Gothenburg 2019 - Program Book
GRAND PRIX OF NATIONS GOTHENBURG 2019 & 4TH EUROPEAN CHOIR GAMES August 3 - 10, 2019 Gothenburg, Sweden Sing with a nation of choristers! Austria, Germany and Latvia were already hosts for one of the most prestigious European choir competitions, the European Choir Games. In 2019 the 4th edition of the event will once again take place and explore a new destination: Sweden – nation of choristers! With approximately 600 000 singers, choir singing is one of Sweden’s most popular movements and the country is thus a perfect location for this international singing event. The host city for the event has been well chosen: Gothenburg, the country’s second largest city, is a genuine music city where music is close to people’s hearts. It has a lively alternative music culture and big arena stages. Culture and the arts take center stage in Gothenburg. Singers from all over the world are invited to join, compete and celebrate a grand festival of choral music in Sweden at the Grand Prix of Nations Gothenburg 2019 & 4th European Choir Games.
GRAND PRIX OF NATIONS GOTHENBURG 2019 & 4TH EUROPEAN CHOIR GAMES
August 3 - 10, 2019 Gothenburg, Sweden
Sing with a nation of choristers!
Austria, Germany and Latvia were already hosts for one of the most prestigious European choir competitions, the European Choir Games. In 2019 the 4th edition of the event will once again take place and explore a new destination: Sweden – nation of choristers!
With approximately 600 000 singers, choir singing is one of Sweden’s most popular movements and the country is thus a perfect location for this international singing event.
The host city for the event has been well chosen: Gothenburg, the country’s second largest city, is a genuine music city where music is close to people’s hearts. It has a lively alternative music culture and big arena stages. Culture and the arts take center stage in Gothenburg.
Singers from all over the world are invited to join, compete and celebrate a grand festival of choral music in Sweden at the Grand Prix of Nations Gothenburg 2019 & 4th European Choir Games.
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104 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, <strong>2019</strong><br />
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, <strong>2019</strong><br />
OFFICIAL SPECIAL EVENTS<br />
OFICIĀLIE PASĀKUMI / OFFICIAL EVENTS<br />
10:30 – 16:30 h<br />
Betlehemskyrkan<br />
World Choir Events in the<br />
"Belt and Road" - China Day<br />
A day dedicated to Swedish-Chinese friendship featuring a varied program and incultural exchange:<br />
Over the day concerts of Swedish and Chinese choirs take place as well as panel discussions about<br />
choral pedagogy and development as well as choral education in China and Europe. The participants<br />
will also have the chance to rehearse and sing together the Chinese Song "The Road" and the Official<br />
Song of the Grand Prix of Nations <strong>Gothenburg</strong> <strong>2019</strong> & 4 th European Choir Games called "We can fly".<br />
The day closes with the "<strong>Gothenburg</strong> Welcomes the World" concert at the Kungstorget Open Air stage<br />
after the Parade of Nations.<br />
Participating Choirs<br />
- Deep Space Group (China)<br />
- South China Normal University Choir (China)<br />
- CCC Kei Wan Aldrich Bay Primary School Choir (China)<br />
- Tsinghua University Student Choir (China)<br />
- Brunnsbo Musikklassers Flickkör (Sweden)<br />
- Göteborgs Ungdomskör (Sweden)
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