World Choir Games 2014 - Programme

Adjudicators & Clinicians
Agita Ikauniece
Latvia
choir conductor, cultural projects producer
· conducted the youth choir “Balsis”, the Bank of Latvia Choir and the Jēkabpils
District Choir and one of the chief conductors in several Latvian Song Celebrations
· in charge of organising various large scale national and international cultural
events
· artistic director and producer of ECB European Cultural Days 2013 – Latvia
· invited regularly to conduct Latvian community choirs in the United States,
Australia, Great Britain, and Ireland
Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir
Iceland
choral conductor, music teacher
· founder and conductor of the Hamrahlid Choir which has been at the forefront of
Icelandic musical life for four decades.
· more than 100 works have been composed for the choir and its conductor
· in 2000 she was the principal conductor of the Voices of Europe. For that occasion
Arvo Pärt dedicated to her his work “...which was the son of...”
· adjudicator in several music competitions in Europe and has received many prizes,
and was appointed Artist of the Year 2012 in Iceland
Erik Anders Jalkéus
Sweden
singer, conductor, lecturer
· from 1989 he has been a full time singer performing with The Real Group in more
than 40 countries and recorded more than 16 albums
· has written songs and arrangements of well-known standards for The Real Group
· in the last 10 years he has also been a frequent adjudicator in competitions all
around the world
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