Cantus Gregoriani Helvetici Cultores is Switzerland’s reference point for scholarly and artistic work on Gregorian chant. Headquartered in Lugano, the non-confessional and apolitical centre continues the semiological approach pioneered by Eugène Cardine and Swiss gregorianist Luigi Agustoni, and upholds the aims of the international society A.I.S.C.Gre.
Its activities encompass research and dissemination across all areas of chant—palaeography, semiology, modal theory, history, aesthetics, performance practice, vocal technique and liturgy. The centre also works to catalogue and promote Switzerland’s rich corpus of Gregorian manuscripts. Through courses, conferences, study days, publications, concerts and recordings, it brings together internationally active scholars and practitioners from several Swiss cantons and beyond.
