Founded by Berislav Šipuš within the framework of the Music Biennial Zagreb, Cantus has become the foremost ensemble for contemporary music in Croatia. It has performed the premieres of more than 90 works and established its own concert cycle, Cantus & Lisinski. Its members are chamber musicians, soloists, concertmasters, principal players in symphony orchestras and professors at the Zagreb Academy of Music. Over the years the ensemble has built a strong international network, collaborating with Merlin and Zeitfluss (AT), Icarus (IT), Musiques Nouvelles (BE) and Les Amis (CA), among others, and has recently performed at the festival Ensemblia in Mönchengladbach and the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern.