After our overall win last year, we’re delighted to receive a ⭐ Special Commendation ⭐ (Best Overall Choir Category) in this year’s RTÉ lyric fm Choirs for Christmas Recording Competition.🎄

Our entry this year was Puer natus est by Georg Grün, a live recording of the Irish premiere at our Christmas concert in 2024.

Huge congratulations to all awardees & commendees. It was wonderful to see the record number of entries and to hear the high standards from all across Ireland. You can listen to all the entries on the RTÉ website.

Christmas came early for Cuore in 2024, adding to the celebrations during our 10th anniversary season! We are thrilled to have won Best Overall Choir and Best Performance of a Contemporary Irish Choral Work in RTÉ lyric fm’s annual Choirs for Christmas Recording Competition.

Huge congratulations to the other prize winners and many worthy entrants: it’s fantastic to hear such great choral singing happening all over the country. 💚

Founded by Amy Ryan and Patricia O'Neill in 2014, Cuore has consistently achieved high standards at festivals in Ireland and abroad.

🇮🇪 RTÉ lyric fm Choirs for Christmas Recording Competition, 2025

For our live recording of Puer natus est by Georg Grün, our national broadcaster awarded us:

• Special Commendation in the category Best Overall Choir

🇱🇻 8th International Baltic Sea Choir Competition, Jūrmala, Latvia, 2025

We became the third Irish choir to compete in a European Grand Prix for Choral Singing semi-final round.

🇮🇪 RTÉ lyric fm Choirs for Christmas Recording Competition, 2024

For our recording of Make We Merry by Rhona Clarke, our national broadcaster awarded us:

• Best Overall Choir
• Best Performance of a Contemporary Irish Choral Work

🇦🇹 6th International Choral Competition Ave Verum, Austria, 2024

• Gold rating