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7th International Choir Competition Cantate 2003
24-25-26 October 2003

Opening concert:

Het Vlaams Radio Koor o.l.v. Ludwig Van Gijsegem

‘The March of the Women’

Koormuziek van vrouwelijke componisten

Jury members:

  • Johan Duijck (BE): voorzitter

  • Christian Balandras (FR)

  • Peter Broadbent (GB)

  • Volker Hempfling (DE)

  • Florian Heyerick (BE)

  • Stojan Kuret (SI)

  • Jonathan Velasco (PH)

Composer of the compulsory work: Frits Celis

It was a lover and his lass for mixed choir

Spring for female voice choir

Sweet-And-Twenty for male voice choir

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Participants:         Two categories:

Equal-voiced choirs

BE Arc Sonore o.l.v. Edwig Abrath

BG Vrouwenkoor Georgi Dimitrov o.l.v. Stefka Pastarmadzhieva

DE Schola Cantorum o.l.v. Martin Lehmann

ES Vocalia Taldea o.l.v. Basilio Astulez

MK Het Jong Vrouwenkoor o.l.v. Zapro Zaprov

RU Ozarenie o.l.v. Olga Burova

Mixed choirs

BE Con Cuore o.l.v. Jan Vuye

DE Camerata Vocale Hannover o.l.v. Hans-Dieter Reinecke

DE Consono o.l.v. Harald Jers

DE Kamerkoor Josquin des Prez o.l.v. Ludwig Böhne DK Sjólund Kamerkoor o.l.v. Brian Groenbaeck Jensen HU Ferenc Lisztkoor o.l.v. Kálmán Kollár

LT Aukuras o.l.v. Alfonsas Vildūnas

SI Canticum o.l.v. Jože Fürst

UA Capella Oreya o.l.v. Alexander Vatsek

'Ear & Eye': workshop for primary and middle choirs led by choreographer Gert Terny, a co-production of Koor&Stem and the International Choir Competition.

Guest choirs and friendship concerts:

A capellakoor, Opitter-Bree; St.-Joriskoor, Alken; Chabadageegee, Beringen; Cantabile, Dilsen; Pro Cantione, Genk; St.-Servaeskoor, Lanaken; St.-Ceciliakoor, Tervant-Paal; Cantemus, Tongeren; De Kleine Cantorij, Tongeren; De Oosterster, Veldwezelt i.s.m. CC Lanaken; Heidegalm, Wiemesmeer-Zutendaal; Van Paeschenkoor, Zonhoven; Genovevakoor uit Zussen-Riemst en het zangkoor van Zichen-Bolder, Riemst.

Maasmechelen-Muzaiëk: folklore evening with

Ferenc Liszt Choir (HU) conducted by Kálmán Kollár, Canticum (SI) conducted by Jože Fürst,

Percussion group Peso Opgrimbie led by Chris Opsteyn Abahizi n'abatimbo - African drummers Mexican group Xcaret.

Collaborative singing by the participating choirs.

International folk songs in arrangements by Chris Opsteyn and performed by the Koninklijke Harmonie Sint-Martinus from Opgrimbie and the participating choirs.

All under the direction of Johan Van Bouwelen.

 

Final concert by the participating choirs and the Koninklijke Harmonie Sint-Martinus from Opgrimbie conducted by Steven Walker.

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