阿爾曼納合唱團（瑞典）
Allmänna Sången（Sweden）
阿爾曼納合唱團是個來自瑞典烏普薩拉城的混聲合唱團，創立於1830年，為斯堪地那維亞地區最古老的學院合唱團，音樂風格罕見地融合了卓越的傳統與創新的音樂思維。該團尊重瑞典悠久的合唱傳統，同時也特意彰顯當代作曲家的創作，期能激發觀眾在享受傳統的音樂禮讚之外，也能發掘聆聽新音樂的樂趣。除了在瑞典境內參與傳統形式年度例行音樂會、廣播節目演出及許多創新的跨界製作，該團自2013年開始，特別為創作當代合唱音樂的女性作曲家舉辦雙年度的國際比賽：「阿爾曼納合唱團與安德斯‧瓦爾作曲比賽」。多年以來，阿爾曼納合唱團已發表了多張備受好評的錄音專輯，並在2009年贏得了享譽盛名的瑞典葛萊美獎最佳古典專輯獎，而於2016年發行的最新專輯「現代女性」中，所收錄的作品皆出自當代女性作曲家之手。阿爾曼納合唱團曾獻聲於數個大型製作，如：2005年在斯德哥爾摩舉辦的諾貝爾獎晚宴，且經常在瑞典境內及全球各地巡演，近期赴斯洛維尼亞的馬里博爾參加2017年加盧斯國際合唱大賽，獲得冠軍。
Allmänna Sången is a mixed choir from Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1830, the choir is Scandinavia’s oldest academic choir, and represents a rare combination of well–established traditions and innovative musicianship. By honoring the rich Swedish choral tradition as well as highlighting music by contemporary composers, the choir wishes to inspire the listeners to not only enjoy the treasured music gifts of the past, but also to discover new music. Alongside its several annually recurring, traditional appearances in Swedish concert halls and in radio, and its many novel artistic collaborations, Allmänna Sången notably arranges, since 2013, the international biannual competition Allmänna Sången & Anders Wall Composition Award, for female composers of new choral music. Through the years Allmänna Sången has released several celebrated recordings, and was, in 2009, awarded the prestigious Swedish Grammis award for best classical album. Its latest album, Femina Moderna, was released in 2016 and consists of music by female contemporary composers. The choir has appeared in several large-scale stage productions—such as at the 2005 Nobel banquet in Stockholm—and regularly tours and performs in Sweden and across the globe. Most recently the choir visited Maribor, Slovenia, where they won the first prize in the International Choral Competition Gallus 2017.
指揮／緄多利納
Maria Goundorina, conductor
瑪麗亞‧緄多利納出生於俄羅斯的新索科利尼基城，後移居至莫斯科近郊地區，自7歲起加入合唱團演唱，並在15歲時開始學習指揮，就學於伊波里托夫-伊凡諾夫音樂學院及莫斯科柴科夫斯基音樂院，師從俄羅斯國寶指揮家鮑里斯‧特福林，爾後赴斯德哥爾摩皇家音樂院習樂於安德斯‧艾比門下，並且於維也納大學修習音樂學課程。居住在上述城市的體驗、過往的學習、身為歌手與指揮的音樂經驗，都影響了緄多利納對理想合唱聲響的想像。曾經是柴科夫斯基音樂院室內合唱團、荀貝爾格合唱團、米凱里室內合唱團的成員，也指揮過許多瑞典合唱團，其中包括：瑞典廣播合唱團、艾瑞克森室內合唱團、瑞典皇家歌劇院合唱團，緄多利納自2010年起擔任瑞典阿爾曼納合唱團藝術總監至今，教學活動遍及奧地利、德國、荷蘭、瑞典，指導聲樂、合唱指揮、俄國音樂。
Maria Goundorina was born in Novosokolniki in Russia and grew up near Moscow, where she started singing in choirs at the age of seven, taking up conducting when she was fifteen. She studied at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Music College and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (with Boris Tevlin) and later at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Anders Eby, also following courses in musicology at the University of Vienna. Her ideals in terms of choral sound have been influenced by these cities and her studies, but also by her own experiences as a singer and conductor. She has been a member of the Chamber Choir of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor and Mikaeli Chamber Choir, and has conducted numerous Swedish choirs, including the Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the choir of the Royal Swedish Opera. Since 2010 Maria Goundorina has been artistic director of Allmänna Sången. She also teaches choral direction and singing and Russian music at courses in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
