The Russian Patriarchate Choir

[b]Chamber choir "Old Russian Cantus"[/b] (камерный хор «Древнерусский распев») was founded by [a=Anatoly Grindenko] in 1983 at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius monastery. Two years later, he re-organized the choir with a new permanent cast as a [b]Moscow Patriarchy Press Choir[/b] = [b]Мужской хор Издательского отдела Московской патриархии[/b].
It specializes is znamenny chant and other historic and little-known traditions of liturgical singing. They became laureates of many international competitions and festivals, received an order of Russian-Palestinian Society in 1991, and have been regularly performing at such major events, as [i]Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music[/i] at London, [i]Osterklang[/i] at Vienna, and other festivals in France, Spain, and Japan. The choir recorded a few albums at the French label [l=Opus 111]. Some of their recordings had received an award from [l=Diapason] Hi-Fi magazine.