Peter Phillips about Intrada, 2 March 2012 Early in February I had the pleasure of working with Intrada – a group of students at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. Despite singing exceptionally well, most of them are actually studying choral conducting. Pictured above is the alto section, which includes Katya Antonenko at far right, the founder of the group. We sang Palestrina’s Missa Brevis and Josquin’s Praeter rerum seriem, amongst other things, in the Conservatory’s Rachmaninov Hall. It may not be generally known, or be evident from this photograph, but Russian women have as many low notes as Russian men. …
Live broadcast from the Pushin Museum of Fine Arts is available on the website of the “Orpheus” Radio under the following link. Pratum Integrum orchestra Vocal ensemble “Intrada” Ekaterina Antonenko, conductor
The vocal ensemble Intrada led by Ekaterina Antonenko is certainly a choir of a new generation (it is justly called a vocal ensemble, not a choir) – with perfectly blended voices, singers who listen to each other very subtly, with beautiful timbres and stylistically flawless performance.
Alexey Parin
H.Schuetz, Motet “Selig sind die Toten”, Vocal group Intrada, Moscow, Moscow Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall, conductor Ekaterina Antonenko, October 8, 2010
P. Humfrey “Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates”, Intrada vocal group, director Ekaterina Antonenko, organ Michael Antonenko, Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, March 4, 2010.
