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The Gulbenkian Choir was founded in 1964 by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. With a full symphonic formation of about 100 singers, it can also appear as a smaller vocal ensemble, according to the nature of the specific performed works. Thus the Gulbenkian Choir may appear as an a cappella ensemble, performing 16th to 18th century Portuguese polyphony, or join the Gulbenkian Orchestra or other orchestras to perform the Classical and Romantic mainstream choral-symphonic literature, as well as 20th century music, having performed (and often premiered) many contemporary works by Portuguese and international composers. It has been frequently invited to collaborate with major international orchestras - the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the Monte Carlo Philharmonic, the Baden-Baden Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Czeck Philharmonic, the Strasbourg Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, among others -, working with conductors such as Colin Davis, Frans Brüggen, Claudio Abbado, Istvan Fischer, Gerd Albrecht, Emmanuel Krivine, Theodor Guschlbauer, Michael Gielen, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos and Franz Welser-Möst.
Besides its regular season in Lisbon and its national tours, the Gulbenkian Choir has repeatedly toured Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Macao (under Portuguese administration), Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and Uruguay.
In 1992 a tour of Holland and Germany with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century led to the live recording of Beethoven's Ninth for Philips, within Frans Brüggen's complete Beethoven cycle. It would be the beginning of a close partnership between the Gulbenkian Choir and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, which resulted on several other international tours in Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom and more recently (2005) in China (Hong Kong).
In addition to those tours and the ones that the Gulbenkian Choir has frequently done abroad with either the Gulbenkian Orchestra or other significant orchestras and ensembles, the Choir has collaborated with important music festivals around the world, including presentations in Eurotop Festival (Amsterdam), the Veneto Festival (Padua and Venice), the International Music Festival of Granada and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
The Gulbenkian Choir has recorded extensively for Philips, Archiv-Deutsche Grammophon, Erato, Cascavelle, Musifrance, FNAC-Music, performing a wide-spanned repertoire, from Early-Renaissance polyphony to Xenakis, either a cappella or with different orchestras. Several of these albums received international awards such as the Berlioz Prize of the French Académie Nationale du Disque Lyrique, the Grand Prix International du Disque of the Charles Cross Academy or the Orphee d'Or, amongst others.
Michel Corboz has been the Chief Conductor of the Gulbenkian Choir since 1969, with Fernando Eldoro and Jorge Matta as Associate and Assistant Conductors respectively.
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Name | Instruments | Sub-category Instrument / Voice | Notes | Invisible Row |
Alexey Shakitko | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Amélia Teresa Leal | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Ana Bela Covão | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Ana Quintela | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Ana Rodrigues | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Aníbal Coutinho | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
António Gonçalves | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Arminda Soares | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Artur Carneiro | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Artur Silva | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Carolina Figueiredo | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Catarina Saraiva | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Cristina Cardoso | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Cristina Ferreira | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Cristina Simões | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Duarte Ferreira | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Elisabeth Silveira | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Fernando Ferreira | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Fernando Gomes | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Filipa Passos | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Filipe Faria | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Filomena Oliveira | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Filomena Oliveira | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Francisco Gameiro | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Gonçalo Abrantes | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Graziela Lé | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Helena Rodrigues | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Horácio Santos | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Hugo Wever | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Idalete Giga | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Inês Madeira | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Inês Martins | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Inês Mazoni | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Isabel Catarino | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Isabel Figueiredo | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Isabel Neves | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Jaime Bacharel | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Joana Manuel | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Joana Nascimento | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Joana Siqueira | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
João Barros | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
João Branco | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
João Custódio | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
João Luís Ferreira | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
João Luís Paixão | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
João Paulo Moreira | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
João Pereira | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
João Sebastião | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
João Valeriano | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
José Alexandre Figueiredo | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
José Damas | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
José Maria Araújo | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
José Pedro Bruto da Costa | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Juliana Mauger | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Lucinda do Rosário | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Luís Cruz Filipe | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Luís Fernandes | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Luís Lucena | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Madalena Rodrigues | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Mafalda Borges Coelho | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Mafalda Nascimento | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Manuela Toscano | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Manuel Carvalho | Baixo | Notes | ||
Manuel Carvalho | Baixo | Notes | ||
