musicAeterna

Saint Petersburg, Russia

musicAeterna is a Russian orchestra and choir founded by conductor Teodor Currentzis in 2004, first at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre and, from 2011, in residence at the Perm Opera. Since 2019 the ensemble has been based at Dom Radio in Saint Petersburg — a concert hall, art centre and cultural space of its own. Renowned worldwide for historically informed performance on period instruments and for its acclaimed recordings on Sony Classical, musicAeterna is among the most distinctive ensembles in classical music, led by its founder and artistic director, Teodor Currentzis. Cover photograph: Teodor Currentzis conducts musicAeterna — by Amoorphotographer, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.