calens vocalensemble (eng)

With dedication, precision, and profound expressiveness, the calens vocalensemble devotes itself to the entire spectrum of classical vocal music. Founded in the spring of 2022, the ensemble brings together eight experienced ensemble and choir singers who regularly perform in renowned choirs such as the figure humaine kammerchor, the Kammerchor Stuttgart, and the Bundesjugendchor. The ensemble received formative musical inspiration through workshops with VOCES8, The Gesualdo Six, Stephen Connolly, and through its collaboration with Salome Tendies.

In 2024, the calens vocalensemble was awarded first place and the audience prize at the 14th International A Cappella Competition in Leipzig. The ensemble also received the special prize from the SommerMusikAkademie Schloss Hundisburg for the best unamplified ensemble. For the 2024/2025 season, calens is a scholarship holder of the #MusikerZukunft support program of the German Orchestra Foundation.

calens’ repertoire includes works from the Renaissance to contemporary music, as well as its own compositions and arrangements. The ensemble is committed to addressing fundamental human questions and themes that have always been of concern: love, faith, doubt, hope.

calens’ repertoire includes works from the Renaissance to contemporary music, as well as its own compositions and arrangements. The ensemble is committed to addressing fundamental human questions and themes that have always been of concern: love, faith, doubt, hope.

In 2025, the ensemble participated in the concert performance of the opera Amor vincitore with Il Gusto Barocco under the direction of Jörg Halubek.

In 2025, the ensemble’s prize winners’ concert took place as part of the International Festival for A Cappella Vocal Music in Leipzig. calens also sang at the DAVOS Festival in Switzerland.

The musical direction of the ensemble is the responsibility of Frederic Mattes and Franziska Bubeck.

Booking: Raphael Riebesell