Cantus is a Norwegian female choir founded in 1986. It consists of around 30 amateur singers, and is based in Trondheim. Their director is Tove Ramlo-Ystad. Despite being an amateur choir, they keep holding a very good international standard, and have shown this through winning several competitions through the years. Cantus won the 1st Xinghai Prize International Choir Championships in Guangzhou, China, and is ranked as number 1 in their class, and 8th best in the world, on the webpages of interkultur.com. In 2013, Cantus appears on the soundtrack of the Disneyanimated movieFrozen, with a Sámi inspired piece written by Frode Fjellheim and movie composer Christophe Beck In 2019, Cantus appears on the soundtrack of Frozen II.
1995 – Received :no:Trondheim kommunes kulturpris|Trondheim Municipality's Cultural Award
1996 – First place at the Concorso Corale Internazionale Riva del Garda, Italy, in the category "female choir", and Third place in "sacred music". Winner of the Audience Award and the Conductor Award.
1996 – Received :no:Sør-Trøndelag fylkes kulturpris|Sør-Trøndelag County's Cultural Award
1997 – Third place at the Tolosa International Choir Competition, Spain in both "equal voices" and "folk music"
1998 – First place at the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition in Debrecen, Hungary. Winner of the best interpretation of a work by Béla Bartók
1999 – First place at the Cantate Maasmechelen in Belgium, in the category "equal voices". Winner of "best compulsory piece"
2003 – First place at the Florilege Vocal Tours, France. Winner of "best new choral work"
2006 – Second place at the 4th World Choir Games, Xiamen, China, in the category "female choir", and 8th place in the category "Contemporary music"
2007 – First place at the 11th International Choir Competition Budapest, Hungary, in categories "female choir" and "folklore"
2008 – Second place in the category "female choir" and 5th place in "folklore" at the 5th World Choir Games in Graz, Austria
2009 – First place in the Norwegian championship for choirs in Trondheim, with the highest score of all choirs
2011 – First place in the 7th International Warsaw Choir Festival, Poland, in the category "equal adult voices"
2012 – First place in the First Xinghai Prize International Choir Championships, in the category "female choir"
2013 – First place in the category "female choir" and Third place in the category "sacred music" in the Al Mar International choral festival, Calella/Barcelona, Spain
2018 – First place in the category "Female Chamber Choir" and Tenth place in the category "Musica contemporanea" in the 10th World Choir Games Tshwane 2018
