Laeta Voce Chamber Choir

Created in October 2008 by Asta Timukaité Lemiesle, the Ensemble Vocal Laeta Voce is a mixed chamber choir of around 25 singers. It draws from a wide musical spectrum ranging from Gregorian chant to the present day. With new and sometimes unfamiliar sonorities these works are appreciated by a faithful and well-informed audience.

Since its creation Laeta Voce has given numerous concerts in prestigious Paris churches as well as venues throughout France and Europe.  It has participated with success in international vocal music festivals: the Kristupo Vasaros Festivalis 2010 in Vilnius, Lithuania; the International Music Festival of Advent and Christmas 2012 in Prague, where the choir was awarded first and second prizes for its interpretations. In 2017 the choir travelled to Scotland giving concerts in St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh and in the magnificent Chapel Royal of Stirling Castle. In 2015, Laeta Voce produced its first CD recorded in the Chapelle de Conflans, Charenton-le-Pont.

Based in Paris, the choir sets its ambition to work on two programmes each year performing with as much joy the works of F. Poulenc, G. Fauré, G. Rossini, Z. Kodaly, K. Nystet, A. Bruckner, B. Britten,A. Pärt, J. Naujalis, K. Brundzaite, S. Moniuszko, C. Franck, J. Taverner, T. Kverno, H. Ødegaard, J-S. Bach and D. Buxtehude, as those of M. Duruflé, M. Lauridsen, or Lili Boulanger.  Just recently Laeta Voce chose an exceptional baroque programme bringing together works of both Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, and Claudio Monteverdi.

At the start of this season 2024, Laeta Voce is delighted to perform the sacred works of contemporary composers, Bruno Rossignol and Ola Gjeilo.

 

Soprani

Corinne Amouyal-Coffin, Patricia Cuny, Astrid Ginouvier-Chardard, Jeanne Hartmann, Laetitia Chanas, Anne-Céline Huon, Marie-Sophie Gérardin-Lancrenon

Alti      

Julie Azoulay, Sophie Becker, Martine Depagniat, Albane Hartmann, Louise Hartmann, Ausra Launikoniené, Alexandra Pioch, Véronique Stachera

Tenors  

Christophe Badaire, Pierre Durand, Renaud Grob, François Haack, Jean-Pierre Lemiesle, Patrice Lolivier

Barytones-Basses

Bruno Becker, Xavier Bodart, Gérard Doucet, Matthieu Furges, Roland Kitten, Christian Marzolin