Vienna Boys' Choir

Established by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1498, the Vienna Boys' Choir is not just the world's most famous youth choir, but also one of Europe's longest-running cultural institutions. Consisting of twenty-four trebles and altos ages ten to fourteen, the ensemble brings their senza vibrato sound to a repertoire ranging from motets and Lieder to contemporary folk and new music.'The mix of purity and lung power, childlike simplicity and mature command of breath control and phrasing, is what this ensemble is all about,' declares The Washington Post. The Vienna Boys' Choir open the Vocal Ensemble Series at Duke Performances with a program that will be announced over the summer; it is certain to include ecclesiastical essentials from the likes of Monteverdi and Bach alongside familiar tunes from beyond the European canon.