Vox Clamantis

Formed in 1996, ensemble Vox Clamantis comprises a range of musicians – including singers, composers, instrumentalists and conductors – who have a common interest in Gregorian chant. In addition to Gregorian chant, Vox Clamantis often performs early polyphony and contemporary music. Many Estonian composers, among them Arvo Pärt, Helena Tulve, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Tõnis Kaumann and Sven Grünberg, have written compositions for the ensemble. Vox Clamantis has performed with Catalan soprano Arianna Savall, French pianist Jean-Claude Pennetier, Italian nyckelharpa player Marco Ambrosini, Israeli oud player Yair Dalal, Tunisian singer Dhafer Youssef, the Cello Octet Amsterdam, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. Continuous collaboration with different musicians has inspired the birth of impromptu programmes, based on improvisation.

Vox Clamantis has recorded for ECM Records and Mirare. Of its albums, Liszt – Via crucis won Diapason d’Or award in 2013, and Pärt – Adam’s Lament won a Grammy in 2014 for Best Choral Performance. The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), a film featuring music by Vox Clamantis, won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The Arvo Pärt. The Deer’s Cry album (ECM) won a Diapason d’Or Award, Chock in the French Classica magazine, Album of the Year Award in Estonia and was nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Award and the Danish Classical Radio Award 2018. Its latest album, Sacrum convivium, won a Chock in the French Classica magazine and the best choir album prize by the Estonian Choral Association.

The ensemble gives concerts both in Estonia and abroad and its tours have seen Vox Clamantis perform across the globe. They have participated in Sydney Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, RCM’s 21C festival in Toronto, Manchester International Festival, La Folle Journée festival in both France and Japan, the International Piano Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron and at many other venues and festivals.

In 2017, Vox Clamantis received the National Culture Award of the Republic of Estonia and in 2011, the Prize of Endowment for Music of Culture Endowment of Estonia.

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(updated in March 2022) Vox Clamantis