2019. Con Fuoco is a versatile ensemble, its repertoire includes classical music, popular music, carols, a cappella pieces and large musical forms. The Choir has presented its skills at numerous competitions and festivals, both at home and abroad. The ensemble frequently tours internationally. To date, it has visited France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia and Ukraine, among others.
- Dětský pěvecký sbor Lilium – Litomyšl, CZE · conductor: Lucie Vavřínová · categories: A2
Lilium was established in 2008 at the B. Smetana Primary Art School in Litomyšl. It is named after the emblem of the city – a silver lily in a red field. Lilium is attended by singers aged 10–15. The most beautiful choral experiences of this children’s choir include participation in the Smetana Litomyšl Festival with the programme “Singers of my region”, the commemorative festival “Light for Lidice”, the commemorative event in the village of Ležáky and the International festival against evil and violence Mene Tekel in St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle. “Lilies” are a great group of singers.
- Dětský pěvecký sbor Myšáci – Kroměříž, CZE · conductor: Miroslav Uhlíř, Vendula Možíšová · categories: A2
The children's choir Myšáci from the Private Primary Art School D-MUSIC Kroměříž was founded in September 2010 at the branch in Chropyně. Since 2011, the choir has regularly participated in the Regional Showcase of School Choirs. A great success is the promotion to the national showcase in Uničov in 2022. Every year it performs at Advent concerts.
- Dětský pěvecký sbor Myšky – Kroměříž, CZE · conductor: Miroslav Uhlíř, Vendula Možíšová · categories: A1
The children's choir Myšky from the Private Primary Art School D-MUSIC Kroměříž is a preparatory choir for the Myšáci children’s choir. It started its activity in September 2011 at the school branch in Chropyně. Since 2013, Myšky has been regularly participating in the Regional Showcase of School Choirs, Christmas Chords in Ostrava. A great success was the advancement to the national showcase in Uničov in 2016.
- Detský spevácky zbor Starého Mesta – Sirénčatá – Bratislava, SVK · conductor: Lukáš Kunst · categories: A1
The children's choir Sirénčatá was founded in 2023 in Bratislava with the ambition to support the education of new generations of choir singers and to continue the traditions of choral singing in Slovakia. Members of the ensemble are children aged 6 to 12 years, who were selected on the basis of auditions held in the spring months at primary schools in Bratislava – Staré Mesto. Rehearsals of the choir started in September 2023 and the young singers meet twice a week.
- Divočáci – Brno, CZE · conductor: Kamila Zenklová · categories: A7
We are a bunch of young lads who met together when we started studying at the Conservatory in Brno. Now we have been studying together for three years already and we form a specific but special group. We like to sing mainly folk songs, we are discovering more and more areas of vocal music. We perform mainly in Brno and at various events of partner choirs.
- Harmony – Púchov, SVK · conductor: Mária Jašurdová · categories: A7
Women's choir Harmony is based at the Primary Art School in Púchov. The choir was founded in 2007 and its members are teachers of this school. The repertoire of the ensemble consists mainly of 20th century compositions, arrangements of popular and folk songs, but also compositions by its choirmaster Mária Jašurdová. Recently, the choir has grown by including former members of the school choir Be Happy who, after leaving the school, wanted to continue singing in a choir. Participation in the Mundi Cantant competition is the first joint performance of this ensemble on the competition stage.
- Choirchestra – Brno, CZE · conductor: Eduard Kostelník · categories: A5
The Choirchestra mixed choir was founded in 2010. The choir does not have a genre-specific repertoire; the ensemble presents artistic choral compositions by Czech and foreign composers from the Renaissance to the 21st century, as well as arrangements of folk songs and spirituals and often also compositions belonging to popular music. Since 2022 it has been under the artistic direction of Eduard Kostelník. The choir regularly produces its own concerts mainly in Brno churches and concert halls and also participates in other productions.
- Chorea pueri ustensis – Ústí nad Labem, CZE · conductor: Veronika Tomsová · categories: A1
Chorea pueri ustensis was founded in 2009 and is attended by children from 3 years of age. Children sing at regular events organised by the city of Ústí nad Labem. Traditional are spring or Christmas concerts. Every year they go to training and music camps. For several years they have been participating in competitions – Litoměřická notička, Zahrada písní and Zpíváme s Orffem. Last year, this children's choir was awarded silver and gold medals. This year it will celebrate its 15th anniversary and would like to combine the celebration with the Festival of Songs.
