According to the critics is one of the outstanding revelations in recent years in the field of vocal music ensembles.
The repertorial ideal aimed at the beginning only the cult music; in the meantime, the repertoire has grown rich including today musical works from several periods of time like: Preclassic music, European renaissance, Byzantine music, traditional music from deferent cultures: Romanian, Spanish, Italian, Christmas carols, spirituals, special musical arrangements from famous opera arias & canzonet's, Artis has the capacity to move in a single concert from fine a`cappella realms beyond standard cabaret or gospel, jazz or pop that are totally entertaining and truly engaging.
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Artis Voice Quartet - Sarba in caruta
Artis Voice Quartet - Le chant des oiseaux
Artis Voice Quartet - Joshua
Artis Voice Quartet - Just a Closer with thee
They released until now two CDs: Christmas Carols and Christian Florilegium-byzantine music, which are the first recordings in the Quartet formula with this kind of music.
Artis Voice Quartet performed in important concert halls like: The Romanian Athenaeum, The Radio Broadcasting Corporation Hall, in the festival organized by the Bucharest City Hall, "I believe in Santa Claus" 2002, 2003 & 2004 edition, and they curently have TV appearances at the Romanian National Television, B1TV, Acasa Tv, ProTv, Antena 1, as well as in special concerts of private companies such as: Amadeus, Mercedes Benz, Tiriac Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, Raiffeisen Bank.
In September 2004 they where invited to perform at the opening event of the Universal Postal Union congress their engagements for first half of year 2005 also included a participation at the Galati Music fest followed by a concert to the "Romanian/American days" in Sibiu where they performed a Romanian & Gospel program at Thalia hall.
The group performed out of the Romanin borders too , they sustained with success a concert who consisted in Byzantine music in Patmos island - Greece at the International Sacred Music Festival, In March 2006 Artis Voice Quartet performed with great public and critics aclaim a concert at the Sarajevo International Winter Festival.
The group is regulary every year invited to autumn festival at the Oltenia Philharmonic Hall in the Craiova and Iasi Philharmonic Hall, with differet concert programes who includ repertoire from the Renaissance & Romanian Music, every year they sustain a Easter concert and Cristmas Carols in December at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest.
The autumn season 2007 will start with a new C.D. production: Love Storia Per Sempre which include an interesting selection of guery and amorossi Madrigals from the renaissance following after by 10 concert promotion along the Romania and in December by a 6 Christmas concert series.
For year 2008 another 2 C,D`s who will be launched with repertoire like Gospel Music and Romanian Music.
Professional chamber ensemble, founded by Lucian Moraru in 2001 has in its composition four male voices: 2 tenors, 1 baritone, 1 bass, appreciated as a standard group in its segment of speciality. All of them are singers with successful careers as soloists, but everyone who has heard it has been struck by the extraordinary homogeneity of the ensemble which has not, however, sacrificed the specific vocal qualities of its individual members.
