Daniel Reuss & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Biography Daniel Reuss & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC)
was founded in 1981 by Tõnu Kaljuste, who acted as artistic director and chief conductor for twenty years. From 2001-2007, Paul Hillier succeeded him, until Daniel Reuss took over in 2008. Over the years, the choir has established its reputation as one of the world's leading choral ensembles. Its repertoire extends from Gregorian chant to late Baroque and twentieth-century music, with a special emphasis on Estonian composers (Pärt, Tormis, Tüür, Grigoryeva, Tulev, Kõrvits, Tulve). The choir performs 60-70 concerts per season in Estonia and abroad.
The EPCC has worked with a number of acclaimed orchestras and conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Helmuth Rilling, Eric Ericson, Ward Swingle, Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Nikolai Alekseyev, Andrew Lawrence-King, Roland Böer, Frieder Bernius, Stephen Layton and Marc Minkowski. It has performed at such music festivals as the BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festival, Abu Gosh Music Festival, Moscow Easter Festival, Musikfest Bremen, Salzburg Mozartwoche and Festival Aix-en-Provence. The choir has made numerous acclaimed recordings, with one Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance and eight nominations.
Daniel Reuss
has held the posts of artistic director and chief conductor with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir since 2008. Born in the Netherlands in 1961, he studied choral conducting with Barend Schuurman at the Rotterdam Conservatory. In 1990, he became chief conductor of Cappella Amsterdam, which he turned into a full-time professional ensemble. Between 2003 and 2006 he led the RIAS Kammerchor in Berlin as chief conductor, with whom he recorded a number of award-winning CDs. In 2007 he made his debut at the English National Opera with Handel's Agrippina. As guest conductor, Daniel Reuss has worked with numerous renowned European ensembles, including the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Concerto Köln, the Schönberg Ensemble, the Netherlands Radio Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent, the Balthasar Neumann Choir, the SWR Vokalensemble, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, the Nieuw Ensemble, Prometheus Ensemble and Viotta Ensemble.
