Friday 30 October 2022
Friday 30 October 2022
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Saturday 1 Oct 22
Contest:
from 10 am - 12.05 pm : session 1
from 1.30 pm – 3.35 pm: session 2
from 4 pm to 6 pm: session 3
LA BIOCHORISTA – 20h00 at LA BIOMISTA - Genk
“LA BIOCHORISTA” a unique symbiosis between La BIOMISTA, nature & heavenly choral sounds.
During a fairytale evening walk in the twilight of this beautiful park, the public is surprised by the heavenly sounds of 6 international top choirs.
Moreover, this concert gives the listener the unique opportunity to discover LABIOMISTA at dusk.
Small and large theater
International
Choral Festival
Flanders Genk
Blue Singers Manado
Indonesia
Blue Singers Manado was founded in 2012 by alumni Blue Choir Faculty of Engineering Sam Ratulangi University Manado. The Choir tour both urban and rural parts of North Sulawesi, provide choral workshops for schools and to tour internationally. The choir has received international attention and critical acclaim from overseas audiences. Their repertoire, although widely varied in style and language specifically emphasises works by Indonesian composers, music from Asia Pacific and other cultures. Performances by the choir regularly include commissioned works showcasing these uniquely North Sulawesi and Indonesian traditions. The choir also occasionally participates in national and international choir competitions. Since 2016 the choir is directed by Agustinus Bambang Jusana, well known as a conductor in many choirs in several cities in Indonesia and as composer of Indonesian traditional music arrangements.
Terpander Mannenkoor Belgium
Men's Choir Terpander was founded in 2016 by then conductor of the Leuven University Choir, Koen Vits, and also consisted mainly of (former) singers of that choir at the time. The aim was to give the wonderful literature for male choir a stage opportunity and to address the glaring shortage of male choirs in our country.
Right from the start, the decision was made to rehearse roughly fortnightly, and to perform two major projects a year, possibly padded with smaller side projects. The members are expected to self-study, so that we can work on consonance and finishing as soon as possible.
Today, Men's Choir Terpander consists of about 20 members. The choir rehearses every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday of the month in the Leuven St Michael's Church and still performs two major concerts a year.
Jong Vocaal Groningen
Netherlands
Jong Vocaal Groningen was founded in 1996 by Nanny ter Wiel and has been conducted by Merlijn Wackers since 2016. The choir has a broad repertoire, from Renaissance music to contemporary works, with a slight emphasis on compositions from Scandinavian and Baltic countries. In recent years, several world premieres have been performed by composers such as Douwe Eisenga, Ellen Dijkhuizen and Chris Fictoor. Besides thematic programmes, such as recent compositions on texts by Shakespeare, the choir has also performed larger works. These included collaborations with ensembles such as The Northern Consort, Chamber Orchestra of the North and saxophone quartet SAKS. In 2022, for instance, the opera ‘Dido and Aeneas’, directed by Wendy Viel, was performed at the festivals CityProms and Hungry Wolf. Jong Vocaal Groningen has participated in national and international competitions. It won first prize several times at the choir festival on Schiermonnikoog and earned the designation ‘NKF top choir ’ in the finals of the Dutch Choir Festival in 2017.
Brussels Chamber Choir
Belgium
The Brussels Chamber Choir was founded in 2007 by conductor Helen Cassano and a group fellow of students of the Royal Conservatoire of Music in Brussels. The choir specialises in the a cappella repertoire, and performs its own inventive programmes across Brussels, often premièring new or forgotten music. Major choral works are also often on the programme, such as Messiah, Carmina Burana, Charpentier’s Messe des Morts, Mozart’s Davidde Penitente, the Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat and both passions by Bach, conducted by top-notch conductors such as Paul Dombrecht, Philippe Pierlot, Paul Agnew and Sigiswald Kuijken. Together with the Belgian National Orchestra, the BCC performed Mahler's 2nd symphony, conducted by Hugh Wolff and The Planets by Holst conducted by Thomas Adès, both in BOZAR. Other musical partners have included the New Baroque Times orchestra, Ensemble Sarband and composers Eric Whitacre and Bob Chilcott. The choir’s album ‘Made in Belgium: New Belgian Choral Music’ (Etcetera, 2017) was warmly received by press and audience alike and received a 4-star rating from Diapason magazine in France.
Cor Jove Amics de la Unió
Spain
The Cor Jove Amics de la Unió was founded in 2005 within the Societat Coral Amics de la Unió. It consists of 45 young people aged between 18 and 24 who sing mixed. It has a varied and constantly updated repertoire, consisting of styles such as jazz, musicals or popular pieces and a wide range of sacred music: renaissance, baroque and contemporary music.
During the 19-20 season, the choir performed on the stages of L'Auditori de Barcelona, the Auditori de Girona, the Palau de la Música Catalana and the Teatre Auditori de Granollers, where it gave the premiere of its show ‘Denominació d'Origen’ of the 2020-21 season.
In April 2019, the Cor Jove Amics de la Unió won first prize in the category of young choir at the XLVIII Ejea de los Caballeros Choral Contest; the conductor, Marta Dosaiguas, won the prize for best conductor of the contest.
During the 2022-23 season, the choir performed the production Joyful! with Ramón Escalé.
Also in 2023, it participated in the production El laberint al Monstre at the Liceu (Barcelona).