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Ars Cantus
 Ars
Cantus was founded in 2000 as a vocal group linked to the Wroc³aw
Chamber Players working
 under
the musical direction of Tomasz Dobrzański.
Ars Cantus performs music from the Middle Ages (medieval songs from
the Carmina Burana manuscript, liturgical dramas Ludi Sancti
Nicolai) to the early Baroque (‘Salomone Rossi – music for the court
and synagogue’). An important part of the repertoire of Ars Cantus
is made up of the musical relics of the Lower Silesia dating from as
early as the 14th century, many of which have been presented to
audiences for the first time (‘The Feast in the Town Hall’ – works
from the musical manuscripts of Wroc³aw and Lower Silesia of the
16th and 17th centuries; ‘Serena mente jubilo’ – works from 14th and
15th-century manuscripts of Wroc³aw, Æagań and Zielona Góra).
ARS CANTUS has performed at numerous prestigious events including
the Flanders Festival in Alden Biesen in Belgium, the International
Early Music Academy at Wilanów Palace (Warsaw), the ‘Song of our
Roots’ Festival in Jaros³aw, the Festivals of the Polish Early Music
Society in Warsaw and Kraków, the Festival ‘Musica Memorabilis’ in
Poznań, the International Festival ‘May with Early Music’ and ‘Forum
Musicum’ in Wroc³aw. It has also given concerts in Italy, Germany,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria. In December 2004 the group
gave a concert in the Polish Radio Concerto Studio which was
broadcast live to European Broadcasting Union-member countries.
In 2001 Ars Cantus received the Zofia Rayzacher Memorial Prize at
the 11th Early Music Festival at Warsaw’s Royal Castle for the
performance of medieval songs from the ‘Carmina Burana’ collection.
The citation described the ensemble as having ‘the greatest artistic
individuality in the field of early music’.
Ars Cantus makes use of the latest research into the historical
performance of early music and employs it successfully in its
artistic practice. This has been highly acknowledged by critics many
times. In 2003 Tomasz Dobrzański was nominated for the weekly
Polityka’s ‘Passport’ Award for young, up-and-coming artists.
The discography of Ars Cantus includes ‘Musica Rediviva from 16th
and 17th-century Wroc³aw musical manuscripts’ (2003, CD Accord),
which received rave reviews, the 2003 Wroc³aw Musical Award and a
nomination for the ‘Fryderyk’ Award, and was followed by ‘Musica
Figurata in Wroc³aw and Silesia in the 14th and 15th centuries’
(2005, DUX).
More information:
http://www.arscantus.art.pl
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