Since its creation in 1987, the Chamber Choir of Namur has promoted the musical heritage of its region of origin through concerts and recordings of works by Lassus, Rogier, Hayne, Du Mont, Fiocco, Gossec, Grétry, while also taking on great works from the choral repertoire.

Invited to perform at the most renowned festivals in Europe, The Chamber Choir of Namur regularly sings under the direction of prestigious choral directors such as Ottavio Dantone, Peter Phillips, Christophe Rousset, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Jérémie Rohrer & Richard Egarr.

The Choir has made a number of critically acclaimed recordings (nominations at the Victoires de la Musique Classique, Choc de Classica, Diapason d’Or, Joker de Crescendo, 4F de Télérama, Editor’s Choice of Gramophone, ICMA and the Prix Caecilia of the Belgian Press). It was awarded the Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros in 2003, the Prix de l’Académie Française in 2006, the Octave de la Musique in 2007 and in 2012 the Chamber Choir of Namur won in the categories of ‘Classical Music’ and ‘Show of the Year.’

In 2010, the artistic direction of the Chamber Choir of Namur was entrusted to the young Argentinian choral director, Leonardo García Alarcón. In 2016, the Chamber Choir of Namur took part in its first stage production at the Paris Opera (Cavalli’s Eliogabalo), and in 2017 was in the cast of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, in Liège, conducted by Guy Van Waas.

The 2017-2018 season was marked by the 30th anniversary of the Choir. Monteverdi’s Orfeo, performed in 2017, was the first celebration of this anniversary throughout Europe and South America. Highlights in 2018 included productions of Lully's Grands Motets, Veneziano's Passio del Venerdi Santo, Jacques Arcadelt's masses and motets and Handel's oratorio Samson, all conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón with various TV and CD recordings.

In 2019, the Namur Chamber Choir adde Handel's Saül in its repertoire in Namur and Beaune, Lully's Isis in Beaune, Paris and Versailles, and Rameau's Les Indes Galantes at the Paris Opéra. It also premiered a new piece by Belgian composer Michel Fourgon, Goethes-Fragmente.

From 2020 to 2023, the Namur Chamber Choir will continue its journey through the great choral works of Handel (The Messiah with Christophe Rousset, Semele, Solomon, Theodora with Leonardo García Alarcón). The choir will tackle a varied repertoire with its artistic director (St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion and secular cantatas by Bach, Scarlatti's Passion, Monteverdi's Vespro and Orfeo, The Jerusalem Delivered by the Regent, etc. ) and opens its repertoire, among others, to operette and opera-bouffe (La Vie Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, at the TCE). The choir continues working with Christophe Rousset and the Talens Lyriques (Lully's Thésée, Bach's St Matthew Passion), Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge (Mozart's Requiem, Paisiello's Mass of the Coronation of Napoleon, Creation by Haydn), Reinoud Van Mechelen and A Nocte Temporis (Requiem by Campra, Te Deum by Charpentier, Acis and Galatea by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre) and is starting another one with Alexis Kossenko and the Ambassadeurs (Zoroastre by Rameau, Carnaval du Parnasse by Mondonville)

The repertoire covered by the choir is very broad, ranging from the Middle Ages to contemporary music.

The Namur Chamber Choir is supported by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (music and dance department), the National Lottery and the City of Namur.

With the support of the Tax Shelter of the Federal Government of Belgium, Inver Tax Shelter and Wallonie Bruxelles International.