Dominante is one of the most well-known mixed choirs in Finland. Founded in 1975 as a student choir within the boundaries of the Helsinki University of Technology campus, it still consists mostly of students of Aalto University, University of Helsinki and the Sibelius Academy.

Dominante has been conducted by Dir. Seppo Murto since 1981. During these three decades Dominante has become a desired choral performer in Finland thanks to its versatile repertoire ranging from traditional to contemporary choral music and from musicals to orchestral works. Individual vocal training led by Dominante’s professional vocal coaches is also very important in shaping the unique sound of the choir.

Recently Dominante has worked among others with the Finnish National Opera, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonia, Tapiola Sinfonietta, and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra with conductors like Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Leif Segerstam and Helmuth Rilling. In August 2007 Dominante performed in the Royal Albert Hall of London together with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä as part of the BBC Proms festival. In 2012 Dominante took part in the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Dominante travels a lot. It has toured the world on a yearly basis and visited countries from all continents except the Antarctica. Penguins beware! The most recent tours have taken Dominante to South Korea, Hong Kong and Macau in November 2009 and to Denmark in 2011.

Over the years, Dominante has appeared on more than twenty recordings. For its latest a cappella recording titled Lempeä, Dominante was given the Record of the year award by The Finnish Choral Directors’ Association in 2009. In 2010 Dominante participated in the recordings of the complete works of Jean Sibelius for the BIS record label. Dominante’s performances of these choral works for mixed choir have been critically acclaimed across Europe.