Helsingborg 2018 - Program Book
HELSINGBORGS KÖRFESTIVAL May 9 - 13, 2018 Helsingborg, Sweden The Swedish International Choir Competition Sweden – home of outstanding choirs and unique choral sounds from Scandinavia – will host another international INTERKULTUR choir event in spring 2018, following a successful first edition in 2004. The country’s choirs rank among the world’s best ensembles and determine the level of international choir competitions in many years. A great music festival awaits you in Helsingborg, one of the most exciting places at the northern Baltic Sea. Many competition categories, Evaluation Performances and Individual Coachings as well as intercultural Friendship Concerts open all doors to the participants. Helsingborg, a city with more than 100,000 residents, is located in Sweden’s south, at the narrowest point of the Öresund, the beautiful strait between Sweden and Denmark. The city’s cultural life is thriving in recent years: Fans of classic, Jazz and modern music regularly find what they’re looking for. Helsingborg is further one of the few cities in Sweden that has long and beautiful beaches, located just a few minutes’ walk away from the center. Experience Scandinavian and international choral music in one of Sweden’s oldest cities – Helsingborg is waiting for you! http://helsingborg.interkultur.com
HELSINGBORGS KÖRFESTIVAL
May 9 - 13, 2018 Helsingborg, Sweden
The Swedish International Choir Competition
Sweden – home of outstanding choirs and unique choral sounds from Scandinavia – will host another international INTERKULTUR choir event in spring 2018, following a successful first edition in 2004. The country’s choirs rank among the world’s best ensembles and determine the level of international choir competitions in many years.
A great music festival awaits you in Helsingborg, one of the most exciting places at the northern Baltic Sea. Many competition categories, Evaluation Performances and Individual Coachings as well as intercultural Friendship Concerts open all doors to the participants.
Helsingborg, a city with more than 100,000 residents, is located in Sweden’s south, at the narrowest point of the Öresund, the beautiful strait between Sweden and Denmark.
The city’s cultural life is thriving in recent years: Fans of classic, Jazz and modern music regularly find what they’re looking for. Helsingborg is further one of the few cities in Sweden that has long and beautiful beaches, located just a few minutes’ walk away from the center.
Experience Scandinavian and international choral music in one of Sweden’s oldest cities – Helsingborg is waiting for you!
http://helsingborg.interkultur.com
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Sverige / Sweden<br />
Fred Sjöberg<br />
General Artistic Director<br />
Fred Sjöberg har studerat sång och kördirigering<br />
på Örebro Musikpedagogiska Institut,<br />
numera Musikhögskolan i Örebro och på<br />
Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm. Han<br />
har studerat sång bland annat för prof Solvieg<br />
Grippe, dirigering för prof Eric Ericson<br />
and prof Helmuth Rilling. Under flera år sjöng<br />
han tenor i Sveriges Radios Kammarkör. Han<br />
är den förste dirigent som varit körledare för<br />
de tre största internationella ungdomskörerna,<br />
Världsungdomskören (1991 och 2005),<br />
Världskammarkören (1993) och Europeiska<br />
Ungdomskören (1999). Han har varit dirigent<br />
för Örebro Kammarkör sedan 1983 och firar<br />
35 år som körledare tillsammans med dem<br />
genom ett omfattande Bachprojekt att under<br />
2 år framföra Bach samtliga stora kör/orkesterverk..<br />
2000 blev han utsedd av FSK till ”Sveriges körledare”,<br />
2001 fick han Johannes Norrbymedaljen<br />
för förtjänstfullt arbete och utveckling av<br />
svenskt körliv. Han har varit musikalisk ledare<br />
för ”Toner för Miljoner” och ledare för Svenskt<br />
Körcentrum på dåvarande Rikskonserter,<br />
Stockholm. Han har varit chef för Svenskt Internationellt<br />
Körcentrum i Örebro, knutet till<br />
Länsmusiken i Örebro. Fred Sjöberg har varit<br />
vice president i Europa Cantat och ordförande<br />
i Europa Cantats musikkommission, han har<br />
också varit vice president i IFCM liksom att<br />
under många år varit medlem i FSK:s styrelse<br />
liksom i KÖRSAM:s styrelse. Sedan 2015 är<br />
han gästprofessor vid Ionian University i Grekland<br />
och General Artistic Director för INTER-<br />
KULTUR.<br />
Fred Sjöberg has graduated as singer and choral<br />
conductor at the Royal Academy of Music<br />
in Stockholm and Örebro. Among others he<br />
has studied with Prof. Solvieg Grippe, Prof.<br />
Eric Ericson and Prof. Helmuth Rilling. He has<br />
also been a tenor in the Swedish Radio Chamber<br />
Choir. He has been the first conductor to<br />
conduct the three major international youth<br />
choirs as World Youth Choir (1991 and 2005),<br />
World Chamber Choir (1993) and European<br />
Youth Choir (1999). He has been the conductor<br />
of Örebro Chamber Choir since 1983 and<br />
he celebrates his 35 years as conductor with<br />
them with a big Bach project that under 2 years<br />
perform all major choral/orchestral work<br />
by J S Bach.<br />
In 2000 he was appointed as the “Conductor<br />
of the Year” in Sweden by SCDA (Swedish Choral<br />
Directors Association) appointed with the<br />
Johannes Norrby Medallion for outstanding<br />
and 2001 service and development to the<br />
Swedish Choral Life.<br />
He has been the Music Director and conductor<br />
of the project “Notes for Millions” as well<br />
as Music Director of the Swedish Choral Centre<br />
at Rikskonserter, Stockholm. He has also been<br />
Music Director of Swedish International Choral<br />
Centre in Örebro.<br />
Fred Sjöberg has been Vice President of Europa<br />
Cantat, President of the Music Commission<br />
of Europa Cantat and has also been Vice President<br />
of IFCM. From 2015 Sjöberg is visiting<br />
professor at the Ionian University in Greece<br />
and General Artistic Director of INTERKULTUR.
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