Choir of the Publishing Council of the Moscow Patriarchate

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2007-2015: The choir is directed by Daniil Sayapin. Transformation into Ex Libris

From 2007 to 2015 the choir was led by Daniil Sayapin. Under his leadership, the choir became a kind of archaeographic laboratory carrying out the search, research and performance of unique singing material of the XVI-XVIII centuries. from the manuscript collections of the State Historical Museum, the Russian State Library, the Russian National Library, etc. The choir has tours in Russia, Europe, North America and Southeast Asia.

The choir became the only musical group invited to perform with a program of ancient Russian chants at the UN.

At the end of 2015, the team ceases cooperation with the Publishing Council of the Moscow Patriarchate. The ensemble Ex Libris is being created.

"For a long time we were the choir of the Publishing Council of the Moscow Patriarchate, and even in this status we did not have applications for our activities," recalled Daniil Sayapin^[1]. After the election of a new patriarch and a new command of the publishing council, they forgot about us at all. Since the end of 2015, they stopped performing under the name of the publishing council choir, taking the name Ex Libris. "

Ensemble Ex Libris, 2016

1988: Release of the disc "Previously Russian Polyphony"

The choir released 13 CDs in France (opus-111, Paris), highly appreciated by international critics, 3 CDs released in Russia, one in Germany and one in Poland. Almost every one of them is a world premiere.

In 1988, the disc "Previously Russian Polyphony" was released (included in the list "Best Music of Russia. List of TAdviser ").

1985: Anatoly Grindenko creates a choir

In 1985, Anatoly Grindenko, with the blessing of Archbishop Pitirim, organized a male choir in Moscow at the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate. The purpose of creating the choir is to restore ancient Russian church singing and return it to liturgical practice. Since that time, the choir has regularly accompanied Divine Services using ancient Russian chants. Along with this, the choir's repertoire includes many works by Russian composers of the XIX-XXI centuries, Russian folk songs, Ukrainian carols.

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