Since its foundation in 1997, Dialogos, the vocal ensemble directed and created by Katarina Livljanic, has emerged as one of the most outstanding and original medieval music ensembles of the new generation. Tondal's Vision The ensemble’s projects link new musicological research with an innovative approach to medieval music performance, a theatrical dimension, and an expressive musicality. Dialogos is composed of both women’s and men’s vocal ensembles. Since its first projects Dialogos has been acclaimed by critics (in journals such as Le Monde, Le Figaro, Diapason, Los Angeles Times) and has toured in many European countries (in all main early music festivals in France (Ambronay, Saintes, Rencontres du Thoronnet, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Voix et Route romane…), Germany (Romanische Sommer Cologne, Herne… ), Holland (Utrecht Festival), Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Croatia (Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Zadar), Belgum, USA, Canada, Lombards & Barbarians North Africa and Latin America), including radio and television broadcasts. Their CDs Terra Adriatica (released on the Empreinte digitale label), Lombards & Barbares and La Vision de Tondal (released on the Arcana label), Chant Wars (a coproduction with the ensemble Sequentia, released on the Sony-BMG label) have received press distinctions in international music magazines, including Diapason d'or, Choc du Monde de la musique, Goldberg 5 stars). Current programs of the ensemble focus on the archaic medieval repertoires : plainchant from Southern Europe and musical theatre.

Among the theatrical programs, there is a Glagolitic Tondal's Vision, staged by Sanda Herzic (in collaboration with Yoshi Oida, one of Peter Brook's principal actors) which was released as a CD in the spring of 2004 and was awarded the prestigious Diapason d'or de l’année 2004 and the Coup de cœur 2005 by the Académie Charles Cros. The project Chant Wars, a coproduction with the ensemble Sequentia is centered on Carolingian chant and local traditions in Europe in the 9th and 10th centuries. Recent programs include Abbo Abbas…, an innovative vision of 11th-century English polyphony. Judith, a staged production of a biblical story from medieval Dalmatia was premiered at the Ambronay Festival in 2006. It received the award of the Split Festival (Croatia) for the best musical performance in 2007.

Dialogos has been awarded a three year residency by the Ambronay Cultural Centre.

CONCERTS

Spring 2008

• 08/03/22, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Festival de musica contemplativa
St Agustín church, 10.30pm
Programme: Tondal's Vision
www.consorcio-santiago.org

• 08/04/4, Paris,
Festival Fevis
Délégation générale Wallonie-Bruxelles, 5 pm
Programme: Abbo Abbas
www.fevis.com

• 08/04/18, Paris
Sorbonne-Paris IV
Amphithéâtre Richelieu, 12.15 am
Programme: Abbo Abbas
www.concertsdemidi.fr

• 08/06/3, Paris
Cité de la musique, 8pm
Programme: Judith
www.cite-musique.fr

Past Events