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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Christo Burger<br />
South Africa<br />
– Recently won 6 Gold medals at the World Choir Games, Tshwane<br />
2018 with Akustika Chamber Singers (4), Akustika Male Choir (1) and<br />
Jacaranda Children’s Choir (1)<br />
– Akustika Chamber Singers was crowned the “Champion of the World<br />
Choir Games” in Tshwane for the category “Musica Sacra a cappella”<br />
– Akustika Chamber Singers was awarded a gold medal at the Grand Prix<br />
of Nations in Magdeburg, Germany<br />
– Akustika Chamber Singers won the Pavarotti trophy as well as the<br />
title “Choir of the World” at the annual Llangollen International Music<br />
Eisteddfod, Wales, UK, 2008<br />
Javier Busto<br />
Basque Country - Spain<br />
– Founder and conductor of Eskifaia (1978-1994), Kanta Cantemus Korua<br />
(1995-2007) and Aquam Lauda Korua (2014- )<br />
– Jury member in composition and interpretation competitions for<br />
choirs and guest conductor around the world recipient of the Orféon<br />
Donostiarra & University of the Basque Country Award<br />
– Golden badge in his hometown, Hondarribia 1999<br />
– Compositions are published in the Basque Country, France, Germany,<br />
Japan, USA, UK and Sweden
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