Chorfest Magdeburg 2022 - Program Book
Internationales Chorfest Magdeburg October 5 - 9, 2022 Magdeburg, Germany A festival of international understanding Following the huge success of the European Choir Games and Grand Prix of Nations in 2015, Magdeburg – home city of Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann – will once again become a welcoming host for a dynamic and inspiring festival of choral music. The Chorfest Magdeburg, which has been successfully organized by the Choir Association Saxony-Anhalt for years, will be enriched with an international choir competition by INTERKULTUR to create an eventful international festival to connect local choirs with singers from all over the world. Competitions in different levels of difficulty, categories and settings as well as Friendship Concerts, possibilities for singing together and personal education leave nothing to be desired by the participating choirs. A variety of concert activities by the local choirs will make a valuable contribution to these opportunities. The “Internationales Chorfest Magdeburg” provides a platform for an active exchange of national and international choral music, new friendships and unique intercultural encounters.
Internationales Chorfest Magdeburg
October 5 - 9, 2022 Magdeburg, Germany
A festival of international understanding
Following the huge success of the European Choir Games and Grand Prix of Nations in 2015, Magdeburg – home city of Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann – will once again become a welcoming host for a dynamic and inspiring festival of choral music.
The Chorfest Magdeburg, which has been successfully organized by the Choir Association Saxony-Anhalt for years, will be enriched with an international choir competition by INTERKULTUR to create an eventful international festival to connect local choirs with singers from all over the world.
Competitions in different levels of difficulty, categories and settings as well as Friendship Concerts, possibilities for singing together and personal education leave nothing to be desired by the participating choirs.
A variety of concert activities by the local choirs will make a valuable contribution to these opportunities. The “Internationales Chorfest Magdeburg” provides a platform for an active exchange of national and international choral music, new friendships and unique intercultural encounters.
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SINE NOMINE – PHILHARMONISCHER CHOR E. V.<br />
Deutschland / Germany, Braunschweig<br />
Gründungsjahr / Founded: 1987<br />
Festival<br />
Chorleiter / Conductor: Karsten Scholz<br />
Der „Sine Nomine – Philharmonischer Chor e. V.“, mit heute mehr als 70 Mitgliedern, wurde<br />
1987 gegründet. Mehr als 40 chorische Werke von beinah ebenso vielen Komponist*innen,<br />
klassisch und zeitgenössisch, wurden bisher vom Chor einstudiert und aufgeführt, darunter<br />
einige zum ersten Mal in Braunschweig. Hierzu gehören auch Erstaufführungen wie das Werk<br />
„Europa“ des Braunschweiger Komponisten Hans-Wilhelm Plate oder deutsche Erstaufführungen<br />
wie das „Jouluoratorium“ des estnischen Komponisten Urmas Sisask. Neben den<br />
chorischen Werken wurden A-cappella-Stücke aus allen Teilen der Welt einstudiert. Bis Mitte<br />
2008 wurde der Chor von der Mitgründerin und ersten Chorleiterin Agnes Kauer geleitet. Anschließend<br />
übernahm Matthias Wengler, die Chorleitung bis 2015, heute leitet Karsten Scholz<br />
den Chor.<br />
The “Sine Nomine - Philharmonischer Chor e. V.”, with more than 70 members today, was<br />
founded in 1987. More than 40 choral works by almost as many composers, classical and contemporary,<br />
have been rehearsed and performed by the choir, some of them for the first time<br />
in Braunschweig. These include world premiers such as the work "Europa" by the Brunswick<br />
composer Hans-Wilhelm Plate as well as first performances in Germany such as the "Jouluoratorium"<br />
by the Estonian composer Urmas Sisask. In addition to the big choral works, the<br />
repertoire includes a cappella pieces from all parts of the world. Until mid-2008, the choir<br />
was led by co-founder and first choir director Agnes Kauer. Afterwards Matthias Wengler took<br />
over the choir direction until 2015. Today Karsten Scholz leads the choir.
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