Berliner Singakademie

Historic German Choral Ensemble

The main choir of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin is an oratorio choir, in which around eighty amateurs and amateurs, students and semi-professional singers are currently participating. The ensemble rehearses twice a week and gives concerts three to four times a year in churches and concert halls in Berlin. The choir, founded in 1791, sees itself not only as a concert choir, but - in accordance with its long tradition - also as an "art association for sacred music", as an institution supported by free Berlin citizens and as a musical academy with its own educational program. The choir has served the students of the University of the Arts as a training and examination ensemble since 2006. In addition to the well-known works of Western oratorio literature, the repertoire includes above all unknown compositions from the period between 1750 and 1850 (Telemann, C.P.E. Bach, Reichardt, Spohr, Marx) as well as contemporary works, which are often commissioned especially for the concerts of the choir ( Jörg Birkenkoetter, Luke Bedford, Katia Tchemberdji, Michael Wertmüller, Bo Wiget). A special concern is the combination of old and new music.