Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Vienna's Arnold Schoenberg Choir performs music from the Renaissance to the contemporary era, including, at times, that of its namesake, but it has pursued a special focus on Baroque music. The choir also participates in operatic productions and since 2006 has been the opera chorus in residence at the Theater an der Wien. The Arnold Schoenberg Choir (German: Arnold Schoenberg-Chor) was founded in 1972 by Erwin Ortner, who remains its artistic director. Although it is composed of students and graduates of the Vienna University for Music and the Performing Arts, its 60 singers ...