musicAeterna Choir
The musicAeterna choir was founded by Teodor Currentzis in 2004 in Novosibirsk. From 2011 to 2019, the collective was part of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre troupe. In 2018, the choir became a laureate of the Opera Awards.
The repertoire of the musicAeterna Choir includes Russian and Western European medieval music, the Baroque era masterpieces, classical choral and opera repertoire, as well as compositions by modern authors.
The choir has collaborated with such conductors as René Jacobs, Vincent Dumestre, Andres Mustonen, Paul Hillier, Raphaël Pichon, Andrea Marcon, Dmitry Sinkovsky, and many others, as well as Le Poème Harmonique early music ensemble.
Events
The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, present in Moscow an updated concert version of the programme “Hændel. The Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel”. It combines fragments from English oratorios and Italian operas by Handel. An anthology of theatrical music by one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era is performed on historical instruments and in the Baroque style. The concert’s full dramaturgy adheres to the principles of the ancient extravaganza, characterized by its illusory, multifaceted nature, a constant play of scales, and focused attention to voice and space.
The soloists for this large-scale project — performed in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Perm, Thessaloniki, Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona — are young and promising singers participating in the first enrollment of the Anton Rubinstein Academy.
Performers:
artists of the Anton Rubinstein Academy
choir and orchestra musicAeterna
Music Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Assistant Conductor Evgeny Vorobyov