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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46<br />
Lokaler / Venues<br />
Dunkers Kulturhus / The Dunker Culture House<br />
Dunkers kulturhus är ett museum och konstcenter<br />
som designats av Kim Utzon. Museet visar <strong>Helsingborg</strong>s<br />
historia och har ett tema som följer havets historia<br />
från istiden till idag. Kulturhuset finansierades<br />
med pengar från en donationsfond som inrättades<br />
av Henry Dunker, en lokal affärsman som gjorde sig<br />
en förmögenhet på gummiprodukter.<br />
Året innan Dunker avled 1962 var han styrelseordförande<br />
för sitt företag Trelleborgs Gummifabriks AB.<br />
Verksamheten sysselsatte 5 000 personer och upptog<br />
en golvyta på 150 000 kvadratmeter.<br />
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The Dunker Culture House (Dunkers kulturhus) is a<br />
museum and art centre designed by Kim Utzon. It is the museum for <strong>Helsingborg</strong> and it is themed to<br />
trace the history of the sea from the ice age to the modern day. The museum was paid for by charities<br />
founded by Henry Dunker who was a local businessman who made a fortune from rubber products.<br />
A year before Dunker died in 1962 he was chair of the board of his company Trelliborgs Gummifabriks<br />
AB. The business employed 5,000 people and it had a floor area of 180,000 square yards.<br />
Adress / Address: Kungsgatan 11, 252 21 <strong>Helsingborg</strong><br />
<strong>Helsingborg</strong>s Konserthus / The Concert Hall<br />
Konserthuset designades av arkitekten Sven Markelius. Byggnaden är ett av de finaste arkitekturexemplen<br />
på svensk funktionalism och är K-märkt. Konserthuset öppnade 1932 och hallen har prisats<br />
för sin fina akustik. Byggnaden kan hyras för olika arrangemang och konferenser. Konserthuset<br />
är också hem för <strong>Helsingborg</strong>s symfoniorkester (HSO).<br />
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The Concert Hall was designed by the architect Sven Markelius. The building is one of the finest examples<br />
of Swedish functionalism in architecture and has been declared a historic building. It was<br />
opened in 1932, and the hall has been praised for its fine acoustics. The Concert Hall is available to<br />
hire for arrangements and conferences. It is also home to the <strong>Helsingborg</strong> Symphony Orchestra (HSO).<br />
Adress / Address: Roskildegatan 1, 252 21 <strong>Helsingborg</strong>
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