The Cor Jove is made up of sixty singers aged between sixteen and twenty-five. Founded in 1986, Pablo Larraz is the current choir director while Pau Casan is the choir pianist.

The choir has sung alongside the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, London Symphony Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra de Lisboa, Ensemble Pygmalion, Orquesta Nacional Clásica de Andorra, Orquestra de Cambra Terrassa 48 and The Tallis Scholars, among other ensembles. The choir has also worked with conductors H. Christophers, R. Pichon, G. Noseda, S. Rattle, S. Halsey, P. Phillips and M. Gardolińska.

The Cor Jove has performed in Barcelona, Girona, Tarragona, Cervera, Sabadell, Valencia, Seville, Granada, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, as well as in Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The vocal ensemble has recorded a number of albums, including Aigües de primavera (2010), Requiems (2013) by Mozart and Fauré, for Columna Música, and Musicals! (2017, Palau Records) by A. Guinovart.

The choir took part in the début performances of Requiem by Albert Guinovart, and the production of Harmonium by John Adams as part of the Palau 100 concert series, performing alongside the Orfeó Català, Palau Cor de Cambra and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, conducted by the composer himself. In addition, the Cor Jove performed a new stage production of the opera Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell, with stage direction by Marc Rosich and musical direction by Esteve Nabona. The choir performed Haydn’s Creation with the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya and took part in the concert version of the musical Sweneey Todd by Sondheim, directed by Andreu Gallén, at the Palau de la Música Catalana.

Highlights from last season (2024-25) include the Cor Jove performing with the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya at the Auditori in Barcelona, under the baton of Stephanie Childress, giving a rendition of Poulenc’s Stabat Mater on stage alongside the Palau Cor de Cambra. A further high point was the choir’s performance of John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple alongside the Orfeó Català and the Cor de Noies at the Festival Grec. Similarly worth of note was the concert of Bach's Lutheran Masses, which the Cor Jove performed alongside Bach Collegium Barcelona and soloists from Salvat Beca Bach, conducted by Pablo Larraz and Oriol Castanyer. Last but not least, the choir had a notable collaboration with the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès with a programme of music from Westerns conducted by Víctor Pablo Pérez, and gave a rendition of Mozart's Requiem with the Orquestra de la Universitat de València, under the baton of Hilari García Gàrquez.

This 2025-26 season will include the début performance of Els set somnis de Gaudí by Olivia Pérez-Collellmir, performed alongside the Palau Cor de Cambra, the Orfeó Català Cor de Noies, and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. In addition, the Cor Jove will perform Gaudí by Albert Guinovart alongside the Original SoundTrack Orchestra (OSTO), conducted by Belén Clemente and Albert Torrebella, and the choir will be part of a programme of works dedicated to Handel with the Baltasar Neumann Orchestra and Thomas Hengelbrock. Also worth noting is the concert with repertoire for choir and organ, performed alongside organist Joan Seguí in a programme that follows a musical journey from the Baroque to English and German Romanticism.

The Cor Jove is part of the Choral School at the Orfeó Català, which is sponsored by Endesa