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2023 Aug 27 2023 Sep 03 highlighted
Published: Mar 28,2023
The European Academy for Choral Conductors is a two-year professional masterclass organised by Feniarco and open to conductors from all over the world. Made in USA: Choral Music from North America is the topic chosen for this edition, with compositions by Copland, Lauridsen, Bernstein, Barber, Ticheli, Runestad, and others.
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2024 Apr 04 2024 Apr 08 highlighted
Published: Apr 04,2023
Under the baton of Maestro Saul Zaks, with composer Martín Palmeri at the piano and international soloists, participating choirs will jointly rehearse and perform the famous “Misa a Buenos Aires”, a contemporary roman mass in an authentic Argentinean tango style, as well as the world premiere of a new piece by Martín Palmeri in the fantastic modern venue of the Berlin Philharmonie.
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2023 Jul 03 2023 Jul 09 highlighted
Published: Dec 30,2022
The Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corals (FCEC) is organizing its annual International Singing Week, six days of workshops and concerts in the heart of Barcelona, surrounded by music and cultures from around the world!
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2023 Jul 04 2023 Jul 08 highlighted
Published: Sep 28,2022
Imagine a place where nature abounds, and music fills the air. Imagine a place that is warm, not only in climate, but in atmosphere. Imagine a place where language poses no boundaries, a place where people of different cultures and countries come together to share the common language of song. That is Kathaumixw.
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2023 Apr 25 2023 Apr 30 highlighted
Published: Nov 30,2022
While the upper hemisphere is getting ready for the winter, the WSCM 2023 team is working away to provide you with an event-packed, entertaining, educational, inspiring, and uplifting experience at the long-awaited WSCM 2023 in Istanbul. Registration is now open. You have until 1 January 2023 to register with the Early Bird fee. Masterclassapplicants need to act a little quicker as the deadline for application is 15 December 2022 (please see the website for details on masterclass application conditions).
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2023 Jul 13 2023 Jul 16 highlighted
Published: Feb 28,2023
The International Choir Competition Miltenberg announces that the next competition will take place 13-16 July 2023 in the district of Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany.
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2023 Jul 25 2023 Jul 27 highlighted
Published: Jan 18,2023
10th Edition 25th - 27th July 2023, Florence - Italy The Unique and the Original Florence Choir Festival, also open to Orchestras & Bands, takes place in the wonderful city of Florence, Italy. The 10th edition of the festival will take place in some of the most prestigious venues such as the magnificent Basilicas of Santa Croce and Santa Trinita and the wonderful Church of Ognissanti.
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2023 Sep 06 2023 Sep 10 highlighted
Published: Sep 28,2022
More than 700 young singers from all over Europe will meet again at the 20th EUROTREFF, in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, 6-10 September 2023, to create wonderful and unique memories through music.
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2023 Oct 11 2023 Oct 15 highlighted
Published: Jul 29,2022
The America Cantat 10 Festival will take place in the City of La Plata, Argentina (capital of the Province of Buenos Aires), 11-15 October 2023
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2023 Jun 14 2023 Jun 18
Published: Mar 09,2022
The Dublin Choral Festival is returning on June 14-18, 2023!
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2023 Jun 22 2023 Jun 26
Published: Mar 09,2022
The Rome International Choral Festival is one of Rome’s premier annual summer music events.
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2023 Apr 25 2023 Apr 30
Published: Jun 27,2022
We are happy to announce that the World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM), one of the biggest events of the International Federation for Choral Music, will be held in Turkey from 25th to 30th of April 2023 with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The event will be organized by the Turkish representative of IFCM, the Choral Culture Association.
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2023 Aug 01 2023 Aug 06
Published: Sep 29,2022
As a non-competitive, international festival for choirs, singers, conductors, composers, managers, Africa Cantat aims to bring together singers from Africa and all continents, to promote African choral music heritage, and to embrace other continent’s choral traditions.
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2023 Oct 24 2023 Oct 28
Published: Dec 05,2022
Choirs from all over the world come to Vienna to rehearse and perform Martín Palmeri's Misatango under the guidance of the composer and conductor Saul Zaks.
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2022 Dec 11 2022 Dec 11
Published: Nov 30,2022
Mark your calendars -- this year, the 2nd Sunday of December when we annually celebrate the World Choral Day (WCD) every year falls on 11 December 2022!
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2022 Dec 11 2022 Dec 11
Published: Dec 07,2022
The City Choir ’’Prijedor’’, conducted by Aljoša Novaković, will hold a full evening concert “The Whole World One Choir’’ on the occasion of the World Choral Day this year.
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2024 Jul 05 2024 Jul 10
Published: Dec 05,2022
Yearly international youth music festival for choirs, orchestras and bands. Competition in the Golden Hall of Vienna Musikverein and workshops at the Vienna Music Unversity. July 5th-10th, 2024
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IFCM International Choral Magazine

Official magazine of the International Federation for Choral Music, the International Choral Magazine is published quarterly in the four official languages of IFCM: English, French, German and Spanish. It is distributed in more than 80 countries on the five continents and is the official voice of choral music around the world.

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Global Choral Calendar

Our focus at the moment is to unite the choral calendars of international choral organisations. Meanwhile please consult the calendar of choral events published by the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat here.

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