In the 25 years of its existence, the Cantemus Choir has become a significant part of the Hungarian and international music scene as the National Ensemble of Hungary. Following its numerous international competition victories, the city of Nyíregyháza gave the ensemble an institutional form, which greatly helped it to meet the ever-increasing number of requests. Today, the choir performs its tasks in a professional framework and fulfils the mission of keeping alive the millenary traditions of European choral culture and spreading Hungarian choral music in the world;

The Cantemus Choir was founded in 1998 by the desire of the alumni of the Kodály Zoltán Elementary School in Nyíregyháza to sing. The singers, who grew up under the tutelage of Dénes Szabó as children, acquired the exceptional knowledge based on Kodály’s concept of music education in the Cantemus Children’s Choir, which forms the basis for the artistic heights of singing together. The common roots, unified voice training and intonation traditions result in an incomparable choral sound that has truly placed the ensemble of otherwise amateur singers at the forefront of the world;

The choir’s musical flair, technical knowledge and demanding repertoire have resulted in podium places, first prizes and grand prizes at the most prestigious international competitions: