Festival International de Chant Choral de Nancy

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The Festival International de Chant Choral de Nancy ( English Nancy International Festival of Choral Music ) is an international choir festival that has been taking place every two years in the French city of Nancy since 1979 . The next time it will be held in May 2014. [outdated]

The idea of ​​a regular festival arose in 1979 when three choirs from Nancy organized joint anniversary festivities and invited six choirs from neighboring countries to take part. Within the first ten years choirs from Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, the USA and Canada as well as Latin America could be won over to participate.

The 24th edition of the festival in 2007 was attended by more than 40,000 visitors within the four festival days.

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