Boni Pueri, the Czech Boys Choir

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Name = Boni Pueri, the Czech Boys Choir


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Origin = Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Years_active = 1982-present
Label = Supraphon, EMI, BMG, ArcoDiva
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URL = [http://www.bonipueri.cz www.bonipueri.cz]
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BONI PUERI, the Czech Boys Choir, was founded in 1982 and has become one of Europe's most famous musical ensembles.

The Choir

BONI PUERI ("Good Boys"), the Czech Boys Choir has given more than 2500 concerts in North America, Asia and Europe, has produced 13 recordings and has been invited to participate in 20 other recordings with Supraphon, EMI, BMG and ArcoDiva. In addition, Boni Pueri has been featured on a number of television and radio broadcasts. The choirs are invited to perform regularly with eminent artists, including José Carreras, and with other important ensembles and orchestras around the world.

Boni Pueri is also a private music school with 350 students and since 2006 has been under the patronage of the Czech Ministry of Education. Boni Pueri is a cultural ambassador of the "European Federation of Choirs of the Union". [http://www.bonipueri.cz/web/en/about-boni-pueri/biography Biography from the Official web-site of the Choir] ]

Concerts and concert tours

Boni Pueri has been privileged to perform in some of the world’s great concert halls including Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Winspear Hall in Edmonton, Canada, the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Hall, Seoul Arts Centre, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, De Doelen in Rotterdam, Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, Italy, Meistersingerhalle in Nurnberg, and the Rudolfinum Dvorak Hall in Prague.

Festivals

The choirs have appeared at numerous international music festivals including The Prague Spring Festival (1994, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2005), Europalia (Brussels 1998), AmericaFest International Festival for Boys’ & Men’ Choirs (Minneapolis 1998, 2002), Jeonju Sori Festival (South Korea 2002). In July 2004 Boni Pueri became the first European organization to host the highly acclaimed World Festival of Singing for Men and Boys and will again host the festival in 2008. Individual members of Boni Pueri are often invited to be soloists in other performances, including The Magic Flute at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 2004.

Main projects

Boni Pueri performs frequently with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and was featured most recently in a performance of King Roger by Szymanowski. In 2006, the choirs were invited to open the Orchestra’s Choral Concert Series in Dvorak Hall.

Other important projects of recent years have included performances od Bach’s St Matthew Passion, the Mozart Requiem, the Fauré Requiem, theatrical staging of Hans Krása's Terezín children's opera Brundibár, and a premiere recording of music by the baroque composers Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Pavel Josef Vejvanovský and Jan Dismas Zelenka. In 2003 Boni Pueri's recording of Zelenka's Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis received the prestigious Cannes Classical Award, and in 2004, the Boni Pueri recording of Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols was named as the Recording of the Month.

Cooperation

Singers

* Edita Adlerova
* Livia Aghova
* Gabriela Benackova
* Lucie Bila
* Markus Brutscher
* Jaroslav Brezina
* Jose Carreras
* Miro Dvorsky
* Peter Dvorsky
* Markus Forster
* Karel Gott
* Simona Houda-Saturova
* Noemi Kiss
* Ivan Kusnjer
* Stefan Margita
* Bobby McFerrin
* Eva Urbanova
* Leo Marian Vodicka

Orchestras and ensembles

* Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
* Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
* Czech National Symphony Orchestra
* Philharmonic Orchestra Hradec Kralove
* Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
* Hradistan
* Münchner Symphoniker
* Musica Bohemica
* Musica Florea
* Prague Philharmonia
* Schola Gregoriana Pragensis
* The North Czech Philharmonic Teplice
* The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
* The Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK
* VUS Ondras

Soloists and musicians

* Ales Barta - organ
* Jana Bouskova - harp
* Vaclav Hudecek - violin
* Hana Müllerova-Jouzova - harp
* Josef Suk - violin
* Pavel Sporcl - violin
* Jaroslav Tuma - organ, harpsichord
* Vaclav Uhlir - organ
* Daniel Wiesner - piano

Conductors

* Petr Altrichter
* Vladimir Ashkenazy
* Douglas Bostock
* Charles Dutoit
* Jaroslav Krcek
* Libor Pesek
* Frantisek Preisler jr.
* Vojtech Spurny
* Robert Stankovsky
* Leos Svarovsky
* Marek Stryncl
* Rastislav Stur
* Roman Valek
* Vladimir Valek

Actors and actress

* Otakar Brousek st.
* Eva Hruskova
* Bara Hrzanova
* Jitka Molavcova
* Jan Preucil
* Bara Stepanova [http://www.bonipueri.cz/web/en/about-boni-pueri/cooperation List of cooperation from the Official web-site of the Choir] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.bonipueri.cz/ Boni Pueri] , choir's web-site