« Escuchar el grupo de canto gregoriano ‘Schola Cantorum Cantus Fugiens’ bajo la dirección de Chiara Mazzoletti en el Concurso Internacional ‘Guido D’Arezzo’, Italia, fue una gran alegría. Su delicadísimo trabajo musical en la interpretación del canto gregoriano demuestra un estudio y conocimiento profundos de las fuentes históricas y de la semiología.
María Guinand, Internationally renowned choir conductor (25/09/2025)
En cada uno de los cantos interpretados se pudo apreciar el sentido del texto y se escucharon las sutilezas de la notación neumática. Particularmente emotivo fue para mi el Offertorio Ave Maria (IV Dom. Adv.), donde el canto melismático fluyó con emoción y flexibilidad. Felicito a esta joven agrupación y a su directora, y les auguro un exitoso camino en el estudio y la difusión de este maravilloso arte. »
The Project
Mission
The Schola Cantorum Cantus Fugiens is dedicated to rediscovering little-explored repertoires: works that reveal a more regional or intimate dimension of Gregorian chant.
The ensemble is also distinguished by its pursuit of a level of performance quality that brings Gregorian chant to the same standard of professionalism and precision as other genres of art music.
Who we are
The Schola Cantorum Cantus Fugiens was founded in the autumn of 2022 in Barcelona as a mixed vocal ensemble, on the initiative of its director, Chiara Mazzoletti, and co-director, Francesco Orio, with the aim of creating a space dedicated to the performance of Gregorian chant according to a historically informed practice. From spring 2024, the Schola took on a new identity as a female ensemble, made up of young singing students, instrumentalists, and enthusiasts of the medieval repertoire. Since its foundation, the Schola has been active across Catalonia with concerts, liturgical participation, lecture-recitals in university settings, and contributions to specialist conferences.
Among its most notable appearances in the past year are performances in the season of the Pro Música Sacra Foundation (Granollers), on the programme of the Auditori (Barcelona), and at the 4th edition of the Gender Sounds Festival (ESMUC, Barcelona). The Schola has made the first-ever recording of the Gregorian Mass pro mulieribus pregnantibus, in collaboration with Prof. Ascensión Mazuela-Anguita (University of Granada), author of the forthcoming scholarly study on this repertoire. The ensemble enjoys the patronage of leading local institutions, including the City Council of Barcelona, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya.
In 2024 it was awarded the Barcelona Crea artistic research grant for the biennium 2024–2025 with the project Calidoscopium Muliebris Mediaevalis, which is still ongoing.
In 2025 it won the prestigious Micrologus Prize in the category of liturgical monodic chant at the 73rd International Polyphonic Competition of the city of Arezzo.
The artistic director and conductor
Chiara Mazzoletti is a PhD candidate in Musicology within the SOUNDSPACE project, funded by the European Research Council and based at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. In 2024 she obtained a Master of Advanced Studies in Gregorian Chant at the University School of Music of Italian Switzerland (Lugano), graduating with honours and publication rights. She previously completed a Bachelor’s in piano at the Conservatorio of Piacenza and both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Musicology at the University of Pavia–Cremona, graduating with distinction. She has undertaken periods of study and research at the University of Southampton (2020) and the Universidad de las Islas Baleares (2025); she also trained at the Laurence Feininger European Centre of Excellence in Trento and was awarded the Swiss ‘Luigi Agustoni’ scholarship for two consecutive years, granted to students who have distinguished themselves in the musicological and artistic field of Gregorian chant.
Contacts
info@cantusfugiens.com