World Choir Games 2016 - Program Book
The Program Book of the 9th World Choir Games from July 6 - 16, 2016 in Soschi, Russia. From 2000 onwards the biennial World Choir Games have brought together cultures and nations from all over the world to meet and sing together – meanwhile the event has established as the world’s largest international choir competition. The biggest World Choir Games in the event’s history happened in 2014 in the Latvian capital Riga. A total of 27,000 participants from 73 nations came together to sing and celebrate a feast of choral music. The next World Choir Games 2016 will be held in the Russian Olympic City of Sochi and invite singers to experience original Olympic atmosphere in the Olympic Village from 2014. All amateur choirs of the world are invited to head for a 11-day journey through the whole world of choral music at the World Choir Games 2016 and to perform in the competitions, in Friendship Concerts and to perform together on stage for huge singing projects. The World Choir Games offer once-in-a-lifetime musical and cultural experiences as well as a professional, high-quality international expertise at competition evaluation, in workshops and further pedagogical offers. Benefit from those professionals and support the further development of your choir! www.wcg2016.com
The Program Book of the 9th World Choir Games from July 6 - 16, 2016 in Soschi, Russia.
From 2000 onwards the biennial World Choir Games have brought together cultures and nations from all over the world to meet and sing together – meanwhile the event has established as the world’s largest international choir competition.
The biggest World Choir Games in the event’s history happened in 2014 in the Latvian capital Riga. A total of 27,000 participants from 73 nations came together to sing and celebrate a feast of choral music. The next World Choir Games 2016 will be held in the Russian Olympic City of Sochi and invite singers to experience original Olympic atmosphere in the Olympic Village from 2014.
All amateur choirs of the world are invited to head for a 11-day journey through the whole world of choral music at the World Choir Games 2016 and to perform in the competitions, in Friendship Concerts and to perform together on stage for huge singing projects.
The World Choir Games offer once-in-a-lifetime musical and cultural experiences as well as a professional, high-quality international expertise at competition evaluation, in workshops and further pedagogical offers. Benefit from those professionals and support the further development of your choir!
www.wcg2016.com
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Organizers & Patronage<br />
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Organizers and Patronage of the 9 th <strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>Games</strong><br />
Managing Directors of<br />
the 9 th <strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>Games</strong><br />
Artistic Directors of the<br />
9 th <strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>Games</strong><br />
Honorary Presidents of<br />
the 9 th <strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>Games</strong><br />
&<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> Council<br />
Honorary Committee of<br />
the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>Games</strong><br />
Alexander Zhuravsky, Deputy Minister of Culture, Russia<br />
Anna Minkova, Vice Governor of Krasnodar, Russia<br />
Victoria Lapina, Minister of Culture of Krasnodar Region, Russia<br />
Sergei Yurchenko, Deputy Mayor of Sochi, Russia<br />
Irina Romanets, Deputy Mayor of Sochi, Russia<br />
Jelena Dannhauer, Project Director of INTERKULTUR, Germany<br />
Ralf Eisenbeiß, Germany<br />
Viktor Zakharchenko, Russia<br />
Elena Mashinistova, Russia<br />
Igor Shadyuk, Russia<br />
Christian Ljunggren, Sweden<br />
Johan Rooze, Netherlands<br />
Fred Sjöberg, Sweden<br />
Romāns Vanags, Latvia<br />
Walter Scheel, Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany<br />
Vladimir Minin, Honorary Artistic President, Russia<br />
Mikis Theodorakis, Honorary Artistic President, Greece<br />
Morten Lauridsen, Honorary Artistic President, USA<br />
Xiaoying Zheng, Honorary Artistic President, China<br />
Hongnian Yang, Honorary Artistic President, China<br />
Alexander Solovyev, Russia<br />
Margarita Ambartsumyan, Russia<br />
Ron Smart, Australia<br />
Herbert Wild, Austria<br />
Emil Yanev, Bulgaria<br />
Waldo Aranguiz ,Chile<br />
Zuqiang Wu, China<br />
Liangkun Yan, China<br />
Peizhi Li, China<br />
Xiyi Xu, China<br />
Vlastislav Novak, Czech Republic<br />
Gotthilf Fischer, Germany<br />
André J. Thomas, USA<br />
Jerry McCoy, USA<br />
Hak-Woon Yoon, South Korea
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