The chorus

The Helsinki Music Centre Chorus is a symphonic chorus of aboat 130 singers that can also be transformed into a male or a female chorus if necessary. The chorus collaborates with all the main partners of the Helsinki Music Centre, the Helsinki City Orchestra, the Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Sibelius Academy of the Uniarts. The artistic director of the Chorus is the Professor of Choral Conducting Nils Schweckendiek. The chorus was founded in 2011.

The chorus’s repertoire consists of symphonic choral and orchestral works, complemented by a cappella works for a chorus. The repertoire covers all musical eras, including music of our own time. The programme is planned on a long-term basis in collaboration with the Music Centre’s main partners. The chorus performs eight to ten times a year, mainly in the concert hall of the Helsinki Music Centre, but also elsewhere.

For the 2024–2025 season, the chorus’s repertoire will include Haydn’s The Creation, Mahler’s 2nd and Requiem by Duruflé.