Since their formation three years ago, the young artists of Vokalquintett Berlin have rapidly gained an excellent reputation as interpreters of classical a cappella music, both early and contemporary. Describing their concert at the 2009 Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, the Wiener Zeitung wrote of their "first class status in this genre". The idea of forming the Quintett was made while singing under the direction of René Jacobs, at the Academy of the 2008 Innsbruck Festival.
Originating from Germany, Austria and Israel, the five singers also perform regularly with other ensembles such as RIAS Kammerchor, Collegium Vocale Gent and Kammerchor Stuttgart. Their repertoire is rich and varied, ranging from music of the Renaissance/Baroque eras through to the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing in particular on the works of Claudio Monteverdi, Carlo Gesualdo, Johann Hermann Schein and Heinrich Schütz.
Since their debut in Berlin, they have created five varied and differing programmes, and given several concerts at interesting and unusual venues all over Germany, including Radialsystem V in Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin and Schloss Elmau in Bavaria. In 2011, PricewaterhouseCoopers distributes a specially produced CD by Vokalquintett Berlin to their customers worldwide. The ensemble also sings the five-part solo passages on the first CD of the Vokalakademie Berlin featuring Alessandro Scarlatti's Vespro della Beata Vergine which will be released end of May 2012.
Vokalquintett Berlin also collaborates with young composers from Israel and Germany, and recently gave a concert including pieces of contemporary music from Austria and their Renaissance counterparts at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Berlin, which was highly acclaimed. Their latest programme Preserve My Soul combines works based on texts from the great spiritual traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Originating from Germany, Austria and Israel, the five singers also perform regularly with other ensembles such as RIAS Kammerchor, Collegium Vocale Gent and Kammerchor Stuttgart. Their repertoire is rich and varied, ranging from music of the Renaissance/Baroque eras through to the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing in particular on the works of Claudio Monteverdi, Carlo Gesualdo, Johann Hermann Schein and Heinrich Schütz.
Since their debut in Berlin, they have created five varied and differing programmes, and given several concerts at interesting and unusual venues all over Germany, including Radialsystem V in Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin and Schloss Elmau in Bavaria. In 2011, PricewaterhouseCoopers distributes a specially produced CD by Vokalquintett Berlin to their customers worldwide. The ensemble also sings the five-part solo passages on the first CD of the Vokalakademie Berlin featuring Alessandro Scarlatti's Vespro della Beata Vergine which will be released end of May 2012.
Vokalquintett Berlin also collaborates with young composers from Israel and Germany, and recently gave a concert including pieces of contemporary music from Austria and their Renaissance counterparts at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Berlin, which was highly acclaimed. Their latest programme Preserve My Soul combines works based on texts from the great spiritual traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.