Sansara
Biography Sansara
Sansara
is an award-winning vocal ensemble focused on the performance of a cappella choral music.
As a collective body of voices, a choir is a living, breathing instrument with unparalleled expressive potential. SANSARA realises this through direct and honest music-making, always striving to conjure compelling atmospheres, communicating with clarity and integrity.
SANSARA works as a chamber ensemble without a single director or conductor. The result is a highly engaged and versatile group of professional musicians, working together with a unified voice to express a shared artistic vision.
The choir has rapidly gained a reputation for captivating performances of a broad range of repertoire, juxtaposing choral music old and new in vivid narrative programmes, tying thematic and textual links into rich musical-poetic live experiences.
Winners of the 2015 London International A Cappella Choir Competition, the choir’s performance highlights include Barbican, Kings Place, Holy Week Festival, Temple Winter Festival, Newbury Spring Festival, Budleigh Festival, Winchester Festival and a performance of Arvo Pärt's music at St John's Smith Square, with the composer present.
The choir’s debut recording, Cloths of Heaven (2017) received high praise for the group’s “perfect intonation and clean, pure sound” (The Observer) and “breathtaking interpretations” (Choir & Organ). The disc has since been featured on BBC Radio 3’s The Choir, Breakfast and Essential Classics.
The group’s latest release The Waiting Sky was highlighted amongst 2019’s Christmas recordings by Gramophone, The Observer, and BBC Music Magazine, with the title track being played on BBC Radio 3’s Essential Classics.
