Based in Marseille and founded in 2015 by Lila Hajosi, the Ensemble Irini specialises in sacred early music from the East and West, between Rome and Constantinople, and is internationally recognised for its exacting standards and unique, out-of-the-ordinary and daring offerings, far removed from the usual codes of early music.

The Ensemble Irini has established a distinctive sound in vocal music: a polymorphous ensemble with no soprano, it nevertheless illuminates the Orthodox repertoire and Renaissance compositions with new, warm and profound colours.

From the Maria Nostra album (2015, Choc de Classica award 2018) to JANUA (2023-24) and also including O Sidera (2019, album in 2021) and Printemps Sacré, vivre, mourir, (re)naître (2022), the Ensemble Irini’s programmes open up dialogues between the sacred East and West, between the wisdom of yesterday and the upheavals of today, true to its name which means ‘Peace’ in Greek.