The Vlaams Radiokoor(Flemish Radio Choir) was founded in 1937 by the Belgian public broadcaster ofthe day. Today, the Vlaams Radiokoor is renowned for vocal music in Flanders and Europe, and iscounted among the top ensembles both at home and abroad.As of season 2019-20,Bart Van Reynis themusical director of the Radiokoor. A shared passion forcontemporary repertoire, the belief that the voice is the ultimate interpreter of our emotions, and thecommitment to make our vocal heritage accessible to singers and audiencesalike are what binds theensemble together.Based in Studio 1 in Flagey (Brussels), the 32 singers of the Vlaams Radiokoor are working on a musicalproject built on three major pillars.
First and foremost, theVocal Fabricproductions–the laboratory ofthe Radiokoor. Vocal Fabric organizes concerts that test the boundaries of vocal music and arechallenging, quirky and non-conformist. With great hospitality and an intense experience as the goldenthread, we bring together the people on stage and those in the hall: vocal harmony is proof thatpeople are more magnificent together than alone.In addition, the choir works regularly with renowned instrumental ensembles from Belgium andabroad, such as the Brussels Philharmonic, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Les Siècles, the RadioFilharmonisch Orkest and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In this way, the Radiokoor has graduallybuilt up its presence on variousinternational stages.Lastly, the Vlaams Radiokoor is and remains aliving portalfor repertoire, knowledge, experience andvoices.
It makes our vocal heritage accessible to singers and the audience, while also investing in thecreation of new vocal works. The choir thus shares its programme, technique and expertise with musiclovers, amateurs and professionals.The Vlaams Radiokoor also retains its unique status as a radio choir: a great manyconcert productionsare recorded, and hence the choir has built up a unique collection of live recordings. The collection isconstantly supplemented witha selection of studio recordings, thus preserving the vocal heritage forthe future.The Vlaams Radiokoor is aninstitution of the Flemish Community