# Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

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'''Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir''' (EPCC) is a professional [choir](/source/choir) based in [Estonia](/source/Estonia).  It was founded in 1981 by [Tõnu Kaljuste](/source/T%C3%B5nu_Kaljuste), who was its conductor for twenty years.<ref name="kultuur">{{cite web | title=ECM korraldab Elbphilharmonie’s Arvo Pärdi autorikontserdi koos Eesti tippmuusikutega | website=Postimees | date=2020-01-29 | url=https://kultuur.postimees.ee/6884479/ecm-korraldab-elbphilharmonie-s-arvo-pardi-autorikontserdi-koos-eesti-tippmuusikutega | language=et | access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref> In 2001, [Paul Hillier](/source/Paul_Hillier) followed Kaljuste's tenure, becoming the EPCC's principal conductor and artistic director until September 2008, when [Daniel Reuss](/source/Daniel_Reuss) took over the task. Since 2014 the choir's principal conductor has been Kaspars Putniņš. The repertoire of the EPCC ranges from [Gregorian Chant](/source/Gregorian_Chant) to modern works, particularly those of the Estonian composers [Arvo Pärt](/source/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt)<ref name="kultuur"/> and [Veljo Tormis](/source/Veljo_Tormis).  The group has been nominated for numerous [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award)s, and has won the [Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Choral_Performance) twice: in 2007 with [Arvo Pärt](/source/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt)'s ''Da pacem'' and in 2014 with Pärt's ''[Adam's Lament](/source/Adam's_Lament_(P%C3%A4rt))'', the latter was shared with Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu, [Sinfonietta Rīga](/source/Sinfonietta_R%C4%ABga) & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis. In 2018 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir won the prestigious [Gramophone Award](/source/Gramophone_Classical_Music_Awards) with its recording of ''Magnificat'' and ''Nunc dimittis'' by [Arvo Pärt](/source/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt) and ''Psalms of Repentance'' by [Alfred Schnittke](/source/Alfred_Schnittke) (conductor Kaspars Putniņš).

==Discography==
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*''[Gesualdo](/source/Carlo_Gesualdo)/[Erkki-Sven Tüür](/source/Erkki-Sven_T%C3%BC%C3%BCr)/[Brett Dean](/source/Brett_Dean)'' (2015)
*''[Gregory Rose](/source/Gregory_Rose_(musician)): Danse macabre'' (2015)
*''[Sibelius](/source/Jean_Sibelius): Complete Works for Mixed Choir'' (2015)
*''Siin on Ilus Elada'' (2014)
*''Baltic Runes'' (2010)
*''[Arvo Pärt](/source/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt): In Principio'' (2009)
*''[Toivo Tulev](/source/Toivo_Tulev): Songs'' (2008)
*''Scattered Rhymes: [Tarik O'Regan](/source/Tarik_O'Regan) & [Guillaume de Machaut](/source/Guillaume_de_Machaut)'' (2008)
*''A New Joy'' (2006)
*Arvo Pärt: ''Da pacem'' (2006) - won [Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Choral_Performance) 2007
*''Baltic Voices 3'' (2005)
*[Lepo Sumera](/source/Lepo_Sumera): ''Mushroom Cantata'' (2005)
*[Rachmaninov](/source/Sergei_Rachmaninoff): ''[All-Night Vigil](/source/All-Night_Vigil_(Rachmaninoff))'' (2005)
*''Baltic Voices 2'' (2004)
*''The Powers of Heaven'' (2003)
*[Antonio Vivaldi](/source/Antonio_Vivaldi): ''Gloria'', Settings from the Mass and Vespers (2003)
*''Baltic Voices 1'' (2002)
*Antonio Vivaldi: ''Salmi a due cori'' (2002)
*[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](/source/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart): ''[Litaniae](/source/Litanies_(Mozart))'' (2000)
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ''Vesperae et Litania'' (2000)
*Veljo Tormis: ''Laulu palju'' (''Liederhaufen'') (2000)
*[Paul Giger](/source/Paul_Giger): ''Ignis'' (2000)
*Veljo Tormis: ''Litany to Thunder'' (1999)
*[Karl August Hermann](/source/Karl_August_Hermann), [Raimo Kangro](/source/Raimo_Kangro), [Leelo Tungal](/source/Leelo_Tungal): ''Eesti lauleldused'' (''Estonian [Singspiel](/source/Singspiel)s'') (1999)
*Arvo Pärt: ''[Kanon Pokajanen](/source/Kanon_Pokajanen)'' (1998)
*Arvo Pärt: ''Beatus'' (1997)
*Veljo Tormis: ''Casting a Spell'' (1996)
*Arvo Pärt: ''Litany'' (1996)
*[Erkki-Sven Tüür](/source/Erkki-Sven_T%C3%BC%C3%BCr): ''Crystallisatio'' (1996)
*''Kaunimad laulud'' (''The Most Beautiful Songs'') (1994)
*Arvo Pärt: ''[Te Deum](/source/Te_Deum)'' (1993)
*Veljo Tormis: ''Forgotten Peoples'' (1992)
*[Rachmaninoff](/source/Rachmaninoff): ''[Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Rachmaninoff)](/source/Liturgy_of_St._John_Chrysostom_(Rachmaninoff))'' (2022)
*[Olivier Deriviere](/source/Olivier_Deriviere): ''[A Plague Tale: Requiem](/source/A_Plague_Tale%3A_Requiem)'' - Main Theme (2022)

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.epcc.ee/ }}
* {{MusicBrainz artist|id=5e3a705a-cd30-4b28-bf08-0f34f622bf71|name=Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir}}

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