AmaCantus is a Danish chamber choir based on the island of Amager in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Founded in 1998, the choir has celebrated more than 25 years of continuous activity and consists of 16–18 dedicated singers, several of whom have been members for many years.
AmaCantus is conducted by Alexander Noval, trained as a pianist at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and as an organist at the Danish Church Music School. He has extensive experience as a choral conductor and vocal coach and regularly performs as an accompanist in Denmark and abroad.
AmaCantus has developed a broad and balanced repertoire ranging from Renaissance and Baroque music to Romantic and contemporary choral works. Recent programmes have included music by J. Wilbye, J. Dowland, H. Purcell, F. Poulenc, N. Lindberg, O. Gjeilo along with classical Danish songs.
The choir regularly performs concerts in churches, cultural venues and at festivals, with a strong tradition of local engagement combined with continuous artistic development.
The name AmaCantus derives from the Latin amare (to love) and cantus (song), and also refers to Amager, where the choir has its roots.
 

The Australian Children’s Choir is a mixed voice children’s choir and training program based in Melbourne, providing high quality music education and
performance opportunities for boys and girls ages 5-20 years. The Australian Children’s Choir has a proud history of musical excellence, with many of its former members going on to pursue successful musical careers, and thousands of children having benefited from its activities since its founding in 1976. The Australian Children’s Choir has developed an international reputation as one of Australia’s outstanding mixed-voice treble choirs.

The choir is well known for its continued refined performances, the quality of its varied repertoire celebrating both Australian and international composers, and the production of excellent young musicians under the direction of Artistic Director Daniel Brinsmead. 

The ACC’s Performing Choir consists of approximately fifty young people of all genders aged 12-21 years, who demonstrate advanced musical ability, excellent concentration, and personal organizational skills, as well as a commitment to excellence. 

The choir also supports each chorister’s voice change, providing both Baritone & Tenor vocal parts to support each singer, and broaden the complexity in the study of each vocal score. In previous years the choir has toured internationally every few years, to destinations including New Zealand, South Korea, Wales, China, The USA, England, Germany, Austria, Budapest and The Czech Republic, and most recently earned both Gold and Silver medals in the Championship division at the World Choir Games New Zealand 2024.

The BelCanto Choir from Frauenfeld in Switzerland is a lively and versatile choir with around 50 dedicated singers. For over 44 years, the choir has enriched the cultural life of the region and stands for musical quality, community, and enthusiasm for singing together.
The weekly rehearsals form the heart of the choir’s work. With great commitment and joy, a varied repertoire is developed, ranging from folk music and classical works to pop and sacred songs. This stylistic diversity gives the choir its special profile and enables it to set a wide variety of musical accents.
An integral part of the annual program is a concert with a secular focus or an atmospheric Christmas concert. In addition, the BelCanto Choir regularly participates in regional and Swiss singing festivals and also cultivates international contacts by participating in choir festivals abroad.
In addition to concert performances, the choir also performs at special occasions such as hospital Christmas celebrations, weddings, and funerals, lending these moments a dignified and touching atmosphere with its singing.
The BelCanto Choir stands for a vibrant community, musical diversity, and the joy of connecting people through music—in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, and beyond.

The Cape Town Camerata has grown into one of South Africa’s leading a cappella choirs, internationally recognised for their artistry, energy and heart.
Founded in 1997 as a youth choir the ensemble became Cape Town Camerata in 2023—reflecting the maturity and diversity of its singers.
Under the inspired direction of Leon Starker since 2003, CTC delivers emotionally powerful performances, builds cultural bridges, and provides a world-class platform for young South African voices.
The choir has performed in prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall and St Paul’s Cathedral, toured across Europe, the USA, and China and triumphed in top international competitions—winning Grand Prix awards, most recently in Loret de Mar, Spain (2025).
Highlights include stirring performances of Jenkins’ The Armed Man, Pärt’s St John Passion, Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil, and Händel’s Messiah. A 2025 highlight was winning the International Christican Choral Celebration William Byrd prize awarded by the Excelsia University College in Australia.
Cape Town Camerata is not just a choir—it’s a community, a movement, and a proudly South African sound on the global stage with one aim: to spark joy!

The female choir CARMINA was founded in the mid-winter of 1989 in Tallinn, by its conductor Margit Võsa. Now in our 37th season as of 2025/2026, the choir consists of 22 singers. Over the long and active years, the choir has become a closely-knit community of friends. Many singers have been performing together since the choir’s first day.
Carmina belongs to the Estonian Choir Association and is a member of the Estonian Female Choir Association. Carmina holds concerts throughout Estonia, but we mainly sing in the churches and concert halls of Tallinn. Despite our singers not being professional musicians, Carmina has often put itself to the test with challenging and complex repertoires. Our choir competes in the A-category of Estonian female choirs contests, and we have always placed in the top six rankings of this category’s contests.