- Chór Gaudeamus Nyskiego Domu Kultury – Nysa, POL · conductor: Izabela Gach-Kaszuba · categories: A5
The Gaudeamus Choir of the Nysa Cultural Center was founded in 2013. Its founder and conductor is Izabela Gach-Kaszuba. The choir actively participates in the cultural life of the city and promotes its culture by participating in concerts and competitions in the country and abroad. In 2019 Gaudeamus choir took part in the Euroregion project “Music Without Borders”, establishing permanent cooperation with the Vrbno pod Pradědem City Choir. From 2022 the choir (excluding the oldest choristers) takes part in the nationwide project of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław “Singing Poland”.
- KoMPAS – Ostrava, CZE · conductor: Daniela Střílková · categories: A7
KoMPAS is an abbreviation for Chamber Male Academic Choir, which operates at the Department of Music Education of the Faculty of Education at the University of Ostrava. Its members are students of Music Education who voluntarily devote their free time to choral singing. The choir was founded in February 2023 and during its existence it has already presented itself mainly within the activities of the faculty.
- Konsa – Praha, CZE · conductor: Viktoriia Piddubna · categories: D
Konsa is an international choir from Prague founded at the end of last year. It focuses on the interpretation of popular music in various languages. Although we are young, we are looking forward to the challenge of performing at the festival and making contacts with other musical ensembles.
- Luminis – Ostrava-Hrabůvka, CZE · conductor: Ludmila Červenková · categories: D
The Luminis choir was founded in September 2023 at the Ostrava-Hrabůvka Grammar School. The choir includes several children from the Primary School Ostrava, Matiční. The choir focuses mainly on popular music, which it presents accompanied by the school band. It has performed at a school showcase, a Christmas concert and it spreads joy in many social institutions with its singing. His repertoire has gradually begun to include arrangements of folk songs, vocal polyphony and contemporary choral composers.
- Mezi hlasy – Vyškov, CZE · conductor: Kateřina Vašíčková · categories: D
The choir Mezi hlasy was founded in Vyškov in May 2023 under the direction of Kateřina Vašíčková. The choir deals exclusively with jazz and popular genres. In one year of its existence, the choir has managed to perform several concerts and is throwing itself with full commitment into all upcoming opportunities.
- Modrásci – Litoměřice, CZE · conductor: Alexandra Pallasová · categories: A1
Modrásci is the oldest preparatory choir of the Litoměřice girls' choir Puellae cantantes. Children from 8 to 12 years old sing here. The choir was founded in 2002 and since then has participated in the Festival of Songs in Olomouc, where it has won the gold medal in its category several times, and in other regional and national festivals and competitions. The choir has given countless concerts in various places in its homeland and has also made several foreign concert and competition tours.
- Moravské děti – Hronov, CZE · conductor: Lenka Polášková · categories: A2
The choir was founded in 1974 by Mgr. Karel Košárek. In 1998, the conducting baton was taken over by MgA. Michal Vajda and in 2003 the leadership of the choir was entrusted to Mgr. Lenka Polášková, who has been leading the choir ever since. During its existence Moravské děti has participated in many international festivals in Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, etc. The longest trip the choir has made so far was to the World Choir Olympics in China in 2010 and a concert tour to Japan in 2007. In 2010 it was awarded by the Czech Choirs Association as Choir of the Year.
- Mužský komorní sbor Permoník – Karviná, CZE · conductor: Karina Grimová · categories: A7
The Male Chamber Choir was formed in 2013 from former members of the Permoník Concert Choir. Despite being founded relatively recently, the choir has managed to win a number of international awards (Golden Voices of Montserrat, Cracovia Cantans, Fiestalonia Georgia, World Choir Games Gangneung). The choir's repertoire is broad, ranging from sacred works to folk to musical melodies. Together with the Permoník Concert Choir, they also form a mixed choir on various occasions.
- NaLaděno ZUŠ Říčany – Říčany, CZE · conductor: Lucie Nováková · categories: A2
DPS NaLaděno ZUŠ Říčany is a choir whose name combines both the musical theme and the region in which the choir is based, namely the region of Josef Lada. The choir has had its first successes. In 2019 it won a silver award in the national round of the Ministry of Education's competition, and in 2021 it won a golden award in the regional round of the national showcase of school choirs. The following year, it received a silver award at Porta Musicae and a gold award in the regional round of the Ministry of Education's competition 2023 show. The choir's repertoire is fairly wide, as shown by their profile CD.
