Cantus (Norwegian female choir)

Cantus is a Norwegian women's choir founded in 1986. It consists of around 30 amateur singers,[1] and is based in Trondheim. Their director is Tove Ramlo-Ystad.[2]

Despite being an amateur choir, they keep holding a very good international standard, and have shown this through winning several competitions through the years.[3]

Cantus won the 1st Xinghai Prize International Choir Championships in Guangzhou, China (2012),[4] and is ranked as number 1 in their class, and 8th best in the world, on the webpages of interkultur.com.[5]

In 2013, Cantus appeared on the soundtrack of the Disney animated movie Frozen, with a Sámi inspired piece written by Frode Fjellheim and movie composer Christophe Beck.[6][7] In 2019, Cantus appeared again on the soundtrack of Frozen II.[8]

  1. ^ "Members". Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Conductor". Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Cantus' Website - about-page". Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  4. ^ "1st Xinghai Prize International Choir Championships 2012 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Hoel, Ole Jacob (14 September 2013). "Trøndersk joik åpner Disney-film". adressa.no. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  7. ^ Jardine, William. "Frozen Stuff: Opening Song and Oh So Many Olaf Posters". A113 Animation. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  8. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (30 September 2019). "'Frozen 2' Special Look Ventures "Into the Unknown"".