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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DDr. Karl-Gerhard Straßl<br />
Austria<br />
– Conductor, Organist, Lawyer, Cultural Scientist and Cultural Manager<br />
– President of the Austrian Choir Association; initiator and coordinator of<br />
the project “CHOR:sinfonie” celebrating the 70-year anniversary <strong>2019</strong><br />
– Founder and President (till 2018) of the Austrian National Youth Choir<br />
– Jury chairman and jury member at international competitions for choir<br />
and organ<br />
Helene Stureborg<br />
Sweden<br />
– Conductor and Head of the choir departement at the Stockholms<br />
Musikgymnasium/Kungsholmens Gymnasium<br />
– Graduated with a Master in Fine Arts in Church music and a<br />
Postgraduate Diploma in Choral Conducting at the Royal University of<br />
Music.<br />
– Previous professor in choral conducting at the Royal University College<br />
of Music in Stockholm and at varying courses in Sweden and abroad.<br />
Member of the Artistic Council of Statens Musikverk.<br />
– In 2017 received the Choir conductor of the year prize in Sweden and<br />
was one of two conductors to lead the World Youth Choir 2018 during<br />
their summer session in Inner Mongolia and China.
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