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About Cuore              

We are an internationally award-winning chamber choir based in Dublin, Ireland and conducted by Amy Ryan. Members come from all over Ireland, Europe and beyond and share a love of high-quality choral music, primarily a cappella. Cuore’s concert repertoire ranges from standard works to Tudor editions prepared by choir members and premieres of contemporary compositions written for the choir.  

In March 2023, we performed at the NCH with the UCD Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir, including excerpts from Carmina Burana. In 2021, Cuore presented the Irish premiere of Will Todd’s Songs of Renewal. As the invited guest choir at the Zêzere Arts Festival, Portugal in 2019, we performed varied programmes including polychoral works by Enda Bates, Marenzio and Tallis.

Awards & Accolades

Founded by Amy in 2014, Cuore has consistently achieved high standards at festivals in Ireland and abroad.

17th International Choir Festival “Tallinn 2023”

  • 2nd prize, Chamber Choirs
  • 2nd prize, Contemporary Music
  • Special prize for Best Performance of the obligatory contemporary piece, Omnia mutantur by Erkki-Sven Tüür

Feis Ceoil, Dublin, 2023

  • 1st prize, Mixed Voice Choirs
  • 1st prize, Corn Hardebec
  • Oliver Hynes award for the Best Performance of a contemporary work setting an Irish text
  • Qualified for the Oliver O'Brien competition final

Cork International Choral Festival 2022

  • CMC Perpetual Trophy for the Performance of Irish Contemporary Choral Music
  • Selected for the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition

Zêzere Arts Festival (non-competitive) in Tomar, Portual 2019

  • Invited as the sole guest choir

Cork International Choral Festival 2019

  • 1st prize, National Competition for Mixed Voice Choirs
  • 2nd prize, Ireland's Choir of the Year
  • CMC Perpetual Trophy for the Performance of Irish Contemporary Choral Music
  • John Mannion Trophy for the Best Performance by a Chamber Choir in the National Competitions.

Navan Choral Festival 2017

  • 2nd prize, Sacred Music Competition
  • Selected for the Navan National Choir of the Year Competition

Sligo International Choral Festival 2016

  • 1st prize, Mixed Voice Choirs
  • 3rd prize, Sacred Music
  • Qualified for the Grand Prix

Mayo International Choral Festival 2016

  • 2nd prize, International Final (Premier Competition)
  • 1st prize, Choirs from Ireland
  • Qualified for Overall Final (Premier Competition)

AIMS New Ross Choral Festival 2015

  • 1st prize, Chamber Choirs

 

Cuore's concert in the Pepper Canister Church May 2015