(), also referred to as simply , abbreviated BD, is a

Finland-Swedish Finland Swedish or Fenno-Swedish (; ) is a Variety (linguistics), variety of the Swedish language and a closely related group of Swedish dialects spoken in Finland by the Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking population, common ...

academic male voice

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

, Finland.

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The choir was founded in 1937 and was directed by John Rosas until 1955. Rosas was succeeded by Gottfrid Gräsbeck, who was in turn succeeded by

Ulf Långbacka Ulf Långbacka (born 1957) is a Finland-Swedish conductor and composer. Långbacka trained at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He received his diploma in choral conducting in 1987. He has been the director of the chamber choir Cantabile, and since ...

in 1991. The choir is known for its annual Christmas concerts around the first Sunday of Advent in the

Turku Cathedral Turku Cathedral (, ) is the only medieval basilica in Finland and the Mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is the central church of the Lutheran Archdiocese of Turku and the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Turku, Arch ...

together with its

Åbo Akademi University Åbo Akademi University ( , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Åbo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activities in Vaasa. Å ...

sister choir

Florakören (), also referred to as simply or , is a Finland-Swedish academic women's choir in Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the ...

, and the Åbo Akademi University symphony orchestra Akademiska Orkestern. The choir also performs on 30 April every year to celebrate the coming of spring; these concerts have for many years been broadcast live on radio and TV. The choir has toured abroad frequently, both on its own and together with Florakören, e.g. in Canada and the United States in 2005, in Norway in 2006, in Italy in 2007, in Poland in 2008, in France and Spain in 2009, in Austria in 2010, and in Japan in 2012, celebrating its 75th anniversary.

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Åbo Akademi University
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