Cantores Minores - Credo (2016)

The choir was founded in 1952 by Tarmo Nuotio [fi] and Ruth Ester Hillilä [fi]. Since then, the choir has also established several smaller groups. The choir's long-term conductors include Austrian Peter Lacovich, who acted as choir's leader from 1954 to 1958 and 1960 to 1962, and German Heinz Hofmann (1919-1987), who directed the choir from 1962 until his death in 1987.

From 1987 to 2004, the choir, along with the Cantores Minores Musical Institute established in 1990, were led by the German Professor Christian Hauschild. During his time the repertoire of the choir expanded and its reputation abroad grew due to long concert tours around the globe. The choral repertoire is well represented by the performances in 2004, when the major pieces included Bach's St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio (cantatas 1-3), Mozart's Requiem and Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem.

Hannu Norjanen has been the choir's artistic leader since 2005, and sang in Cantores Minores as a boy. He graduated as conductor from the Sibelius Academy.