- Oberstufenchor des GSGs – Zeitz, DEU · conductor: Till Malte Mossner · categories: A3
The Oberstufenchor is an ambitious school choir from Germany. This choir is made up of approx. 60 students from the 9th to 12th grades of the Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Zeitz. The choir's repertoire includes a huge variety of important standards of popular and mostly anglophone choral music. The choir has performed repeatedly with well-known artists as the former Wise Guy Eddi Hüneke (Cologne), the globally acclaimed Queen tribute band MerQury (Dresden), the tenor Björn Casapietra (Berlin) and the saxophonist Peter Schneider (Leipzig). The choir has been seen live on TV several times.
- Pěvecký sbor Kwaya – Most, CZE · conductor: Hana Jíchová · categories: A7
The choir was founded in 1975 as the Girls' Choir at the Secondary School of Music in Most under the direction of Lubomír Košt'ák. It has won numerous awards at music festivals of secondary pedagogical schools, at the international competition Mozart's Prague and most recently at the Regional Advancement Showcase in České Budějovice. In 2012 the choir changed its name to Chiavetta. Since 2015, several choirmasters have changed the choir's leadership. In September 2019, the ensemble changed its name to Kwaya. It is currently led by Hana Jíchová and accompanied by Jiří Pešek on piano.
- Pěvecký sbor Ondráš Nový Jičín, z.s. – Nový Jičín, CZE · conductor: Jitka Jakubíková · categories: B
The choir has been active in the field of music since 1951. The choral repertoire of Ondráš is based on the traditional pillars of choral music, in both secular and sacred music. A special place in the repertoire is occupied by folk music and arrangements of distinctive Wallachian, Lachian and Slovak folk songs.
- Pěvecký sbor Polanka – Valašská Polanka, CZE · conductor: Pavla Adamcová · categories: A7, B
The originally children's and girls' choir gradually became a women's choir, whose repertoire spans various historical periods and covers most musical genres. Recently, it has also tried to expand its repertoire to include contemporary choral works. The choir holds traditional May and Christmas concerts. Since 2017, the choir has been led by its former member Pavla Adamcová. In 2023, the choir successfully participated in the national choir show Choralia Chrudim and became its absolute winner.
- Pěvecký sbor teplické konzervatoře – Teplice, CZE · conductor: Roman Pallas · categories: A3
Mixed choir, whose members are mostly students of the 1st-3rd year of the conservatory. In addition to its own concert performances, the choir regularly participates in the staging of larger vocal and instrumental works (e.g. Requiem by W. A. Mozart, Carmina Burana by C. Orff and J. J. Ryba's Czech Christmas Mass).
- Polyfonia – Břeclav, CZE · conductor: Kristýna Dobešová Zimmermannová · categories: A3
The Polyfonia Choir has been active for more than 50 years. Its performances regularly accompany school and city events, it participates in choral competitions and shows, and is involved in many national and international projects. We can mention, for example, the long-term cooperation with the Ars Musica Vocalis choir from Northeim, Germany. Choirmaster Mgr. Kristýna Dobešová Zimmermannová is a graduate of the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava and the Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. She has been working at the Břeclav Grammar School since 2014.
- Přípravný pěvecký sbor Zvonečky ZUŠ Hulín – Hulín, CZE · conductor: Dana Zapletalová · categories: A1
PPS Zvonečky has been working as a preparatory department of DPS Zvonky ZUŠ Hulín since 2018 under the direction of choirmaster Mgr. Dana Zapletalová and thus continued the previous five-year tradition. The choir performs at regular Spring and Christmas concerts and other school events. The biggest and most recent achievements include golden awards in the national competition of primary art schools in Litomyšl and special awards for vocal culture, excellent pedagogical work and dramaturgy of the competition programme.
- Puellae et Pueri – Nový Jičín, CZE · conductor: Karel Dostál · categories: A3
Puellae et Pueri – a high school choir made up of students of the Nový Jičín Grammar School and other high schools in the Nový Jičín region. In the 19 years of its existence, it has participated in a number of local and international competitive festivals, in 2014 it won the title of Absolute Winner in the Opava Cantat Competition, and in recent years it has won gold awards at festivals in Prague (Young Bohemia 2018) and Mezzochori (Hradec Králové 2019 and Ostrava 2023). Currently the choir sings under the patronage of the Beskydy Theatre Nový Jičín.
