Rajaton with The Lahti Symphony Orchestra

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Vocal ensemble Rajaton, founded in autumn 1997, is a professional a cappella group with six singers (SSATBarB). Its objective from the first was to attain an international level in ensemble singing and to enrich the Finnish a cappella scene with their approach to choral music. Indeed, that they have done. The group´s members are experienced choral singers, and their diverse musical backgrounds contribute to the musical expression of the ensemble. Most of the singers have studied singing either at the Sibelius-Academy or at the Pop/Jazz Conservatory in Helsinki, Finland. In accordance with its basic concept, Rajaton primarily performs music written especially for the group. As its name shows (rajaton = boundless), its musical scale ranges from sacred music to pop and from folk music to contemporary concert music. At the moment, their repertoire consists mostly of settings of texts by Finnish and foreign poets written for the ensemble by young Finnish choral composers. Rajaton also performs new arrangements of Finnish and foreign folk songs. Rajaton gives concerts in their home city of Helsinki a few times a year and in other parts of Finland on demand. They mostly perform in private occasions. Rajaton sings frequently in different companies´ and organisations´ official events as well as in weddings and other private parties. Rajaton participated in the international vocal ensemble competition at the Tampere Choir Festival (Finland) in the summer of 1999 and won the first p

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