Founded in 1963 by the legendary musician and conductor Marin Constantin (1925-2011), the National Chamber Choir “Madrigal – Marin Constantin” has become a landmark of national and international musical life and cultural diplomacy. It is defined by its distinctive sound, non-vibrato technique, stereophonic stage placement and imposing costumes. Its repertoire is directed towards renaissance, pre-classical and classical music, romanticism, Byzantine music and contemporary Romanian and universal creation. The ensemble’s stage presence and composition have been continually refined, so that its performance has come to be compared by critics to “a Stradivarius violin in Paganini’s hand“.

In November 2016, the National Chamber Choir “Madrigal – Marin Constantin” was officially recognized as an Ambassador of Freedom, Hope and Peace, receiving the Jean Nussbaum and Eleanor Roosevelt Award at the United Nations Palace in Geneva during the Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security.

On March 2023, at the Palace of Parliament, the Romanian Senate officially inaugurated the “Madrigal – Marin Constantin Galleries”, a dedicated space hosting cultural events and temporary and permanent exhibitions of the ensemble.

Since 2011, the Madrigal Choir has been running the Cantus Mundi National Programme, the largest programme of social integration of children through music in Romania, initiated by Maestro Ion Marin, which currently brings together over 1,800 choirs and 63,000 children from the country and the diaspora.

Today the Madrigal Choir is a public concert institution of national importance, subordinated to the Ministry of Culture. It’s honorary director is the conductor Ion Marin and, since 2014, the management is coordinated by Emil Pantelimon. The main conductor of the ensemble is Anna Ungureanu and the second conductor is Cezar Verlan.

After 6 decades of uninterrupted activity, the Madrigal Choir continues its path of excellence in music and diplomacy through culture, being a symbol of constancy and artistic relevance.