Manuel Rebelo | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Margarida Simas | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Maria Clara Coelho | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Maria Manuel Santos | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Marília Figueiredo | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Mário Mendes de Almeida | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Marisa Figueira | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Michelle Rollin | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Mónica Monteiro | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Mónica Santos | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Patrícia Mendes | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Pedro Correia | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Pedro Filipe Rodrigues | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Pedro Nascimento | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Raquel Alão | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Rebeca Cantos | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Rita Crespo | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Rosa Caldeira | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Rosalina Segura | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Rosário Azevedo | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Rui Baeta | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Rui Gonçalo | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Rui Miranda | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Salvador Mascarenhas | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Sandra Carvalho | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Sérgio Fontão | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Sérgio Peixoto | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Sofia de Mendia | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Susana Duarte | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Teresa Almeida | Voice | Alto | Notes | |
Teresa Azevedo | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Verónica Silva | Voice | Soprano | Notes | |
Vítor Gaspar | Voice | Baixo | Notes | |
Vítor Roque | Voice | Tenor | Notes | |
Title | Composer | Musical category | Instrumentation (general) | Date | Duration | Invisible Row |
O Centro do Excêntrico do Centro do Mundo A | Azguime, Miguel | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 2002 | 34' 00" | 16 Voices, 2 Speakers and Live Electronics |
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Circundante Circunstância dos Círculos | Azguime, Miguel | Vocal Group/Choir and Orchestra/Ens. | Instrumentation (general) | 2007 | 18' 00" | Ensemble, Choir and electronics |
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10 Madrigais Camonianos | Branco, Luís de Freitas | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1935 | 22' 00" | Mixed Choir |
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Dez Madrigais Camonianos | Branco, Luís de Freitas | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1949 | Female Choir | |
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Libera Me | Capdeville, Constança | Vocal Group/Choir and Orchestra/Ens. | Instrumentation (general) | 1979 | 18' 00" | Choir, Piano, Percussion and Electroacoustic |
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Aos Poveirinhos do Mar | Carneyro, Cláudio | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1939 | 10' 00" | 2 Voices Female Choir |
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Males de Amor | Carneyro, Cláudio | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1943 | 7' 00" | 3 Voices Female Choir |
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Três Poemas de Fernando Pessoa | Carneyro, Cláudio | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1951 | 9' 00" | 4 Voices Mixed Choir |
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Para as Raparigas de Coimbra | Lopes-Graça, Fernando | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1951 | Mixed Choir | |
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Quatro Redondilhas de Camões | Lopes-Graça, Fernando | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1953 | Female Choir | |
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Três Líricas Castelhanas de Camões | Lopes-Graça, Fernando | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1955 | Mixed Choir | |
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Dos Romances Viejos | Lopes-Graça, Fernando | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1956 | Mixed Choir | |
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Em Louvor do Sol | Lopes-Graça, Fernando | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1956 | Mixed Choir | |
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Três Esconjuros | Lopes-Graça, Fernando | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1956 | Mixed Choir | |
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Canções de Marinheiros | Lopes-Graça, Fernando | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1978 | Mixed Choir | |
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... meu país de marinheiros | Lopes-Graça, Fernando | Soloist(s) and Orch./Ens. and/or Choir | Instrumentation (general) | 1981 | 10' 00" | Speaker, 4 Female Voices, 4 Male Voices, Flute and 2 Guitars |
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Vislumbre | Nunes, Emmanuel | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1986 | 23' 00" | Mixed Choir |
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Machina Mundi | Nunes, Emmanuel | Soloist(s) and Orch./Ens. and/or Choir | Instrumentation (general) | 1992 | 63' 00" | Flute, Clarinet, Tuba, Percussion, Mixed Choir, Orchestra and Electroacoustics |
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Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit | Nunes, Emmanuel | Vocal Group/Choir and Orchestra/Ens. | Instrumentation (general) | 1996 | 49' 00" | Female Choir and Ensemble |
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À Flor das Águas Verdes | Peixinho, Jorge | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1982 | 12' 00" | 3 Mixed Choirs |
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Concerto de Outono | Peixinho, Jorge | Soloist(s) and Orch./Ens. and/or Choir | Instrumentation (general) | 1983 | 28' 00" | Oboe and Orchestra |
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Canções do Mar | Pires, Filipe | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1981 | 32' 00" | Mixed Choir |
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Tres madrigales | Santos, Joly Braga | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1973 | Mixed choir | |
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Judas | Vargas, António Pinho | Vocal Group/Choir and Orchestra/Ens. | Instrumentation (general) | 2002 | 30' 00" | Choir and Orchestra |
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Em Belém, Vila do Amor | Vasconcellos, Jorge Croner de | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1936 | 0' 50" | Mixed Choir |
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Fermoso Tejo Meu | Vasconcellos, Jorge Croner de | Vocal Group/Choir (a cappella) | Instrumentation (general) | 1937 | 1' 50" | Mixed Choir |
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Obra | Compositor |
Atmen gibt das Leben | Stockhausen, Karlheinz |
Choral | Stockhausen, Karlheinz |
Chöre für Doris | Stockhausen, Karlheinz |
Concerto Coral n.º 1 | Marco, Tomás |
Concerto Grosso | Globokar, Vinko |
Espacio Sagrado | Marco, Tomás |
Le Pacte des Onze | Tabachnik, Michel |
Lua Descolorida | Marco, Tomás |
Mavra | Stravinsky, Igor |
Missa in Memoriam, Op. 29 | Tjeknavorian, Loris |
Nuits | Xenakis, Iannis |
Sinfonia dos Salmos | Stravinsky, Igor |