The Riga Technical University Male Choir Gaudeamus was founded in 1959.
In 1996 Ivars Cinkuss became Artistic Director and for the past decade Gaudeamus has been the leading male choir in Latvia.

The diverse repertoire of this group ranges from traditional Western European and Latvian classics to modern day, encompasses various genres, including choral arrangements of Latvian and other folk songs, with the major focus on a cappella singing. Gaudeamus has made numerous recordings for the Latvian National Radio and released several CDs. The most recent, featuring Russian orthodox music, is currently nominated in the category Best Classical Music Album of the year 2006 in Latvia's equivalent of the Grammy Awards.

Since its inception the choir has performed more than 800 concerts in over 20 countries around the world, including the United States, Australia, South Africa, China and many counties in Europe. Beginning with 1989 the choir has also participated in many international choral competitions (Italy, France, Greece, Ireland, Hungary) where they have earned several prizes and awards.

The choir takes pride in its most recent achievements in the international arena, most significantly: winning the International Male choir competition in Cornwall (UK) in 2005, obtaining the Gold Medal at the 4 th World Choir Games in China in 2006, as well being receiving invitation to be the Choir in residence at the International Festival of Singing Boys and Men in Minnesota (USA) in 2005.

On numerous occasions Gaudeamus has cooperated with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, most recently in concert performances of Ludwig van Beethoven's opera Fidelio . In 1999 Gaudeamus began to work closely with the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra performing large-scale choral works for male voices and orchestra, most notably Rhapsodie by Johannes Brahms, Das Berliner Requiem by Kurt Weill, Requiem in d minor by Luigi Cherubini and world premiere of Magnificat by contemporary Latvian composer Jānis Lūsēns.

In recent years a top priority for the choir has been to promote the creation of new music for Latvian male choirs. In the two previous seasons Gaudeamus has commissioned and premiered eight new works by Latvian composers Maija Einfelde, Uģis Prauliņš, Edgars Račevskis, Andrejs Selickis and Nick Gotham, making a significant contribution to modern day Latvian choral repertoire.