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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Susanna Lindmark<br />
Sweden<br />
– Composer, innovative choral conductor and guest lecturer, appointed<br />
"Children and Youth Choirs Conductor of the Year in Sweden" 2017<br />
– Founder, Artistic Director and Choir Manager for Arctic Light Girls´Choir<br />
since 2004 (appointed "Choir of the Year in Sweden" 2010)<br />
– Board member of Swedish Choral Directors Association since 2014 and<br />
former Board member of UNGiKÖR, Swedish Children and Youth Choirs<br />
Association 2005-2010<br />
Mia Makaroff<br />
Finland<br />
– Choral composer and arranger; her music has been internationally<br />
sung by many well-known vocal groups and choirs such as Rajaton,<br />
King‘s Singers, Cantus<br />
– Experienced music teacher, choral conductor and a grounder of the<br />
Vivace Choirs and Ocarina Choirs; actively co-operating with many<br />
choral theme projects<br />
– Lecturer and teacher of composing master classes, clinician specially<br />
with rhythm and creativity in choirs
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