Poreč 2017 - Program Book
ISTRAMUSICA September 9 – October 8, 2017 Poreč (Istria), Croatia Singing at the Adriatic Sea ISTRAMUSICA, our new INTERKULTUR music festival that is to take place in Croatia, is not just another interesting event. It is quite different from any of the other events out there – because this time, it is up to you to decide what precise shape ISTRAMUSICA is going to take. The Croatian city of Poreč, directly on the Adriatic Sea, is the perfect spot to bring your ideas to life and give your choir lasting memories – of creative, thrilling and eventful days together. With this event we offer you the opportunity to determine how and when you and your choir make an appearance. Over the course of one month, between 9 September and 8 October 2017, we will arrange all your concerts – however impressive or intimate in scale. We organize workshops and arrange opportunities to meet with other choirs from around the world. You will be our main priority! We provide support for your rehearsals from distinguished world-class guest conductors and provide a stage for the talented people from your own ranks. And let's not forget the spectacle and popular international choir competition, which will be the event's spectacular grand finale. It is up to you to decide how many days and when exactly you would like to join us to sing and make music together. We create the optimum conditions for your success, whether it is choral activities we organize for your group, or consultation sessions with internationally renowned choral experts – or whether we can help you stage a gala concert one Adriatic evening at the famous Euphrasian Basilica. Speaking of this Adriatic setting: recreational opportunities and tourist destinations abound in this delightful, sought-after area – you will be enchanted!
ISTRAMUSICA
September 9 – October 8, 2017 Poreč (Istria), Croatia
Singing at the Adriatic Sea
ISTRAMUSICA, our new INTERKULTUR music festival that is to take place in Croatia, is not just another interesting event. It is quite different from any of the other events out there – because this time, it is up to you to decide what precise shape ISTRAMUSICA is going to take.
The Croatian city of Poreč, directly on the Adriatic Sea, is the perfect spot to bring your ideas to life and give your choir lasting memories – of creative, thrilling and eventful days together.
With this event we offer you the opportunity to determine how and when you and your choir make an appearance. Over the course of one month, between 9 September and 8 October 2017, we will arrange all your concerts – however impressive or intimate in scale. We organize workshops and arrange opportunities to meet with other choirs from around the world.
You will be our main priority!
We provide support for your rehearsals from distinguished world-class guest conductors and provide a stage for the talented people from your own ranks. And let's not forget the spectacle and popular international choir competition, which will be the event's spectacular grand finale.
It is up to you to decide how many days and when exactly you would like to join us to sing and make music together. We create the optimum conditions for your success, whether it is choral activities we organize for your group, or consultation sessions with internationally renowned choral experts – or whether we can help you stage a gala concert one Adriatic evening at the famous Euphrasian Basilica.
Speaking of this Adriatic setting: recreational opportunities and tourist destinations abound in this delightful, sought-after area – you will be enchanted!
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• The Pedagogical Concept<br />
INTERKULTUR events are not only competitions and international choir festivals, but<br />
also provide professional competence. Choirs are able to receive feedback from various<br />
pedagogical offerings. In evaluation rounds, choirs have the chance to work with<br />
international jury members and gain advice on their current level of achievement, receive<br />
proficient pedagogical and artistic information and obtain suggestions as to how to<br />
interpret the chosen piece. Choirs may also attend workshops and seminars along with<br />
participation in Friendship and Celebration Concerts which allow international choirs to<br />
interact with choirs of the host city during INTERKULTUR events.<br />
• Locations of Festivals and Competitions<br />
To date, INTERKULTUR events have taken place in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,<br />
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta,<br />
People’s Republic of China, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden,<br />
Thailand, USA and Vietnam. In <strong>2017</strong> and 2018 INTERKULTUR is present also in Croatia,<br />
Great Britain, Japan, Sri Lanka, and South Africa for the first time.<br />
• The Participants<br />
In total, roughly 8.600 choirs with roughly 378.000 active singers from 103 countries<br />
have taken part in the INTERKULTUR competitions to date. An interesting note is that<br />
more than half of the participants have been children and youth up to 27 years of age<br />
and 67% of the participating choirs are returning ensembles looking forward to new<br />
destinations and new choral challenges.<br />
• Means of Support<br />
In accordance with its statutes, INTERKULTUR supports the following activities:<br />
• International music festivals and choir competitions whose goal is to bring<br />
together choirs from different regions of the world and encourage<br />
international collaboration through mutual respect, as well as to contribute to<br />
cultural exchange and understanding among nations<br />
• Children and youth choirs even from financially challenged countries<br />
• Non-professional choirs that focus on the growth of youth development<br />
• Young, talented choirmasters, young musicians and singers through the support<br />
of scholarship awards<br />
• Specific sponsorship opportunities<br />
• European Culture Award<br />
INTERKULTUR was awarded the 2006 and 2016 European Culture Award, by former<br />
German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hans Dietrich Genscher and presented by<br />
KulturForum Europa, for its activities on behalf of understanding between peoples and<br />
furtherance of common European thinking in the field of culture.
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