Welcome to the official website of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, founded and conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Auditorio nacional de musica, Madrid - Spain
Thu 5 June
Duruflé's Requiem with choral works by Messiaen, Bruckner and Poulenc
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Abbaye de St Denis, Paris - France
Fri 6 June
Duruflé's Requiem with motets by Messiaen and Poulenc
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Salamanca Cathedral
Thu 26 June
Schütz Musikalische Exquien and a selection of unaccompanied motets
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The Monteverdi Choir invites applications for its 2008-9 Apprenticeship Scheme
The Monteverdi Choir is now advertising for applicants for its 2008-2009 Apprenticeship Scheme. Inaugurated in 2007, the scheme has so far given six young singers the experience of working alongside the professional members of the Monteverdi Choir in a variety of projects.
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner is awarded Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation's prestigious Bach Prize
The Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize, sponsored by the Kohn Foundation, is awarded annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the performance and/or scholarly study of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. This year's prize has been awarded to Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
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Emilia Hughes' Gramophone Blog
Emilia Hughes, Monteverdi Choir Apprentice, is writing an ongoing Blog on the Gramophone Magazine website
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