Kalamata 2017 - Program Book
2ND KALAMATA INTERNATIONAL CHOIR COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL October 11 - 15, 2017 Kalamata, Greece Singing in the land of gods INTERKULTUR’s international choir competition in Greece: Hosted by the romantic city of Kalamata, located on the Southern Peloponnese. Vibrant, calm and idyllic – Kalamata proves in an impressive way that these characteristics do not conflict with each other: Narrow lanes, a historic old town and the Apostles church of the 12th century characterize the townscape until today. The combination of sea, mountains, vine and olive trees make Greece a wonderful place where singers from all over the world will feel mostly welcome. Singing in the land of gods – singing in Kalamata. This choir competition unites the advantages of an international choir competition with numerous possibilities for concert performances in a city that provides manifold cultural choices. The competition part offers categories for different levels of difficulty, casts and musical genres – the festival combines an easy going gathering of different nations with the wonderful setting of South East Europe. http://kalamata.interkultur.com
2ND KALAMATA INTERNATIONAL CHOIR COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL
October 11 - 15, 2017 Kalamata, Greece
Singing in the land of gods
INTERKULTUR’s international choir competition in Greece: Hosted by the romantic city of Kalamata, located on the Southern Peloponnese.
Vibrant, calm and idyllic – Kalamata proves in an impressive way that these characteristics do not conflict with each other: Narrow lanes, a historic old town and the Apostles church of the 12th century characterize the townscape until today. The combination of sea, mountains, vine and olive trees make Greece a wonderful place where singers from all over the world will feel mostly welcome.
Singing in the land of gods – singing in Kalamata. This choir competition unites the advantages of an international choir competition with numerous possibilities for concert performances in a city that provides manifold cultural choices.
The competition part offers categories for different levels of difficulty, casts and musical genres – the festival combines an easy going gathering of different nations with the wonderful setting of South East Europe.
http://kalamata.interkultur.com
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The Participants<br />
In total, roughly 8.900 choirs with about 387.000 active singers from 103 countries have taken<br />
part in the INTERKULTUR competitions to date. An interesting note is that more than half of<br />
the participants have been children and youth up to 27 years of age and 67% of the participating<br />
choirs are returning ensembles looking forward to new destinations and new choral<br />
challenges.<br />
Means of Support<br />
In accordance with its statutes, INTERKULTUR supports the following activities:<br />
• International music festivals and choir competitions whose goal is to bring together choirs<br />
from different regions of the world and encourage international collaboration through mutual<br />
respect, as well as to contribute to cultural exchange and understanding among nations<br />
• Children and youth choirs even from financially challenged countries<br />
• Non-professional choirs that focus on the growth of youth development<br />
• Young, talented choirmasters, young musicians and singers through the support of<br />
scholarship awards<br />
• Specific sponsorship opportunities<br />
European Culture Award<br />
INTERKULTUR was awarded the 2006 and 2016 European Culture Award, by former German<br />
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hans Dietrich Genscher and presented by KulturForum Europa, for<br />
its activities on behalf of understanding between peoples and furtherance of common European<br />
thinking in the field of culture.
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