Pirkanpojat Boys Choir, based in Tampere, belongs to the elite among Finnish choirs. In their repertoire, one may hear a classical music tradition executed with the crystal clear skill by which the choir is known both nationally and beyond the Finnish borders. Founded in 1970, Pirkanpojat Boys Choir is a classical boys’ choir with a mixed choir form, and collects singers from throughout the Pirkanmaa province of Finland.

The choir’s repertoire is diversified and multi-disciplinary. Large church music productions, Finnish folk music, contemporary Finnish music, popular music, operas, and patriotic music are all included. In the past few years the boys have been acquainted with W. A. Mozart’s Requiem, J. S. Bach’s “St. John Passion” as well as hit songs by The Beatles. The singing has also been enriched by choreography and theatrics.

Pirkanpojat Boys Choir has made 12 albums, the latest being ”Kaikki tiet vievät Roomaan” (All Roads Lead to Rome) CD, released in November 2009. Previously the Alba-label has published Suurinta maailmassa (Greatest in the World, 2009), Pirkanpojat Goes Pop (2008) ja Ovi auki (The Door is Open, 2006). In addition, the choir sang on the Christmas CD released by the Finnish Red Cross in 2004, and on the CD produced by The Children’s Center. More information about the choir may be obtained from the choir’s web page www.pirkanpojat.com.

Pirkanpojat Boys Choir is currently undergoing a period of growth and development, and many recent competitive successes give evidence of this. In 2005 the choir received a golden stamp in the national choir festival, Tampereen Sävel. In the Madetoja men’s choir competition in 2005, an international competition, the young men’s choir of Pirkanpojat was awarded 3rd prize. In April 2006 in Neerpelt, Belgium, the Pirkanpojat Boys Choir placed 3rd. In June 2006 the choir received first prize in the Klemetti choir competition.

Finnish National Radio gave Pirkanpojat the title of Youth Choir of the Year in 2006-2007. This was the first time a boys’ choir had received this title. In the midst of all this activity, the Pirkanpojat Boys Choir continues to keep the guiding principle of its founding, that being to give boys an opportunity to participate in the preservation and development of the sensitive and unique qualities of boys’ choir as a form of cultural expression.