Due to the special homogeneity of its sound and its stylistic versatility that covers all areas of choral singing – from medieval motets to contemporary works and from oratorios to operas – the Bavarian Radio Chorus is held in the very highest regard worldwide. Sir Simon Rattle has been the Chief Conductor of the BR Chorus and BRSO since 2023, and Peter Dijkstra has shaped the profile of the Chorus as its Artistic Director since 2022. He was already associated with the Chorus in the same position from 2005 to 2016. In the musica viva series as well as in its own subscription concerts, the Chorus makes a name for itself regularly with world premieres. Guest performances have taken it to the world’s great concert halls: from the Elbphilharmonie, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Vienna Musikverein, the KKL Lucerne and the Salzburg Festspielhaus to Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. The BR Chorus often performs together with top European orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Staatskapelle Dresden, as well as original instrument ensembles such as Il Giardino Armonico or the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. Conductors who appreciate working with the Chorus include Herbert Blomstedt, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Christian Thielemann and Giovanni Antonini. The Bavarian Radio Chorus has received numerous prestigious awards for its CD recordings – including the International Classical Music Award for the Croatian Glagolitic Requiem by Igor Kuljeric, the Mass E minor by Anton Bruckner and André Caplet’s Le miroir de Jésus, which also was awarded with the Diapason d’or beside Valentin Silvestrov’s Requiem for Larissa. In these recordings, the BR Radio Chorus and Peter Dijkstra demonstrate their sensitive interpretation of Johannes Brahms' songs.