About Us: The Polyphonic Group CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI is a non-profit cultural association founded in 1976 and made up by approximately 20 male voices. By engaging in an intense study, could soon join the most important events of prestigious choralcompetitions earning ... moreThe Polyphonic Group CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI is a non-profit cultural association founded in 1976 and made up by approximately 20 male voices. By engaging in an intense study, could soon join the most important events of prestigious choralcompetitions earning statements in Arezzo and Ravenna in 1978 and 1979 and Gorizia in 1982. The polyphonic sacred and secular music certainly represents the most relevant part of the repertoire that the Polyphonic Group “Claudio Monteverdi” successfully brings to churches and theaters both in Italy and abroad. Among the repertoire, we can find 1500’s and Baroque musical compositions by Palestrina, Da Victoria, Gallus, Viadana, Hassler, Monteverdi. Among the Romantic authors, on the other hand, we can find Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, and Rossini. Concerning modern Polyphonic music: Poulenc, Kodaly, Bardos, Pizzetti, and Orff. Folk music is not forgotten, but presented in accurate elaborations as to meet the musical needs of the choir. Monteverdi Choir has got in its repertory and it has performed all the choral male music by Francis Poulenc.
At the moment, the choir is conducted by Maestra Mira Fabjan.
During the years, the activity of the “Monteverdi” developed itself with numerous concerts in the most important cities of Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, Russia, Canada, USA, Czech Republic, Malta, Slovakia, Sweden, Lithuania, followed by enthusiastic critic and press reviews.
The Choir was also invited for three years in a row to the Musical Festival “Karinthischer Sommer” in Villach and Ossiach (Austria), and for two years in a row to the “Internationale Musikwoche” in Millstatt (Austria).
The “Monteverdi” Choir has been inserted with photos and reviews in the monographic Encyclopedia of Friuli Venezia-Giulia. Since 2003, it has been recognized by the Regional Assessorship for Education and Culture of the Region Friuli Venezia-Giulia as “cultural organism of Regional relevance”.
Friuli Venezia Giulia is a small universe's compendium, like the famous writer Ippolito Nievo wrote: since prehistory it is a land of passage and a crossroad of mediterranean, nordic and oriental cultures. This region offers a unique heritage of history and traditions which come from a culture that developed herself through the centuries with the continuous help of different cultures and people; following this centennial tradition the Monteverdi Choir has realized Festival Internazionale Cori d'Europa (International Festival of European Choirs), a project which aims at the meeting of choirs and cultures in the European Union. The event, since the very first edition, was thought as a concert itinerary in four or six episodes that the Friulan choir and the European guest choir perform in the major Friulan cities, of particular cultural and artistic value. During this journey the two choirs can socialize exchanging their musical experiences, preparing one or more scores to perform all together during the concerts, developing a concert simbiosys of high symbolical value such as the actual demonstration which can bring together people using music for a universal brotherhood of harmony and peace. less
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