Timeline

Foundation

Founding of the male choir by Justus Merkel and first a cappella concerts

February 2015

First place in the male choir competition

Award at the male choir competition in Limburg and presentation of the special prize by the Hessian Minister President

June 2016

CD production

Recording of the sacred a cappella CD "Ubi caritas et amor deus ibi est"

March 2017

First place at the International Music Festival

Award at the choir competition in Lindenholzhausen with sacred repertoire

May 2017

First place at the Bavarian Choir Competition

Award in the male choir category at the Bavarian Music Council competition in Munich and qualification for the German choir competition

November 2017

Foundation of the chamber ensemble

First performances of the Sonat Vox chamber orchestra and chamber choir as part of the performances of J. S. Bach's "Magnificat in E flat major" and C. P. Bach's "Heilig ist Gott" at the Würzburg Bach Festival

December 2017

Commissioned composition
"I know"

Meeting with the composer Prof. Vytautas Miskinis and subsequent premiere of the work "I know" written for Sonat Vox

May 2018

First place at the German Choir Competition

Award at the 10th German Choir Competition 2018 in Freiburg with a sacred and secular a cappella program

May 2018

Concert series
"Mass in B minor"

Three-part concert series by the chamber ensemble and soloists with J. S. Bach's "Mass in B minor"

october 2018

CD production
"Let's listen"

Recording of Christmas carols in cooperation with Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg

January 2019

Concert tour
United Kingdom

Tour abroad with concerts in Scotland, Wales and England in cooperation with the concert agency Augustine Noble

October 2019

Cantata project

Chamber ensemble concert series with performances of the Bach cantatas "Gelobet seist Jesu Christ" (BWV 91), "Unser Mund sei voll Lachens" (BWV 110), "Ehre sei Gott in in the highest" (BWV 191) and Vivaldi's "Gloria" (RV 589)

October 2019

Video production

Video recording of Gustav Holst's "In the Bleak Midwinter" in Heilsbronn Minster in cooperation with film director Lorenz Wetscher and Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg

December 2019

CD recording "Transcendence"

Recording of a sacred a cappella mass in cooperation with the Bavarian Radio

November 2021

Appointment as cultural ambassador

Award of the Bücher-Dieckmeyer Foundation Prize for the cultivation of church music in Bavaria and appointment as official cultural ambassador of the City of Ansbach

May 2021

Video production

Video recording of Thomas Tallis' "Agnus Dei" for the BR-Klassik program series "415Hz" in the studio of the Bayerischer Rundfunk

June 2021

CD production

Recording of secular a cappella works from the Romantic period under the title "Sound of solidarity"

July 2021

Video production

Video recording of Melchior Franck's "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt" as part of the BR-Klassik program series "415Hz" in the studio of the Bayerischer Rundfunk

October 2021

CD production

CD recording and concerts with first recordings of the Nuremberg composer composer J. Pachelbel at the Bavarian Radio Studio in cooperation with the Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg

November 2021

Anniversary concerts

Concerts in Germany and France as part of the 1275th anniversary of the city of Ansbach and the 55th anniversary of the partnership between Ansbach and Anglet

July 2023

Culture and sport project

Crossover production with 1. FC Nürnberg as part of the project series "ClubKunst"

July 2023

Fundraising campaign

Start of the collaboration between Sonat Vox and the association "Architects of Music" with the launch of the fundraising campaign for children from Uganda

October 2023