Constantinople

Name: Constantinople
Start: 2026-07-22T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-22T23:00:00+02:00
Location: St. Nicholas' Deanery Church

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 · 20:00

St. Nicholas' Deanery Church, Znojmo 2

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Constantinople & Cappella Mariana - Pilgrimage

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About: Constantinople

Led by setar virtuoso Kiya Tabassian, the Montreal ensemble Constantinople weaves early European music together with Persian, Ottoman and Arab traditions. With more than 60 productions performed across 57 countries, the group holds both a Canadian Juno Award and the Czech Anděl prize.

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released albums (on labels Analekta, Atma, Supraphon, etc.)

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What's new

2025-04
The ensemble Constantinople won the Czech Anděl 2024 award in the classical music category for the album Pilgrimage recorded in collaboration with Cappella Mariana.
2024
Constantinople won the Juno 2024 awards in the best classical album (small ensemble) category with the recording Il Ponte di Leonardo.
2025-05
The ensemble performed in Vancouver with the Estuary project in collaboration with griot and kora player Ablaye Cissoko.

Tour

BudapestVancouverTorontoMontréalPotsdamSt. GallenArgentan's-HertogenboschRezéHaarlemUtrechtHamburgRepentignyTatihouHaltern am SeeQuebec City

Tracks

Il Ponte di Leonardoalbum awarded the Juno 2024 prize for best classical album

Pilgrimagealbum with Cappella Mariana on the Supraphon label, Anděl 2024 award in the classical music category

Traverséesproject with griot Ablaye Cissoko, dialogue between Persian setar and African kora

In the Footsteps of Rumialbum from 2022, inspired by Persian mystical poetry

Bach & Khayyamproject combining Bach's music with Persian poetry by Omar Khayyam

Recent shows

Apr 28, 2025 Grand Théâtre de Québec, Quebec City (CA)
Nov 20, 2024 Grand Théâtre de Québec, Quebec City (CA)
Nov 20, 2023 Grand Théâtre de Québec, Quebec City (CA)

About: Cappella Mariana

The Prague-based Cappella Mariana has spent nearly two decades rescuing forgotten polyphony of the Middle Ages and Renaissance from obscurity. Led by Vojtěch Semerád, the ensemble is a fixture at Europe's top early-music festivals and took home two major prizes in 2024 - the Czech Anděl Award and the French Diapason d'Or.

Anděl Award 2024 - classical music category

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2025-03
A recording of Jean Richafort's masses (Missa O Genetrix and Missa Veni Sponsa Christi) released by Musique en Wallonie won the prestigious French award Diapason d'Or.
2025
Cappella Mariana continues its research into Flemish polyphony in a Central European context with the program "Mirror of Johannes Tourout" at the Concentus Moraviae festival.
2024
The album "Pilgrimage" (Kryštof Harant's journey to the Holy Land, recorded with the ensemble Constantinople) won the Anděl 2024 award in the classical music category.

Tracks

Pilgrimage: Musical Journey of Kryštof Harant to Jerusalemalbum 2024 (Supraphon), Anděl Award 2024 in the classical music category

Jean Richafort: Missa O Genetrix / Missa Veni Sponsa Christialbum 2024 (Musique en Wallonie), awarded Diapason d'Or 2025

Praga Rosa Bohemiaealbum 2019 (Supraphon), Renaissance polyphony of Rudolfine Prague

Song of Songs - Canticum Salomonisalbum 2018, released for the 10th anniversary of the ensemble

Codex Speciálníkrecording of a unique manuscript of Czech Renaissance polyphony

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