Performers:
Chamber Choir Festino (St. Petersburg)Conductor Alexandra Makarova
Programme:
Russian Orthodox Music, Arvo Pärt
The St. Petersburg Chamber Choir Festino was created in 2009, with 16 young musicians, all of whom have graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. Mostly 20th and 21st-century music, as well as Baroque and Renaissance are performed. The Festino Chamber Choir has been a laureate of many distinguished international competitions and is constantly performing in the best St. Petersburg halls (Maria Theater, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Chapel Hall, etc.).
The group has collaborated with renowned musicians such as Georg Grün and Saarbrücken Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips (The Tallis Scholars), Fyodor Lednev, Divertissement Chamber Orchestra, Russian Horn Orchestra, and others. The choir’s performances of old Russian hymns have been considered particularly successful, this time performed interwoven with Arvo Pärt’s choral music.