- Rybnicki Chór Kameralny Autograph – Rybnik, POL · conductor: Joanna Glenc · categories: B, E
Rybnik Chamber Choir Autograph with its artistic activities and the involvement of its choir members perfectly fits into the long singing tradition of the region. It brings together people who are united by the joy of making music together. From the beginning the choir is led by prof. dr hab. Joanna Glenc, graduate of the Academy of Music in Katowice, professor at the University of Silesia, researcher and teaching staff at the Faculty of Arts and Education Sciences (Institute of Musical Arts). The choir performs both in Poland and abroad, participates in musical environmental projects, reviews, competitions and festivals, winning numerous awards and distinctions. The choir repertoire includes a wide variety of works, from mediaeval compositions to the music of contemporary composers. The choir cooperates on a permanent basis and is often the first performer of choral works by the contemporary Silesian composer Jacek Glenc, a respected professor at the Academy of Music in Katowice.
- Saulgrieži – Riga, LVA · conductor: Baiba Mangule · categories: B
Mixed choir Saulgrieži was founded in 1990. The choir is composed of graduates of Riga Natalija Draudzina Secondary School. The artistic director of the choir is Baiba Mangule who is a conductor and music teacher. Their repertoire includes Latvian national songs, original Latvian choir songs and sacred music compositions. In 1990–2005 Saulgrieži has participated in several national school youth and general Singing and Dancing Festivals, as well as performed in Finland and Sweden. The choir then defined its main goal – to get pleasure from singing, by promoting Latvian music and the music of other nations, participating in festivals and choir competitions in Latvia and abroad, thereby challenging the choir’s musical and technical capacity. Currently the choir has 49 singers.
- Silentium – Praha, CZE · conductor: Yaa Rosalie Hájková, Johana Tichá · categories: A7
Silentium is a chamber mixed choir full of young or young at heart enthusiasts. It regularly performs at concerts all over the Czech Republic, collaborates with other musical ensembles and does not shy away from participating in larger events, the most recent of which was the Jubilee concert celebrating 200 years of Bedřich Smetana in the Municipal House.
- Smíšený pěvecký sbor Komenský, z.s. – Vítkov, CZE · conductor: Jana Malaníková · categories: A5
We are amateur singers and music lovers active since 1972. Our choir was founded by MUDr. Karel Zaoral and singers from Vítkov and the surrounding area. We sing compositions from the Renaissance period to contemporary works. At present, 48 singers aged from 18 to 90 sing in the choir. The artistic director is Jana Malaníková. We are proud of performances in Prague's Hlahol, concerts in Germany, France, Poland and also participation in international festivals. We have performed hundreds of concerts with children, soloists and partner choirs. Joint concerts with B. Basikova, V. Hudeček and M. Hroch, P. Bende, V. N. Bárta and Inflagranti, A. Černý and Dasha will not be erased from our memory for a long time. We are looking forward to our participation in the international competition Mundi Cantant in Olomouc. We believe that this time we will expand our collection of metals by the most valuable one – gold!
- Vokální ansámbl Notabene – Ostrava, CZE · conductor: Daniela Střílková · categories: A7, E
Vocal ensemble NOTABENE is an amateur female singing group whose main goal is to make themselves and their listeners happy by singing. The ensemble's repertoire focuses on contemporary choral music, much of which is composed by one of the ensemble's members, composer Markéta Dvořáková. The NOTABENE Vocal Ensemble regularly performs at the Musical Contemporary Festival, and among its notable performances is participation in the Festival in the Streets and Forfest Kroměříž.
- Zašovský chrámový sbor – Zašová, CZE · conductor: Petr Borovička · categories: B
The Zašová church choir was founded in 1914 with the arrival of organist and regenschori Arnošt Borovička to the village of Zašová. After his death, the choir was taken over first by his son Miroslav and then by his grandson Petr. Until 2000, the choir sang exclusively at liturgies in the Zašov church. After Petr Borovička took over, the choir expanded its repertoire and interpretation. The choir is specific in its repertoire, in which original compositions have a significant place. Among the most outstanding achievements are the participation in the performance of Pavel Helebrand’s Gospel of Violin, including the performance at the Smetana Litomyšl 2018 festival, and the cooperation with the orchestra and soloists of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, especially in the staging and performance of Henry Purcell's Ode to St. Cecilia and several performances of Ryba's Czech Christmas Mass.
