- About Us: Founded in 1991 by Johannes Hiemetsberger, Chorus sine nomine currently ranks as one of Austria’s leading vocal ensembles. It has given guest performances at festivals, events, and venues such as Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Styriarte, Osterklang... moreFounded in 1991 by Johannes Hiemetsberger, Chorus sine nomine currently ranks as one of Austria’s leading vocal ensembles. It has given guest performances at festivals, events, and venues such as Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Styriarte, Osterklang Wien (Easter Music Festival, Vienna), Salzburg Festival „Pfingsten+Barock,“ Bruckner Festival, Linz, Chamber Music Festival Lockenhaus, and Music Festival Grafenegg. It also performs regularly at the Jeunesse (Musikalische Jugend Österreichs) concert series in Vienna and has formed a special partnership with this institution.
In recent years, Chorus sine nomine has increasingly played international venues, among others at the Ravenna Festival, Théâtre de Champs d’Élysées, Paris, London’s Barbican Hall, and Munich Philharmonic Hall. It has also launched extensive a cappella tours around Asia (Philippines, Taiwan) and the US. Together with the Wiener Akademie Orchestra, Chorus sine nomine will give guest performances in South America for the first time in October 2009.
Numerous first prizes at eminent choir competitions (EBU competition „Let the Peoples sing“, Choir competition Spittal an der Drau, Austria, or „Florilège Vocal de Tours,“ France) as well as CD releases speak to the high quality, importance, and enthusiasm that mark Chorus sine nomine’s approach to a cappella music in all its rich variety.
Chorus sine nomine’s program would not be what it is without the projects it has launched, unconventional types of concerts such as CRY (2004), FROST (2007), or HAPPY BIRTHDAY (2009), and compositions commissioned with contemporary Austrian composers such as, most recently, Wolfgang Sauseng (Johannespassion, Totentanz).
Together with conductors of the likes of Jordi Savall, Kristjan Järvi, Martin Haselböck, HK Gruber, Gidon Kremer, Trevor Pinnock, and Ulf Schirmer as well as with orchestras such as Camerata Salzburg, Vienna Symphony, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, and Ensemble Sarband under Vladimir Ivanoff, Chorus sine nom less - Location: Zeltgasse 7, 1080 Wien, Vienna, Austria [map]
- Since: 1991
- Voices: Mixed
- Choir type: Chamber choir, Professional
- Genres: A cappella, Classical, Contemporary
- Website chorussinenomine.at
- Open to new singers: Yes - auditions required
