Cantoría is a young vocal quartet specialized in the interpretation of vocal polyphony from the Iberian Renaissance. Freshness, youth and proximity have become distinctive features of the interpretations of this group, which is beginning to build a notable national and international career.
Born at the Superior School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC - Barcelona), Cantoría took shape at the ECOS International Festival of Early Music in Sierra Espuña (Murcia) during the summer of 2016. They were selected in EEEmerging+ (2018), a European program of cooperation for the promotion of emerging ensembles, where they won the Audience Prize at the Ambronay Festival and were chosen to continue in the project for three more years (2018-2021). They have also enriched their experience by participating in the artistic residencies of the International Young Artists Presentation of Antwerp (2017), the Cité de la Voix in Vézelay (2018), Ghislierimusica in Pavia (2019), Händel-Festspiele in Göttingen (2019), National Forum of Music in Wroclaw (2020) or the National Center of Early Music in York (2021), as well as in projects such as MusaE (2018 and 2019), the FestClásica circuit (2019), Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya (2020), which has led them to perform at L'Auditori in Barcelona, at the Torroella de Montgrí Festival or at the Hospital Sant Pau in Barcelona. Cantoría’s performances at the festivals of MA Brugge, AMUZ in Antwerp, A Cappella Festival in Leipzig, Vía Aeterna in Mont Saint-Michael, Monteverdi Festival in Cremona represent a line of continuity with respect to their previous presentations in other prominent institutions such as the Museo del Prado in Madrid, the Biblioteca Nacional de España or Biblioteca de Catalunya.
Cantoría collaborates with institutions such as the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Murcia, Escuela Superior de Música de Cataluña or Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona for the dissemination and recovery of the Iberian polyphonic repertoire.
In 2022, they published their first CD, dedicated to Mateo Flecha's Salads, which garnered such important critical awards as the “Diapasón Dècouverte” label, the “Melómano de Oro” award or the “Preis del Schallplattenkritik”. Currently, Cantoría has the support of Acción Cultural Española, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música (INAEM), Agencia and Instituto de las Industrias Culturales y las Artes de Murcia (ICA).
