Voces Suaves

The Basel vocal ensemble Voces Suaves cultivates the historically informed performance of music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Founded in 2012, the ensemble consists of a core of eight professional singers, most of whom have a connection to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

The ensemble has performed at important festivals and concert halls throughout Europe, including Festival d’Ambronay, the Ravenna Festival, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Misteria Paschalia Festival in Krakow, Innsbruck Early Music Festival, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Berlin State Opera. 

Voces Suaves has cooperated with renowned instrumental ensembles such as Gli Incogniti, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Il Pomo d’Oro and the Capricornus Consort Basel. Recordings by the ensemble have been released on the labels claves records, Ambronay éditions, Arcana (Outhere Music) and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and have been awarded international prizes such as the Diapason d’Or and Choc de Classica.