Male voices Basel win prizes in Poland
At Poland's largest choir competition, Männerstimmen Basel was awarded the Grand Prix as the best choir of the festival, first prize in the male choir category and second place in the sacred music category.
The Basel choir performed pieces by Francis Poulenc, Pavel Chesnokov and Hans Huber from Basel at the Cracovia Cantans choir competition. The jury consisted of Romuald Twardowski and Paweł Łukaszewski from Poland, Ko Matsushita from Japan, Javier Busto from Spain and Rihards Dubra from Latvia. 40 choirs from all over the world took part in the competition.
The Männerstimmen Basel was founded in 2008 by former singers of the Knabenkantorei Basel and is conducted by Oliver Rudin and David Rossel. The ensemble performs works from the Renaissance and Romantic periods, folk songs and contemporary literature. Many of the 30 singers have a background in children's and youth choirs or are currently studying music.
