Cantabile Regensburg Cantabile Regensburg performs a cappella music from the Renaissance to the Modern era according to the stylistic conventions specific to each musical epoch. Cantabile has gained wide critical acclaim due to its homogeneous and bright sound. Numerous awards collected at renowned national and international choir competitions document the ensemble's high standard. Cantabile Regensburg has been conducted by Matthias Beckert since 2002. Since then contemporary choir literature has earned a high significance. The choir has recently focused on numerous CD productions and produced first recordings of choir pieces by contemporary composers such as Heinz Werner Zimmermann, Zsolt Gárdonyi and Wolfram Buchenberg. II www.cantabile-regensburg.de Matthias Beckert (conductor) Matthias Beckert holds the professorship of choral conducting of the University of Music in Karlsruhe,Germany. His choirs have won several awards, for instance at the Bavarian and the German Choir Competition. II www.matthias-beckert.de