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European Grand Prix for Choral Singing

European Grand Prix for Choral Singing

Kölcsey Központ, Nagyterem
4026 Debrecen, Hunyadi u. 1-3.

Competition of Swedish, Basque and Ukrainian excellence

The European Grand Prix for Choral Singing is an annual choral competition between the winners of six European choral competitions (as well as the Bela Bartók Choir Competition in Debrecen). The next Grand Prix coming up! The Basque Youth Choir (Basque County, Spain / winner in Tolosa 2021), the En Kör (Sweden / winner in Arezzo 2022) and the Sophia Chamber Choir (Ukrain / winner in Tolosa 2022) will be presented in Debrecen (Kölcsey Convention Centre) on 29th April 2023.

The 5 members of the international jury are recognized conductors and composers from Europe:

Helena Fojkar Zupančič – Slovenia
Theodora Pavlovitch – Bulgaria
Nicole Corti – France
Peter Broadbent – Great Britain
Peter Erdei - Hungary

European Grand Prix for Choral Singing
2023. April 29., 18.00

The Basque Youth Choir – Euskal Herriko Gazte Abesbatza (EHGA) was created by the Confederation of Choirs of the Basque Country in 2016 with a selection of 40 of the best young voices from the Basque Country. The conductors that are chosen to guide this group are, all of them, directors of recognized national and international prestige.
In 2021 it faces its international projection with the participation in the Arezzo Festival (Italy) and the participation in the Tolosa International Choir Competition (in which it was the absolute winner of the Contest). In 2022 EHGA was invited to take part in the Cantemus Festival (Hungary). 

Basque Youth Choir, Basque Country – Spain

 

En Kör is a vocal ensemble with 12 singers based in Stockholm. The choir started as a project during the autumn of 2016 with the aim to sing complex choral music in a small ensemble and to engage all singers in the entire musical process.

We love to challenge ourselves and always search for new experiences. Our vision is to create music at a high level and share that with a wide audience. Through our performance we want to make choral music more accessible so that both people new to choral music and more experienced listeners can understand and appreciate the nuances in it.

The entire group participate in the musical process. The final version of a piece is worked out together during rehearsals. The choir performs 2-4 concerts per year. Apart from that we also like to do recordings, sing at events and travel together. In 2019 we participated in the choir competition Adriatic Pearl International Choir Festival and Competition 2019 in Dubrovnik, Croatia and won the categories "B1 - Mixed choirs" and "S - Musica Sacra". We are very proud of the results!

In August 2022 we once again competed: this time in the Concorso Polifonico Internazionale Guido D’Arezzoin Arezzo, Italy. We are very proud to have won all categories we competed in, as well as the Grand Prix! Our victory in Arezzo also qualifies us for the 2023 edition of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing

En Kör – Sweden

 

Sophia Chamber Choir is a unique creative formation that unites artists based on the thirst for joint creation of high-quality choral content.
The ensemble was formed in October 2007 by Ivan Bogdanov as an ensemble, the specifics of which were historically informed performance of ancient music. Since the end of 2010, the band has been led by Oleksiy Shamritsky, then a 5th year student at the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music of Ukraine. Since 2012, the choir "Sophia" is a regular participant of festivals, assemblies, such as "KIEVMYUZIK fest", "Premieres of the season" Easter Assembly and others.
The specificity of the choir is active participation in international competitions:
- In May 2014, the Sophia Choir won the First Prize at the XXXIII International Festival of Orthodox Church Music "Hajnovka 2014"
- In July 2016, the Sophia Choir represented Ukraine at the prestigious European competition - the 27th Bela Bartok International Choir Competition in th Debrecen (Hungary). First prize in the category of chamber choirs. Diploma of the best conductor.
- In May 2017, the choir "Sophia" successfully participated in the festival "Harmonie" Lindenhausen (Limburg, Germany) - First place in the nomination "Spiritual Music", Gold Certificate in the nomination "Contemporary Music", Diploma of Best Conductor.
- In July 2017, the choir "Sophia" won the Grand Prix at the 56th International Choral Competition "Seghizzi" in Italy (Gorizia)
- In May 2018, the Sophia Chamber Choir became the winner (First Prize) at the XXXVII International Festival of Orthodox Church Music "Hajnovka-2018".
- In September 2018, the Sophia Chamber Choir won the First Prize at the VIII Liviu Borlan International Choir Competition in Baia Mare (Romania).
- In July 2019, the Sophia Choir won the Grand Prix at the 58th Seghizzi International Competition in Italy.
- July 2019 - second prize at the “Polyphony & Habanera” (Torrevieja, Spain)
- May 2022 – First Prize and Gran prix at the “Ave Verum International Choral Competition” in Austria, Baden.
August 2022 – First Prize at the “Polifonico Guido d’Arezzo” in Arezzo, Italia.`
In October 2022, the Choir “Sophia” became the absolute winner of the choir competition in Tolosa (Spain) – Grand Prix-, and is a nominee for participation in the EGP competition in the city Debrecen (Hungary).  

Sophia Chamber Choir – Ukraine

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