Welcome to Tenso the European network for professional chamber choirs
Tenso is the European network for professional chamber choirs. On this site you can know more about us, about the members, about Tenso Days 2010 in Oslo and Tenso Days 2009 in Amsterdam....
Latest news from the Tenso programme
EU grant for Tenso Network!
The Tenso Network proudly announces that the EU Culture Programme supports the activities of the network with a substantial grant.
In the period May 2009 - April 2010, we have undertaken several activities to support professional choirs in Europe, including the distribution of new and recent repertoire for chamber choir, and exchanges between professional and with amateur choirs :
* Tenso Days Amsterdam (see below)
* exchange programmes and composers workshops
* joint commissions for new works for chamber choir
* symposia on the current state of professional chamber choirs
* making repertoire available through (internet) databases
* expanding the Tenso Network
In the period May 2009 - April 2010, we have undertaken several activities to support professional choirs in Europe, including the distribution of new and recent repertoire for chamber choir, and exchanges between professional and with amateur choirs :
* Tenso Days Amsterdam (see below)
* exchange programmes and composers workshops
* joint commissions for new works for chamber choir
* symposia on the current state of professional chamber choirs
* making repertoire available through (internet) databases
* expanding the Tenso Network
Haarlem, July 2 2009 - Tenso Managers Meeting during Internationale Koorbiennale Haarlem Wednesday
The Internationale Koorbiennale Haarlem kindly invites Tenso and its associates to join them in Haarlem on Wednesday 2 July for a general meeting of choir managers, orchestra managers, composers, singers, journalists, policy makers and others involved in the creation and performance of contemporary choir music.
More information, preliminary programme and registration will follow in the next newsletter.
More information, preliminary programme and registration will follow in the next newsletter.
Amsterdam, October 15-18 , 2009 - Tenso Days
Nederlands Kamerkoor and Cappella Amsterdam will host the Tenso Days Amsterdam, taking place in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ from 15 to 18 October 2009.
The theme of the concert programmes is THE CANON OF THE XX CENTURY - a.o. Schönberg, Messiaen, De Leeuw, Poulenc, Xenakis, Schnittke, Pärt together with premieres of European composers.
The choirs that will perform :
Nederlands Kamerkoor • Latvian Radia Choir • Accentus • Cappella Amsterdam • Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor • Det Norkse Solistkor
To know more about Tenso days Amsterdam....
The programme of the Tenso Days Amsterdam will be published on www.tensodagen.nl (on line in May 2009)
The theme of the concert programmes is THE CANON OF THE XX CENTURY - a.o. Schönberg, Messiaen, De Leeuw, Poulenc, Xenakis, Schnittke, Pärt together with premieres of European composers.
The choirs that will perform :
Nederlands Kamerkoor • Latvian Radia Choir • Accentus • Cappella Amsterdam • Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor • Det Norkse Solistkor
To know more about Tenso days Amsterdam....
The programme of the Tenso Days Amsterdam will be published on www.tensodagen.nl (on line in May 2009)