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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GREETINGS<br />
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Dear friends of INTERKULTUR,<br />
Welcome to the Grand Prix of Nations and the 4 th European Choir Games<br />
<strong>Gothenburg</strong> <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
There is hardly any other INTERKULTUR event that presents itself in such a<br />
multifaceted way and offers such diverse participation possibilities as this<br />
one. Choirs can qualify for the various competitions and decide at which<br />
proficiency level they would like to sing. There are numerous pedagogical<br />
activities ranging from coaching and evaluation to top-class workshops.<br />
Participation in Sing along activities is just as possible as our established<br />
Celebration and Friendship Concerts. Our choir-Olympic idea “Participation<br />
is the highest honor” is perfectly filled with life at these Choir Games.<br />
171 choirs and 6.300 participants from 47 countries followed our invitation<br />
to the second largest city in Sweden. The idea to extend the idea of the World<br />
Choir Games to the different continents and to make it blossom comes to<br />
fruition. Here in <strong>Gothenburg</strong> the international choir world gathers.<br />
Günter Titsch<br />
President INTERKULTUR<br />
We are particularly pleased to be able to continue the successful cooperation<br />
with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that began in Riga in 2017.<br />
This time the opening event will be the big TV show “Eurovision Choir”, in<br />
which 10 European countries with selected choirs will participate.<br />
In the spirit of our INTERKULTUR slogan “Singing together brings nations<br />
together” I wish all choirs unforgettable experiences in the festival city of<br />
<strong>Gothenburg</strong>.<br />
Yours<br />
Günter Titsch
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