Arvo Pärt 90 Opening Concert: Vox Clamantis

In 2025 we will celebrate the 90th birthday of the composer Arvo Pärt. The opening concert of the anniversary year will be performed by the Vox Clamantis Ensemble.

Founded in 1996, Vox Clamantis is an ensemble of musicians – singers, composers, instrumentalists and conductors – all united by their interest in Gregorian chant. In addition to Gregorian chant, Vox Clamantis often performs early polyphonic and contemporary music.

Many years of close collaboration and friendship have linked Arvo Pärt and the ensemble, and today Vox Clamantis is one of the world’s most beloved ambassadors of Pärt’s music.
Their creative collaboration began in 1999, when Vox Clamantis wove Gregorian chant and Pärt’s organ work Annum per annum in their concert program. Arvo Pärt wrote the work Alleluia-Tropus in 2008 specifically for Vox Clamantis, and the work is also dedicated to them. The ensemble also performed in the recording of the Grammy Award-winning CD of Pärt’s Adam’s Lament.

In the words of Arvo Pärt, the cooperation with Vox Clamantis has for him been like an educational and inspiring master class. Often their rehearsals together are like a creative laboratory – an environment with a trusting atmosphere where it is possible to boldly seek solutions and experiment. Their shared sensibilities and common understanding is evidenced by the many excellent concerts and recordings.