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MAY 15 2010 |
GPE 2010: Vokalna akademija Ljubljana won the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing
In Varna, Bulgaria, on May 15, 2010 male choir Vokalna akademija Ljubljana (Vocal Academy Ljubljana) from Slovenia won the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing (GPE). Mr. Stojan Kuret, artistic director of Vokalna akademija is the first choral conductor to win two such awards (first in 2002 with APZ Tone Tomšič, Ljubljana, Slovenia), and Vokalna akademija Ljubljana (VAL) is the first male choir to be selected for the GPE and more: later awarded this prestigious award. Plus: Slovenia is the first country to have three selected choirs for the same GPE event.
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European Grand Prix for Choral Singing (GPE)
May 15, 2010
Varna (Bulgaria)
Festival and Congress Centre 06:00 p.m. (GMT -1)
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VOCAL ENSEMBLE EST (Japan); conductor: Mr. Masao Mukai
Winner of: Florilège Vocal de Tours (Tours Vocal Competition) - Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
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ŠALESKI AKADEMSKI PEVSKI ZBOR (Slovenia); conductor: Mrs. Danica Pirečnik
Winner of: International May Choir Competition «Prof. G. Dimitrov» - Varna, Varna Province, Bulgaria
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KOMORNI ZBOR AVE (Slovenia); conductor: Mr. Andraž Hauptman
Winner of: International Choral Competition Maribor - Maribor, Slovenia
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VOKALNA AKADEMIJA LJUBLJANA (Slovenia); conductor: Mr. Stojan Kuret
Winner of: Concorso Polifónico Guido d'Arezzo (International Guido d'Arezzo Polyphonic Contest) - Arezzo, Province of Arezzo, Italy
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RIGA CATHEDRAL GIRLS CHOIR (Latvia); conductor: Mrs. Aira Birzina - cancelled their participation!
Winner of: Certamen Coral de Tolosa (Tolosa Choral Competition) - Tolosa, Basque Country, Spain
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Xabier Sarasola – Spain
Valérie Fayet – France
Maria Gamborg Helbekkmo – Norway
Teodora Pavlovič – Bulgaria
Máté Szabó Sipos – Hungary
Marin Chonev – Bulgaria
Adriana Blagoeva – Bulgaria
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| Varna's Brochure Cover (Source: Event's Organizer Promotional Material) |
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| Part of the Varna Choir Programmes (Source: Event's Organizer Promotional Material) |
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| ASTRUM Music Publications will / is publishing some of the music quoted above: Josia's Sanctus (as part of his Missa brevis), Morley's Hard by a Chrystal Fountain, Gallus' O beata Trinitas, The Nose by Volarič and Winter by Lojze Lebič |
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| Alongside the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing event also the 32. International May Choir Competition Prof. Georgi Dimitrov, Varna, Bulgaria took place. What is currently known: Coro Città di Roma with conductor Mauro Marchetti won the Varna Grand Prix; they have won also in the Mixed Choirs and Chamber Choirs categories, was awarded the Best Bulgarian Compulsory Song Performance Award and Mauro Marchetti was awarded the title of the Best Choral Conductor of the event. |
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List of nominated choirs for the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing 2011
This list is amended regularly as / after the new information is available
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Choir, Director, City, Coutry |
| Varna (BUL) |
May 13-16, 2010 |
Coro Città di Roma, Mauro Marchetti, Rome, ITALY
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| Tours (F) |
May 28-30, 2010 |
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| Debrecen (H) |
June 28 - August 1, 2010 |
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| Arezzo (I) |
September 15-19, 2010 |
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| Tolosa (E) |
Oct 28 - Nov 1, 2010 |
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| More about the GPE events: |
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| So the list of winners of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing now looks like this:
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Year |
Town (Country) |
Choir, Town (Country); Conductor |
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1989 |
Arezzo (Italy) |
Kammerkoret Hymnia, Copenhagen (Danmark); P. Emborg / F. Windekilde, conductors |
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1990 |
Debrecen (Hungary) |
suspended |
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1991 |
Tours (France) |
Academy Choir, Vilnius (Lithuania); Tadas Sumskas, conductor |
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1992 |
Gorizia (Italy) |
S:t Jacobs Kammarkör, Stockholm (Sweden); Gary Graden, conductor |
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1993 |
Varna (Bulgaria) |
Jauna Muzika, Vilnius (Lithuania); Vaclovas Augustinas and R. Skapas, conductors |
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1994 |
Tolosa (Spain) |
The Mats Nilsson Vocal Ensemble, Stockholm (Sweden); Mats Nilsson, conductor |
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1995 |
Arezzo (Italy) |
Choir Kallos, Tokio (Japan); Fumiaki Kuriyama, conductor |
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1996 |
Debrecen (Hungary) |
Pro Musica Leanykar, Nyiregyhaza (Hungary); Denes Szabo, conductor |
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1997 |
Tours (France) |
The Philippines Madrigal Singers, Quezon City (Philippines); A. Veneracion, conductor |
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1998 |
Gorizia (Italy) |
University of Mississippi Concert Singers, Oxford, MS (USA); Jerry Jordan, conductor |
| XI. |
1999 |
Varna (Bulgaria) |
Lunds Vokalensemble, Lunds (Sweden); Ingemar Mansson, conductor |
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2000 |
Tolosa (Spain) |
Vesna Children Choir, Moscow (Russia); Alexander Ponomariov, conductor |
| XIII. |
2001 |
Debrecen (Hungary) |
Magnificat Children Choir, Budapest (Hungary); Valeria Szebelledi, conductor |
| XIV. |
2002 |
Arezzo (Italy) |
University Choir APZ Tone Tomsic, Ljubljana (Slovenia); Stojan Kuret, conductor |
| XV. |
2003 |
Tours (France) |
Brevis, Vilnius (Lithuania); Gintautas Venislovas, conductor |
| XVI. |
2004 |
Gorizia (Italy) |
Rīgas jauniešu koris “Kamēr…” , Riga (Latvia), Maris Sirmais, conductor |
| XVII. |
2005 |
Varna (Bulgaria) |
Allmänna Sången, Uppsala (Sweden); Cecilia Rydinger Alin, conductor |
| XVIII. |
2006 |
Tolosa (Spain) |
The University of Utah Singers, Salt Lake City, UT (USA); Brady R. Allred, conductor |
| XIX. |
2007 |
Arezzo (Italy) |
The Philippines Madrigal Singers, Quezon City (Philippines); Mark A. Carpio, conductor |
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2008 |
Debrecen (Hungary) |
Akademski pevski zbor Tone Tom ič, Ljubljana (Slovenia); Urša Lah, conductor |
| XXI. |
2009 |
Tours (France) |
Coro Universitariao de Mendoza, Mendoza (Argentina); Silvana Valessi, conductor |
| XXII. |
2010 |
Varna (Bulgaria) |
VAL – Vokalna akademija Ljubljana (Slovenia); Stojan Kuret, conductor |
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