Latest news from the Tenso programme


Young singers project, January/February in the Netherlands

07-Dec-2011 | link
Meesters en Gezellen (Masters and Fellows) is the next edition of Tenso's young singers project, organized together with Stichting Tettix based in the Netherlands. Young singers from all over Europe ('fellows’) will be coached intensively by Geert Berghs, conductor Kaspars Putniņš (Latvia) and singers from the Nederlands Kamerkoor and Cappella Amsterdam. The fellows will learn to use their individual talents for ensemble singing, an aspect of vocal art that does not get enough attention in the formal curricula of vocal education at the European conservatories. After an intensive period of preparation, the group will give six concerts with highlights of the a capella repertoire.

Concert series in the Netherlands :
  • Sun 29 January, 15:00 Conservatorium van Amsterdam
  • Tue 31 January, 20:00 Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag
  • Wed 1 February, 20:00 Orgelpark, Amsterdam
  • Fri 3 February, 20:00 NH Kerk, Coevorden
  • Sun 5 February, 15:30 Pieterskerk, Utrecht
more info on www.tettix.nl

Two new members join Tenso Network Europe

27-Jun-2011 | link
Ars Nova Copenhagen (DK) and Eric Ericsons Kammarkör (SE) join the network! 

Two new members  have joined Tenso. Mette Dinesen (Ars Nova Copenhagen) and Per Korsfeldt (Eric Ericsons Kammarkör) attended the Tenso Professionals Meeting in Paris (16-18 June 2011) and were present at the first official General Assembly.

Read more about the two new members at the members page 

Tenso Professionals Meeting - we look back at a successful meeting

26-Jun-2011 | TPM June 2011 | link
Tenso Professionals Meeting 2011 
We look back at an interesting and fruitful meeting on the recording and distribution of (classical) music. Speakers such as John Bickley from the Sixteen's self-produced cd label; Chantal Pattyn from the Flemish (Belgian) classical radio station Klara; former French Minister of Culture and expert on artist rights on internet, Jacques Toubon; Yves Riesel, director of Qobuz.com; Laurence Le Ny, director of Orange; and Philip Hobbs from Linn Records shared their expertise with the members of the Tenso Network and other participants. More information on the programme, pictures, reports here.

UPDATE Tenso Professionals Meeting in Paris / 16-18 June 2011 / Life After Live Music

03-May-2011 | link
The subject of the meeting is Life After Live Music: Recording, Distribution, Internet and Emerging Technologies in the Digital Age. Speakers will tackle issues and solutions around the recording and distribution of music.

Who is Speaking? The panelists will be made up of representatives from various producing and distributing organizations including Deezer.com, platforma.lv, Linn Records, InstantEncore, Klara, Mirare, Tenso ensembles, as well as experts from other fields. The diversity of panelists will provide a working knowledge of the various models of production and distribution of musical recordings. Panels will be followed by question and answer periods.

panel 1 : CHANNELS
The fast pace of digital technology is also providing more and more options for distribution (via the web, cell phones, social media, to name a few). During the conference, we will look at the different channels for bringing recordings to the public (cd's, radio, internet downloads, live streaming, podcasts etc.).

panel 2 : MIDDLE MAN
Do we need a middleman - a producer, cd company, internet music site - or can we do it ourselves.

panel 3 : ECONOMICS
What is the current economic picture - is there still the possibility of net revenue from selling recordings or is it a net cost? How do we compensate the artists for recording activity?

panel 4 : WEB 2.0
With the explosion of digital technology, what will the future bring us in terms of new possibilities? How are recordings reaching audiences and what is the role of Web 2.0 and social media?

The meeting will feature the results of our pre-conference survey on current recording and distribution activities of the European professional choirs.

Information and registration

Tenso Young Composers Award for Laurent Durupt

17-Apr-2011 | laurent durupt, award, tenso, composer | link
Tenso Young Composers Award for Laurent Durupt (FR) French composer Laurent Durupt is awarded the first Tenso Young Composers Award. The jury chose Durupt from the three finalists that participated in the final round of the Tenso Young Composers Workshop that took place in Riga in March 2011. The other two finalists where Maria Kallionpää (Finland/Austria) and Lauri Mäntysaari (Finland). Laurent is in the second year of his masters of composition at the Paris Conservatory (cnsmdp) and is a student of Frédéric Durieux. He has been awarded € 1.250 to write a 10 to 12 minute piece for a cappella choir, to be performed in 2012/13 by multiple Tenso choirs. Read more
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