Cantabile Regensburg

Cantabile Regensburg presents a cappella literature from the Renaissance to the contemporary era in a manner appropriate to each epoch and style. Numerous awards from renowned competitions at home and abroad verify the high quality of the ensemble. n 2009, the mixed choir was awarded the rating “outstanding” at the Bavarian Choir Competition as well as achieving an excellent ranking at the German Choir Competition 2010 in Dortmund. In 2011, Cantabile Regensburg was awarded a prize at the 12th International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf, becoming one of the figureheads of the German choir scene with this achievement. In 2013, the ensemble again achieved an outstanding performance at the Bavarian Choir Competition in Munich; it was also a prize winner at the German Choir Competition in Weimar in 2014. In 2016, Cantabile Regensburg won first prize at the Budapest International Choir Competition. Cantabile Regensburg is a regular guest at regional and national concert series such as the Stuttgarter Stiftsmusik, the Max-Reger-Tage Weiden, the Passauer Konzertwinter, the Musiksommer Obermain, Ars Musica Aub, Musica Sacra Grafenrheinfeld, the Basilica Concerts Waldsassen and Vierzehnheiligen and the Münsterschwarzacher Klosterkonzerte. In 2002, Professor Matthias Beckert took over the direction of the choir. Since then, the cultivation of contemporary choral music has enjoyed a special place in the repertoire of the chamber choir. Numerous CD recordings, including first recordings of choral works by contemporary composers such as Heinz Werner Zimmermann and works by the Allgäu composer Wolfram Buchenberg in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk, document the choir’s high musical standard. Cantabile Regensburg with choirmaster Matthias Beckert was awarded the highest distinction of the Bayerischer Sängerbund, the Orlando di Lasso Medal, for outstanding musical achievements.