Cor Infantil
The Choir
A total of 53 boys and girls aged between 11 16 give life to the Cor Infantil de l'Orfeó Català. The demands of belonging to this choir are increased by the fact that it is the singers themselves who take responsibility for attending rehearsals, activities and concerts.
The Cor Infantil offers boys and girls the chance to discover and sing for the first time the symphonic-choral repertoire, as well as an artistic and musical level recognised by institutions who often ask for singers from the choir as soloists for their productions.
These are five years of learning in which the singers receive more individualised voice training through small-group sessions involving partial rehearsals which enrich the quality of the choir, and by attending classes in musical language in order to learn to read sheet music fluently.
The choir's concert programme includes performances at the Palau de la Música Catalana and in different towns and cities and exchanges with other ensembles in the country and abroad, enabling its members to travel and enrich themselves from other realities. The Cor Infantil de l'Orfeó Català, an attractive, diverse group, is the springboard from which the boys and girls can, at the age of 16, pass into the Cor Jove or the Cor de Noies de l'Orfeó Català.
Booking the choir
Alba Albert
Tel.: +34 681 28 99 66
[email protected]
Biography
The Orfeó Català Cor Infantil Children’s Choir is made up of about sixty singers aged between 11 and 17 years old. From its foundation until 2008, the choir was conducted by Elisenda Carrasco. Today, the Cor Infantil is conducted by Glòria Coma i Pedrals, while Pau Casan is the choir pianist. The choir has performed in Barcelona, Mallorca, Tàrrega, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Montpellier (France) Pisa and Torino (Italy). The ensemble has collaborated with prestigious orchestras and choirs, such as the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, among others. The choir has worked with conductors such as E. Pohjola, P. Hyökki, M. Janowski, S. Bychkov, Z. Mehta, J. Nott, I. Fischer, J. E. Gardiner, M. Valdivieso, and B. Astúlez, among others. He has performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Grec Festival, and under the stage direction of Comediants and Dani Coma.
Recently, in 2024, they participated in the concert performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at the Palau and the National Auditorium in Madrid, alongside Vespres d’Arnadí and the Palau Chamber Choir, under the direction of Christoph Prégardien. They also took part in a musical exchange with the Portuguese choir Jovens Cantores de Guimarães. It is also worth highlighting the participation in the concert with the Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, featuring a program of film scores by John Williams, as part of Clàssica a la Platja–Regata Cultural (July 12).
In 2025, noteworthy events include a working session with the Niños Cantores de Morelia choir in April, in Barcelona, and a musical exchange with the Piccoli Cantori di Torino choir, in Turin, in June. Also in June, a concert conducted by María Guinand stands out, featuring choirs from SCIC and works by Alberto Grau inspired by Latin American rhythms and melodies.
Highlights of the 2025–26 season include collaborations in the Gran Teatre del Liceu’s opera season, with performances of The Cunning Little Vixen by Leoš Janáček (September 2025) and La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli (February–March 2026), as well as a concert at the Palau featuring La Nit de Nadal (Christmas Night) by Joan Lamote de Grignon, with the Orfeó Gracienc and the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Salvador Brotons (December 2025).