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December with Madrigal and Cantus Mundi
Corul Madrigal and Cantus Mundi completed the 2025 Christmas performance and concert season with over 70 events and more than 26.000 audience members.
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Corul Național de Cameră „Madrigal – Marin Constantin” and Programul Național Cantus Mundi have completed the 2025 Christmas performance and concert season with over 70 events held nationwide and more than 26.000 audience members.
Online, content published by Corul Madrigal and Cantus Mundi in December recorded over 5 million views, while streaming platforms registered approximately 8.000 daily listeners on Spotify. In addition, revenue from December’s events reached 1.980.000 lei, a record level.
MADRIGAL NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TOUR 2025
Between 3 – 21 December, Corul Madrigal, conducted by Anna Ungureanu, gave 9 performances in 7 Romanian cities: Cluj-Napoca, Târgu Mureș, Sibiu, Iași, Botoșani, Bucharest and Craiova, attended by 15.100 audience members. In total, 2.831 children from Cantus Mundi choirs joined Corul Madrigal on stage, participating in carol singing with the audience.
The tour featured three different artistic concepts: „Madrigal: Crăciunul florilor”, „MADRIGAL CHRISTMAS mood” and the large-scale „Madrigal de Crăciun | Două Concerte într-un singur Spectacol”. The repertoires brought together traditional Romanian carols, Byzantine music, works from the Western Christmas repertoire and stylistically adapted international pieces.
The performances featured stage design, video projections and LIVE graphics created in real time, conceived by Vladimir Turturica, alongside lighting design and stage technology adapted to the performance venues.
Corul Madrigal’s creative team comprised:
Conductor Anna Ungureanu | Concept Emil Pantelimon | Stage design and LIVE graphics Vladimir Turturica | Piano Abel Corban | Bass guitar Joo Sandor Sebestyen | Percussion Iulian Nicolau | Lighting Mircea Mitroi and Ivan Klopov | Sound Andrei Marin and Alexandru Sprînceană.
SPECIAL CAROL RECITAL AT MIȚA BICICLISTA
On 20 December, Corul Madrigal gave an outdoor carol recital at the invitation of „La Mița Biciclista – Stabiliment creativ” in Bucharest. The event brought together almost 11.000 people in the square in front of the building and neighbouring streets.
CANTUS MUNDI CAROL SINGERS ACROSS ROMANIA
Between 1 and 21 December, 6.786 children, members of 267 Cantus Mundi choirs, took part in 66 events in Bucharest and other cities across Romania. Recitals and concerts took place in a variety of settings – from churches and public institutions to theatres, Christmas markets, clinics, shopping centres and company premises.
The tour and December’s events formed part of the anniversary programme „Marin Constantin 100”, marking 100 years since the birth of Corul Madrigal’s founder.
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Corul Madrigal and Cantus Mundi events were organised with support from the Ministry of Culture.
Main partner Rompetrol
Partners: EnergoBit, Aqua Carpatica, Regina Maria private healthcare network, Therme București, Cineplexx Romania, Universitatea Politehnica București, New Age Media Multiplex Advertising, Cluj-Napoca City Hall and Local Council, La Mița Biciclista – Stabiliment creativ
Institutional partners: Opera Comică pentru Copii, Cineplexx Romania, Circul Metropolitan București, Teatrul Național de Operetă și Musical „Ion Dacian”, UNIMIR, Regia Națională a Pădurilor ROMSILVA, Televiziunea română, SounFeed
Recommended by: Magic FM
Supported by: Radio România Actualități, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Muzical, Radio România Regional
Media partners: AGERPRES, Agenția de cArte, Bookhub, Itsy Bitsy, Leviathan, Munteanu recomandă, Radio France Internationale România, Radio Trinitas, Romania Journal, spotmedia.ro, TVR Cultural, Zile și Nopți, I like Cluj, Cluj 4 Ever, Cluj.com, Radio Renașterea, Ziua de Cluj, Sibiu 100, Sibiu Independent, Craiova Live, Jurnal de Craiova, Jurnalul Olteniei, Știri Craiova
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CORUL MADRIGAL
Founded in 1963 by legendary musician and conductor Marin Constantin (1925 – 2011), Corul Naţional de Cameră „Madrigal – Marin Constantin” has become a landmark in national and international musical life and cultural diplomacy. Its distinctive features are its characteristic sound, non-vibrato technique, stereophonic stage positioning and striking costumes. Its repertoire encompasses Renaissance, pre-Classical and Classical music, Romanticism, Byzantine music and contemporary Romanian and international works.
Since 2011, Corul Madrigal has run Programul Național Cantus Mundi, Romania’s largest programme for children’s social integration through music, initiated by renowned conductor Ion Marin. It currently brings together 2.402 choirs and over 84.000 children in Romania and the diaspora.
