Sing'n'Joy Manila 2013 - Program Book

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Günter Titsch
President INTERKULTUR
Welcome to the 1. International Choir
Competition „Sing’n’joy“ Manila 2013.
I am glad that INTERKULTUR is now able
to present its first choir competition in the
Philippines. I would like to express my
thanks to our partners, the Manila Broadcasting
Company and the Philippine Choral
Directors Association (PCDA). It would have
been impossible to realise this event without
their engagement and support. We are
happy that this competition became another
main pillar of our activities in Asia.
This year INTERKULTUR celebrates its 25th
anniversary. During this time we organised
approximately 140 international events
which range from smaller festivals with
20 – 30 choirs to e.g. the Asia Choir Games
that have just ended with about 150 choirs
up to our most successful event, the World
Choir Games with about 400 choirs from 80
countries. More than 600000 singers from
all over the world experienced our slogan
“Singing together brings nations together“
first hand.
During the last weeks the Philippines were
devastated by a disastrous natural catastrophe.
We are witnessing this unutterable
agony and the destruction that natural
forces caused in this country. Let me express
in the name of singers from all over
the world my sympathy to the thousands
of victims and sufferers. We cannot help
directly with our abilities as singers. But we
include all victims in our thoughts and prayers
and hope that all the suffering people
can live untroubled again one day and are
maybe even able to sing again.
Let our competition become a sign of courage
and confidence.
I wish all of you a lot of success.
Günter Titsch
President INTERKULTUR