Following the idea of the World Choir Games "Participation is the highest honor", all choirs, regardless of their present artistic level of achievement, have the opportunity to present themselves in the World Choir Games — The Open Competition and gather valuable experience in an international competition. To qualify as an amateur choir means that no choir member except for the conductor may earn his living by professional singing.
Choirs have the opportunity of being evaluated by a competent jury and of receiving advice which of the competitions World Choir Games — The Champions Competition or World Choir Games — The Open Competition will be the best one for the choir to present its current level of artistic achievement.
The choirs will perform the same program as in the competition. A jury of five international music experts will evaluate the Qualification Concert. After his secondary school examination he studied pedagogy, German philology and musical education. From to , he studied choir and orchestra conducting at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Weimar. He was conductor of the renowned Pedagogical University Zwickau Choir.
With his choir he performed a wide repertoire of compositions for a cappella choirs and with orchestra, too. Under his direction the choir won numerous prizes at national and international choir competitions. He often appears as guest conductor at home and abroad. Mikis Theodorakis, the famous Greek composer and song writer, was born in He wrote more than songs which combine Greek folk tradition with modern poetry.
He also created a number of orchestral works including seven symphonies. Apart from his songs he is well-known for his great choral works, for instance Canto General text by Pablo Neruda and the oratorio "Axion Esti" text by Nobel Prize winner Odysseas Elytis. His soundtrack for Zorba the Greek made him famous all over the world. The music of Morten Lauridsen, recipient of the National Medal of Arts, occupies a permanent place in the standard vocal repertoire of the Twenty-First Century.
His seven vocal cycles, instrumental works and his series of a cappella sacred motets including O Magnum Mysterium are regularly performed throughout the world by distinguished artists and ensembles and have been recorded on over two hundred CDs. His five Grammy nominations include two recordings named "Lux Aeterna" performed by top-class ensembles.
More information on Mr. Lauridsen at www. Professor Zheng Xiaoying, first ever female orchestra conductor in China. She was also the artistic director of the 4th and 6th World Choir Games in the year of and respectively. As a conductor, she participated often in national important events. She is not only one of the most experienced conducting professors in China, but also an enthusiastic music social activist. Born in London in he received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate School.
He has guest-conducted or lectured at many concert halls, universities, churches, music festivals, and conferences in Europe, Africa, North and Central America and Australasia. Following his early passion for the world of choral music, Maestro Hakwon Yoon graduated from Yonsei University, College of Music in composition, completed Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts, and acquired an honorary doctorate degree from the Midwest University and Shepherd University.
At the same time, he aimed to popularize choral music in South Korea, which was formerly considered as an exclusive activity of a certain social class. Currently, he dedicates his time to choral music e. Christian Ljunggren was born in He studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm as well as musicology and theology at the University of Uppsala. For many years he worked at the Music Department of the Swedish National Broadcasting Company, and was responsible for the presentation and programming regarding music.
He was the conductor of the Adolf Fredrik Madrigal Choir since their foundation and Christian Ljunggren has written numerous articles in Swedish and international magazines and was also a keen arranger of choral music. As a choral conductor and later a grammar school teacher Paul Wehrle made significant contributions to the development of the choral and musical scene in his home town Karlsruhe and later throughout Germany.
The day began with breakfast in the restaurant of our beautiful hotel. Several familiar foods could be found on the buffet, including hard boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, bacon and several pastries. In addition to these staples, fresh vegetables and customary Latvian foods were also on the buffet. Overall, breakfast was delicious! After eating, several members took the time to gather in small groups and rehearse songs that would later be sung in the Friendship Concert in the park.
The group was showing they were dedicated and committed to putting forth their best effort. The choir gathered for a quick rehearsal in the conference room of the hotel after breakfast. It was such a fun moment!
He even left to bring his family back into the room so they could join the fun, too! While the choir continued to rehearse, I along with our media man Justin, were greeted by our official World Choir Games Tour Guide, Liva in our hotel lobby.
On the way to the store, Liva pointed out the supermarket and the circus, which is open year round! He was there to help us with translations and making sure the store attendant knew exactly what we needed. With five iPhones on hand, we could only get SIM cards for two phones because of the contracts placed on the phones in the United States.
The two phones that were able to take the SIM cards were essentially transformed, and covered under the Latvian network, complete with new phone numbers, only to be used locally for calls and texts. Once we returned to the hotel, it was time to make our way to the Esplanade Park, where the Friendship Concert would take place. We walked to the park, which, according to our tour guide, Liva, should have been a minute walk. It was about a 20 minute walk, considering the number of people we were transporting at once.
Direct link p 5. More Africa Stories. The Day in Photos. January 13, New series 52 Documentary. You may also like. Back to top. There will be intensive advertising and promotion for the World Choir Games before the event.
Mailings to more than , choirs, choir associations, ministries and institutions world-wide will ensure that the presence of the World Choir Games is felt by all potential participants. In doing so, the cooperation with the respective National Organizing Committee as well as with the marketing departments of the cities will be part of this campaign.
A detailed advertising plan is to be drawn up and will be an integral part of the contract. The new Eurovision competition format is inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest and the World Choir Games — celebrating choral singing and bringing together the most popular singing competition in Europe and the largest international choir competition in the world.
Amateur choirs from all over are invited to take part, to compete in a peaceful competition, learn from each other and celebrate the joy of singing and the treasures of choral music. Top-class amateur choirs present their outstanding singing skills to a Europe-wide audience. This is an event where 27, participants shared the most personal instrument they have — their voice. I am proud to have been a part of this event.
The young singers show us what it means to be human and to focus on what strengthens society. I was very pleased to be a part of it and hope you will want me back for future events. Your festival organization was pristine, and I felt very well-taken care of throughout my week in Riga.
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