Cecilia Espinosa Chamber Choir
Conductor: Cecilia Espinosa Arango
The Cecilia Espinosa Chamber Choir is a well established mixed voice ensemble that performs both sacred and secular works from around the world. Since its founding in 2018, the choir has embraced the commitments and productions to which it is invited, pursuing research and performance of the finest choral music of all time. The choir has served as an ambassador for Colombia abroad, winning prestigious gold, silver, and bronze awards in numerous competitions, as well as special recognition from juries for the quality of its performances. Furthermore, it has premiered choral works by Colombian composers and performed the first versions of polyphonic works from the 20th and 21st centuries by renowned European, American, and Latin American composers.
The Cecilia Espinosa Chamber Choir has performed in the country's main venues, serving as a cornerstone of various symphonic-choral productions staged in Medellín, such as Fauré's "Requiem," Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Holst's "The Planets," and Brahms' "A German Requiem," among others. It was also the choir selected to sing Verdi's "La Traviata," Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," and Puccini's "Tosca" at the Metropolitan Theater of Medellín, with the Bogotá Opera Company and the renowned conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada. The choir was the only American choir invited to participate in the UNESCO organized celebration of the International Day of Peace, held in Toulouse, Spain, in September 2022.
Among the most recent productions, highlights include works such as John Rutter's "Requiem" for Choir, solo soprano and piano, the Gloria by the same composer, with brass ensemble, organ and percussion, and Francis Poulenc's "Gloria" for solo soprano, two pianos and percussion, and "A German Requiem" by J. Brahms, the latter presented at this year's Holy Week concert.
Currently, the choir, which has 28 members, represented Colombia to participate in the prestigious Seghizzi 62 International Choir Competition, which was held in the city of Gorizia, Italy in July 2025, and was the only Latin American choir invited to the 4th Istanbul International Choir Festival in July of this year.