Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

The Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks was founded in 1946. Its artistic advancement has run in close parallel with the growth of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and, since 2003, Mariss Jansons has served as the Chief Conductor of both ensembles, supplemented by Howard Arman, who was appointed Artistic Director of the chorus in 2016.  Among the main points of concentration in the chorus’s work are contemporary music as well as its collaborations with such early music ensembles as Concerto Köln and the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin.

Thanks to its remarkable stylistic versatility, which covers every area of choral singing from medieval motets all the way to contemporary works, from oratorio to opera, this ensemble enjoys the highest regard world-wide. Guest appearances have taken the chorus to Japan as well as to such top European festivals as the ones in Lucerne and Salzburg. Major European orchestras like the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam and the Sächsische Staatskapelle in Dresden hold their collaborations with the BR-Chor in high regard. The chorus has performed in the past under the direction of such distinguished conductors as Andris Nelsons, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding and Christian Thielemann.