Schola Resupina

Austria

The Schola Resupina was founded in Vienna in 2004 by Isabell Köstler. It is the schola's mission to express the treasure of Gregorian Chant in its abundance and to make the Word heard in its full significance. To get as close as possible to a medieval interpretation of the words, the schola's work is based on the newest research in Gregorian Chant and Semiology (the science of musical symbols in Gregorian Chant). In an in-depth rehearsal process, the singers work their way through to their interpretation of the words, and seek to internalize them, always with the goal to let their audience experience the messages of these medieval chants both in a reflected way and through direct experience. The ensemble has gained international recognition through numerous concerts in the Vienna inner city churches, concert tours within Austria and to Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, Hungary and Greece as well as invitations to concert series and festivals such as Styriarte, International Chorale Festival Watou/Belgium, International Chorale Festival Vác/Hungary, Chorale Festival Gregorian Meditations/Bratislava, Deutscher Katholikentag, VOCuMENTA, Alte Musik St. Ruprecht/Vienna, Kreuzgangkonzerte der Dominikaner/Vienna musica delicata, Vienna Organ Concerts, Lange Nacht der Musik in the St. Stephan` s Cathedral in Vienna, Lange Nacht der Kirchen, Leoklassik. They regularly perform in a liturgical context in Vienna's inner city churches, including TV broadcasts. Every 2nd Sunday of the month, the schola can be heard in the Latin High Mass at St. Peter's Church/Vienna. In 2010, at the 58th International Choral Competition "Concorso Polifonico Internazionale Guido ́d Arezzo" in Italy as the best schola the Schola Resupina was awarded the prizes of both sections of the Christian monody „Rassegna“ and „Concerto“. Their discography includes the CDs "Faciem Domini", "Canticum amantissimi" and "Hildegard von Bingen". The ensemble: Vera Maria Charvat, Ioanna Karamolegkou, Joanna Kucharko, Sylvia Urdová, Isabell Köstler (director)