The Candomino Choir

The Candomino choir is a youth choir from Espoo, Finland. It was founded in 1967 by organist and conductor Tauno Satomaa, who conducted Candomino until 2005. Since then, Esko Kallio has been both the conductor and the musical director of the choir. Candomino has triumphed in both international and national choir competitions by performing a broad repertoire of music, ranging from pieces from the Renaissance period to contemporary music. The choir has a discography of over 20 albums, and it has performed many premiere concerts of the works written by Finnish composers. In 2014, Candomino was chosen as the Youth Choir of the Year by YLE, the national broadcasting company of Finland.