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The Bavarian Radio Chorus, founded in 1946, is the oldest of the station’s three ensembles.
Responsibility for the chorus’s development is traditionally held by the chorus director as well as the conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Illustrious former principal conductors who have left their mark on the chorus are Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelik, Sir Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel and Mariss Jansons. The chorus’s artistic director since 2005 has been Peter Dijkstra from the Netherlands. With a stylistically diverse repertoire ranging from medieval motets to contemporary choral works, from oratorios to operas, the Bavarian Radio Chorus is renowned around the world for its breathtaking homogeneity of tone.
und Mariss Jansons. Künstlerischer Leiter des Chores ist seit 2005 der Niederländer Peter
Dijkstra. Aufgrund der klanglichen Homogenität des Chores und seiner stilistischen Vielseitigkeit, die alle Gebiete des Chorgesangs von der mittelalterlichen Motette bis zu zeitgenössischen Werken, vom Oratorium bis zur Oper umfasst, genießt das Ensemble höchstes Ansehen in aller Welt.