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| Coro da Fundação OSB | |
|---|---|
| Name | Coro da Fundação OSB |
| Origin | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Genre | Choral music, Sacred music, Contemporary choral |
| Members | Mixed adult choir |
| Principal conductor | [Not linked per instructions] |
Coro da Fundação OSB is a Portuguese mixed choir established within the institutional framework of the Fundação Orquestra Sinfónica Brasileira and linked historically to orchestral and liturgical traditions. The ensemble has collaborated with major Portuguese and international institutions, participated in festivals, and contributed to recordings of symphonic, operatic, and sacred repertoire.
The ensemble traces roots to the cultural policies of Lisbon and the musical life shaped by figures associated with the Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Casa da Música, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Universidade de Lisboa, Conservatório Nacional, and the legacy of choirs in Portugal such as those connected to Sé de Lisboa and Mosteiro dos Jerónimos. Early seasons placed the choir alongside orchestras like the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Orquestra do Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, and guest conductors from institutions including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and ensembles linked to the Festival de Música de Sines and Festival Internacional de Música de Marvão. Collaborations involved composers and pedagogues connected to Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Luís de Freitas Branco, Fernando Lopes-Graça, Miguel Ângelo Ganhão, Estêvão Lopes Morago, and contemporary figures associated with the Centro Cultural de Belém and Teatro Municipal de São Luiz.
Administratively the choir has interfaced with cultural bodies such as the Fundação Orquestra Sinfónica Brasileira, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Ministério da Cultura (Portugal), Direção-Geral das Artes, and funding sources tied to the Fundação Oriente and Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento. Repertoire spans works by baroque masters like Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi; classical and romantic composers including Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Gioachino Rossini, and Giuseppe Verdi; 20th-century and contemporary composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, Olivier Messiaen, Karol Szymanowski, Ernst Krenek, Luigi Nono, György Ligeti, John Rutter, and Portuguese composers Fernando Lopes-Graça and Joly Braga Santos. Sacred and liturgical cycles by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Heinrich Schütz, Orlando di Lasso, and Palestrina are balanced with settings of Camões and modern choral cycles by Reinaldo Hahn and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Music directors and guest conductors linked to the choir have included professionals who also worked with the Orquestra Gulbenkian, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Royal Opera House, La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, and the Berlin Philharmonic music networks. Artistic partnerships involved maestros associated with the Conservatório de Música do Porto, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Royal Academy of Music, Juilliard School, Conservatoire de Paris, and pedagogues from the International Federation for Choral Music and European Choral Association. Guest directors brought repertoire experience from projects tied to Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Simon Rattle, and Valery Gergiev.
The choir has participated in recordings produced with labels and institutions such as Deutsche Grammophon, EMI Classics, Naxos Records, Warner Classics, Sony Classical, Harmonia Mundi, Chandos Records, Scherzo magazine projects, and collaborations for broadcasts on Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, BBC Radio 3, Radio France, Deutschlandradio Kultur, and Rai Radio 3. Studio sessions covered symphonic choral works, oratorios, masses, and contemporary commissions, including projects tied to festivals like the Festival Internacional de Música de Sines, the Aldeia do Rei Festival, and the Encontros de Música Contemporânea.
Touring and festival engagements placed the choir in venues and events connected to the Festival ao Largo, Festa de São João do Porto, MEO Sudoeste (classical crossover collaborations), Festival Internacional de Música dos Açores, and European circuits including appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Buxton International Festival, Poznań Spring, Warsaw Autumn, and choral gatherings under the auspices of the European Choral Association. International tours included collaborations with orchestras in Spain, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, and engagements at sites such as the Sagrada Família, Notre-Dame de Paris, Westminster Abbey, St. Mark's Basilica, and historic Portuguese churches like Sé de Braga and Igreja de São Roque.
Honors and critical recognition involved awards and mentions from institutions like the Associação Portuguesa de Críticos de Música, Diário de Notícias cultural prizes, distinctions from the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, grants from the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, and nominations linked to the Gramophone Awards, BBC Music Magazine Awards, and national music awards associated with the Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa. The choir's contributions to recordings and festival programming received reviews in publications such as The Guardian, The New York Times, Le Monde, Die Zeit, El País, O Público, and specialist journals including Choir & Organ and Gramophone.
Category:Portuguese choirs