During 2024, the Madrigal Choir performed 52 shows, concerts and recitals and organized another 242 events, over 294 Madrigal – Cantus Mundi events, 4 cultural diplomacy tours, 2 Madrigal Festivals, 255,650 spectators and over 9 million online views of Madrigal – Cantus Mundi events.
Madrigal held 3 sold out national tours in 7 cities – at Easter, St. Mary and Christmas -, 4 international tours (Peru, Italy, Chisinau and Luxembourg – Belgium), with concerts, launches and donations, Madrigal Festival in Maramureș and Satu Mare counties – which brought together the full range of Madrigal events: shows, concerts, book launches, the Madrigal Museum and outdoor photography exhibitions, and in June, it held the Opening and Closing Galas, as well as other successful events within the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, alongside personalities such as Tim Robbins, Pippo Delbono and Constantin Chiriac.
August marked the participation in the Constanța Performing Arts Summer Season, with unique events: Madrigal at Sunrise, Cantus Mundi Fest Constanța, the Rituals Show and the Extraordinary Madrigal Concert: ULTRAsounds at the Constanța Dolphinarium. The year 2024 brought even more premieres and releases: the Madrigal Choir filmed videos at the Memorial to the Victims of Communism and the Resistance – Sighet Prison, the Pantheon in Rome and, in a world premiere, in the Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu. At Christmas, the two premieres took place – “Flower Christmas” and “Madrigal: Christmas mood”. 15 television and video platforms took over the Madrigal Choir’s concerts during 2024, with over 20 broadcasts of Madrigal carols during the winter holidays. The Madrigal Magazine (254 pages, quarterly, 73,000 readers) was launched, as well as the cultural diplomacy albums “National Anthems of the States of South America” and “National Anthems of the Member States of the European Union” – the latter now in the institutional circuit of the House of European History, and two Madrigal period costumes were donated to the Educational Department of the Royal Museums of Science and Art of Belgium. The “Madrigal for Babies” Research Department was launched within Cantus Mundi, responsible for cultural products dedicated to a special audience: expectant mothers and babies.
In 2024, the National Program Cantus Mundi celebrated its 10th anniversary since its establishment, an anniversary marked by a new edition of the Cantus Mundi Forum, the largest event in Romania dedicated to cultural education. The forum took place at the Romanian Parliament and brought together, for 3 days, dozens of professionals and decision-makers from all over the country, in a platform for debates, exchange of good practices and proposals dedicated to prioritizing cultural education in the development of children and young people in Romani
Cantus Mundi, the national program for social integration through music and cultural education, initiated by conductor Ion Marin, brings together 2,251 choirs and over 72,500 children from all over the country and the diaspora. In 2024, the children of Cantus Mundi were involved in over 200 cultural events: workshops, recitals, concerts, national tours, summer schools and camps. 3,370 children sang with the Madrigal Choir at major national events and over 150 volunteers were involved in organizing the Madrigal – Cantus Mundi events.
Madrigal – Cantus Mundi cultural events brought together over 255,000 spectators, both nationally and internationally, as well as 9,247,125 online views, on the social media and YouTube channels of the two accounts.
As for the institution’s revenues, they experienced a significant increase, from 2.3 million lei in 2023 to over 3.6 million lei in 2024. Thus, a 59% increase in its own revenues is recorded. For 2025, it is estimated to reach the threshold of 1 million euros in revenues, i.e. an increase of 39% compared to 2024.
“Beyond the 2024 figures for which we are responsible and which, rightly, the entire Madrigal – Cantus Mundi team is proud of, the past year has made us more responsible and attentive to the way we allocate our resources and take care of our team. 10 years ago, when I joined the Madrigal team, all actions, all projects, all ideas started from an enthusiasm that aimed to bring Madrigal and Cantus Mundi to the public. Today, the enthusiasm has remained, the dreams have grown and the major interest of the team I lead relates to how we manage to multiply good practices, to lay the foundations of an organizational system that will function not only today, but also in 10 years and, most importantly, what needs to be done for cultural education to become a tool for the sustainability of a community.” – Emil Pantelimon, manager of the National Chamber Choir “Madrigal – Marin Constantin.
” The Madrigal Choir ends the year with a new gift to the public for the holidays: the video “Panteon – Festum hibernum”, the third episode of the program “Contemporary Romanian Music in Universal Ancient Spaces”, made in partnership with the Romanian Embassy in Italy. The production, filmed at the Pantheon in Rome, to the music of Alexandru Pașcanu, will be available starting December 30, 9:00 PM, on the Madrigal Choir’s online channels.
In 2025, the National Chamber Choir “Madrigal – Marin Constantin” marks 100 years since the birth of the ensemble’s creator, maestro Marin Constantin. Throughout the year, the Madrigal Choir will carry out the “Marin Constantin 100” program, which will include a wide range of projects dedicated to celebrating the cultural legacy of its founder.