Cora Schmeiser, soprano, classical singer, Medieval music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, modern-classical music, contemporary music, vocal improvisation, recital, performance, music theatre, chamber opera, coach for the German language

AGENDA

2026

KLOSTERKLAENGE 2026 II

Sunday 27 September 2026, 5.00 pm / Viriditas – The Sound of Creation / (Ensemble) / Songs and texts by Hildegard von Bingen, KlosterKlaenge II with Ars Choralis Coeln / St Bonifatius, Freckenhorst.

Friday, 2 October 2026, 8.00 pm / Sia laudato, San Francesco! St Francis’ Canticle of the Sun / (ensemble) / Vocal ensemble Anime Beatitudinis Cantando / ABC (Cora Schmeiser, Agnieszka Chabowska, Marsja Mudde) and animator and visual artist Cristina Garcia Martin join forces for a special concert programme inspired by the Canticle of the Sun and the life of St Francis. Medieval music and fascinating animations, inspired by Giotto’s frescoes, come together to tell stories of renouncing wealth, of conversion and preaching, of singing, loving and the deep bond between Francis, creation and the Creator / Hillegondakerk, Rotterdam

Saturday, 3 October 2026, 8.00 pm / Sia laudato, San Francesco! St Francis’ Canticle of the Sun / (ensemble) / Vocal ensemble Anime Beatitudinis Cantando / ABC (Cora Schmeiser, Agnieszka Chabowska, Marsja Mudde) and animator and visual artist Cristina Garcia Martin join forces for a special concert programme inspired by the Canticle of the Sun and the life of St Francis. Medieval music and fascinating animations, inspired by Giotto’s frescoes, come together to tell stories of renouncing wealth, of conversion and preaching, of singing, loving and the deep bond between Francis, creation and the Creator / Alkmaar.

KLOSTERKLAENGE 2026 III

Friday, 9 October 2026, 4 pm / Laude novella – Songs of Spiritual Renewal / (Ensemble) / Italian Lauds from the Cortona and Florence Codices, KlosterKlaenge III with Ars Choralis Coeln / Dementia ward at the GFO retirement home, Bornheim-Merten.

Friday, 9 October 2026, 6.00 pm / Laude novella – Songs of Spiritual Renewal / (Ensemble) / Italian Laude from the Cortona and Florence codices, KlosterKlaenge III with Ars Choralis Coeln / Chapel at the GFO Retirement Home, Bornheim-Merten (registration required).

Saturday, 10 October 2026, 7.00 pm / Laude novella – Songs of Spiritual Renewal / (Ensemble) / Italian Laude from the Cortona & Florence Codices, KlosterKlaenge III with Ars Choralis Coeln / St Mary of the Angels, Brühl

Sunday, 11 October 2026, 2.30 pm / Laude novella – Songs of Spiritual Renewal / (Ensemble) / Italian Lauds from the Cortona & Florence Codices, KlosterKlaenge III with Ars Choralis Coeln / Altenberg Cathedral, Odenthal.

Friday, 16 October 2026, 7.30 pm / OTA Chamber Choir just behaving strange / featuring the OTA Chamber Choir conducted by Charles Hens, performing works by Kurt Schwitters, IK Bonset, Anthony Kok and Bernard de Ventadorn / Podium Genieten, Amsterdam Oost-Watergraafsmeer.

Saturday 17 October 2026, 8.00 pm / UIUIUI KOO newborn! / niko (Nina Hitz), coko (Cora Schmeiser) and schoko (Anne Wellmer) / Podium OCW, Rotterdam.

Saturday 31 October 2026 / Ensemble Nu:n on Dante Alighieri’s ‘Divine Comedy’ / Private event, Winsen.

Sunday, 1 November, 12 noon, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm / Sound workshop: Music in Motion / (Ensemble) / Body awareness and performative elements – in interaction with the music of Hildegard von Bingen, psalms and Gregorian chant with Oliver Sproll – body awareness and movement / Alexander Technique, drama, (stage) presence, workshop participants and Ars Choralis Coeln. Workshop from 29 October to 31 October 2026 / Kolumba Museum, Cologne.

Friday, 13 November 2026 / Notre Dame • Iraqi Maqam meets the Gregorian mode / (ensemble) / “You are the first, the last, the outermost, the innermost, the whole”: Morning Star, Mother of God, Tears of the Sea, Immaculata, Protectress of all life – Mary/Maryam. In the New Testament and the Qur’an, Mary/Maryam appears as the mother of Jesus. She has always been venerated: as an ecstatic saint and heavenly sovereign, but increasingly, from the 13th century onwards, also as a suffering mother, through whose human pain people felt close to her and were able to build a bridge to the incomprehensible divine. With *Nostre Dame*, Bassem Hawar, Cora Schmeiser and Mo Gahbler present a programme in which Iraqi maqam and Gregorian chant meet and merge. The programme features works from the Notre-Dame School in Paris by Philipp der Kanzler (after 1160–1236), from the Rhineland by Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179), and Persian and European texts. With: Cora Schmeiser on vocals, Bassem Hawar on djoze and electronics / Private concert, Cologne.

Friday, 20 November 2026 / From a Tender Root / (Ensemble) / The musical origins of the Christian Christmas celebration in the here and now with Ensemble Nu:n: Cora Schmeiser – vocals; Gert Anklam – saxophones; Falk Zenker – guitars, live electronics / Rotterdam.

Saturday 21 November 2026 / From a Tender Root / (Ensemble) / The musical origins of the Christian Christmas celebration in the here and now with Ensemble Nu:n: Cora Schmeiser – vocals; Gert Anklam – saxophones; Falk Zenker – guitars, live electronics / Alkmaar.

Sunday 22 November 2026 / From a tender root / (Ensemble) / The musical origins of the Christian Christmas celebration in the here and now with Ensemble Nu:n: Cora Schmeiser – vocals; Gert Anklam – saxophones; Falk Zenker – guitars, live electronics / Deventer.