World Choir Games

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World Choir Games is the name of an international choir competition , which in Germany is also called the Choir Olympiad . The World Choir Games were founded by the President of the INTERKULTUR e. V., Günter Titsch . The association has organized various festivals and choir competitions since 1988. The Choir Olympiad first took place in 2000. Following the Olympic idea, it should bring peoples together in peaceful competition and enable them to present themselves as choirs around the world and to measure their achievements.

Venues

World Choir Games host cities
year
competition Host city date countries Attendees
2000 1st Choir Olympiad Linz , Austria 7-16 July 60 15,000 participants
2002 2nd Choir Olympiad Busan , South Korea 19.-27. October 48 288 choirs
2004 3rd Choir Olympics Bremen , Germany 8-18 July 83 18,000 participants
2006 4. World Choir Games Xiamen , China 15-26 July 80 20,000 participants
2008 5. World Choir Games Graz , Austria 9-19 July 93 20,000 participants
2010 6. World Choir Games Shaoxing , China 15-26 July 83 21 700 participants
2012 7. World Choir Games Cincinnati , United States 4th-14th July 64 15,000 participants
2014 8. World Choir Games Riga , Latvia 9-19 July 73 27,000 participants
2016 9. World Choir Games Sochi, Russia 6-16 July 76 12,000 participants
2018 10. World Choir Games Tshwane, South Africa 4th-14th July 46 298 choirs
2021 11. World Choir Games Antwerp and Ghent , Belgium 2nd - 12th July

Competition mode

The competition follows its own evaluation system, on the basis of which the 5-7-member jury assesses the performance level of the participating choirs using defined criteria. For this purpose, the choirs are divided into categories that summarize comparable casts (e.g. children, youth, men, women, mixed choirs) or comparable artistic orientations (e.g. pop, gospel, folklore choirs, church choirs). The competitions are held in two full-fledged competition parts of different levels.

The World Choir Games - The Open Competition is an open competition that should allow every choir to participate. For this part, choirs of all performance standards and expressly also those with no or little competition experience are called. The participants find out their level of performance through a jury evaluation and receive a certificate.

The World Choir Games - The Champions Competition is designed for experienced choirs who have demonstrated their level of performance in other international competitions, meet objective admission criteria, have been recommended by a national ministry of culture or a choir association or have participated in a preceding qualification concert with a jury decision have qualified.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.interkultur.com
  2. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/de/events/world-choir-games/linz-2000/
  3. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/de/events/world-choir-games/busan-2002/
  4. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/de/events/world-choir-games/bremen-2004
  5. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/de/events/world-choir-games/xiamen-2006
  6. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/de/events/world-choir-games/graz-2008
  7. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/de/events/world-choir-games/shaoxing-2010
  8. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/de/events/world-choir-games/cincinnati-2012
  9. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.latvia.lv
  10. ↑ World Choir Games - Sochi 2016: INTERKULTUR. In: www.wcg2016.com. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Fono Forum - South Africa welcomes many choirs in 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  12. ↑ World Choir Games - Flanders 2021. Accessed April 28, 2020 .

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