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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Johan Rooze<br />
Netherlands<br />
– Artistic Director of INTERKULTUR, Germany<br />
– Teacher of Jazz piano and Choir at Yeongnam University in Daegu,<br />
South-Korea<br />
– Founder and conductor of the Daegu Jazz Singers in Daegu, South<br />
Korea<br />
– International adjudicator, clinician, seminar, and workshop-leader<br />
– Former conductor and Artistic Director of student Vocal Jazz Group<br />
“Dekoor”, and the Student Symphonic Choir and Orchestra (USKO) of<br />
the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.<br />
– Former professor for Choral Conducting at the Conservatory of Alkmaar<br />
and Vocal Jazz at the Conservatory of Rotterdam (The Netherlands)<br />
– Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council<br />
Aarne Saluveer<br />
Estonia<br />
– Conductor, producer, educator, founder/Artistic Director of Estonian<br />
Television Girl’s and Children’s Choir<br />
– Artistic Director of European Film Awards TV-live Gala, HM Elizabeth<br />
II and their Majesties Japanese Emperor and Empress State Visit<br />
Concerts.<br />
– Worked with Michael Jackson, world premieres and recordings of Arvo<br />
Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Urmas Sisask, Roxanna Panufnik /BBC, WDR, Danish<br />
Radio etc.<br />
– Guidoneum Award of Arezzo Foundation, Order of White Star of the<br />
Republic of Estonia, Prize of the UNICEF National Committee, Musician<br />
of the Year by Estonian National Broadcast<br />
– Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council
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