Carmina has also successfully competed in many international choir festivals and contests during our numerous singing trips abroad.
Since its birth, our choir has sung in all the Estonian Song Festivals, as well as in the song festivals and grand projects organized by the Estonian Female Choir Association. Carmina’s tradition is to hold an annual spring concert in Niguliste Church or in the Blackheads’ House and Christmas concerts in different churches of Tallinn. St Jacob’s Church in Viimsi has also often been a welcoming space for our concerts and recordings. Carmina often engages promising young musicians, and we have dedicated concerts exclusively to French, Finnish or Russian music and poetry. We have also hosted and participated in joint projects with other choirs.

Margit Võsa, the founder and conductor of Carmina, has studied conducting in the conservatories in Tallinn and Saint Petersburg. She has won awards with the choir at many international choral competitions and released four CDs. She has been active in the choir music scene, by conducting, teaching, organising large-scale events. She has received a number of awards in the community of choral musicians, as well as top level recognition on the Estonian government level.

Cayman Youth Choir was formed in 2014, to be a place for all the young people of our island to come together to sing. Starting with only a small handful of singers, we have grown immensely in the past few years, with membership of our three choirs now hitting over 120.

We are proudly free to join and without audition and have singers from nearly all island districts and from the government and private sector of education. We also have students with individual special needs requirements and home-schooled individuals.

Our Senior choir is the most experienced and most technically demanding choir, with singers learning repertoire in 3-4 part harmonies and sometimes more. We enjoy singing jazz repertoire with close and complex harmonies, a cappella songs, as well as standard choral repertoire and fun, more up-beat songs with simple choreography. The singers are ages 11-20 and some have progressed through all parts of the CYC programme.

They continue to be invited to perform at many high-profile events on island and many of our singers are outstanding soloists as well as being choral vocalists. Through our strong partnership with CayMusicA and their education programme, we have many visiting vocal and choral specialists coming to work with our singers, such as Mark De-Lisser, who famously wrote the arrangement of “Stand By Me” for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

We are excited and grateful for the opportunity to come to perform as part of the Festival Internazionale Corale Verona Garda Estate in 2026. We anticipate sharing our Caymanian culture with everyone through music, song and stories, whilst also immersing ourselves in the richness and beauty of Italy and its traditions.

Chorus – Gruppo Ritmico Corale, is a choral and instrumental ensemble from Caldiero (Verona, Italy), active since 1995. Directed by Maestro Carlo Bennati, it comprises around fifty singers and performs with piano, drums, and bass.
Its repertoire ranges from Italian pop music to international hits, from film and cartoon soundtracks to Italian folk songs, including a cappella pieces of both popular and religious character. Particular attention is paid to the lyrics, which reflect human values such as peace, friendship, solidarity, and freedom.

Much of the repertoire is transcribed and arranged by the director, a musician known for his solid classical training combined with a sensitivity to contemporary trends. He creates original arrangements featuring engaging alternations of musical styles, choral textures, and solo passages.
Over the years, Chorus has collaborated with artists – such as I Neri Per Caso, Alan Sorrenti, Sonohra and others – and orchestras, performing not only in Italy but also abroad, particularly in Germany (in Würzburg, Waldsassen, Munich, Rosenheim and Tegernsee).

Maestro Carlo Bennati, musical and artistic director of Chorus since its founding, studied choral music, instrumentation, and conducting at the Conservatory of Verona, and further honed his skills through numerous advanced courses. He has been leading choirs and instrumental ensembles since his youth and has built extensive teaching experience in middle schools as well as at the Conservatories of Foggia, Como, Vicenza, and Trieste.

The Men’s Choir of the Cercle Choral Dacquois is one of the oldest musical societies in the city of Dax, in southwestern France. Founded in 1886 through the merger of two local ensembles, it has borne its current name since 1920 and continues a long-standing choral tradition. Composed exclusively of male voices and performing a cappella, the choir combines musical excellence with a strong sense of camaraderie. Today, it is a key cultural actor in its region and an ambassador of the vocal heritage of southwestern France, notably during international events such as the Verona Festival.
The choir brings together around fifty singers divided into four sections: first tenors, second tenors, baritones, and basses, offering a wide vocal range and rich harmonies. Three generations sing side by side, fostering both transmission and cohesion. Since 2019, the choir has been conducted by Flavie Nicogossian, a trained musician and certified music teacher. Her approach combines artistic rigor, pedagogy, and the joy of collective singing.

The choir’s repertoire is eclectic, including traditional Gascon and Basque songs, sacred music, world music, and arrangements of international popular songs. All pieces are performed a cappella, highlighting the ensemble’s power and subtlety. The choir regularly performs in concerts, festivals, and choral meetings in France and abroad, as well as in cultural and heritage venues such as churches, cathedrals, and concert halls.
Throughout its history, the choir has developed numerous musical productions and recorded several albums and a DVD, reflecting the evolution of its repertoire. It is also the founder of the “Entre Voix” Festival, a well-established choral event, and plays an active role in local cultural life. This ongoing creative dynamic helps promote the tradition of male choral singing while embracing a modern and evolving musical identity.

When it was founded in 1937, Lè Riondênè was a ladies’ choir with a folklore vocation. From 1943 onwards, the songs were accompanied by dances and Lè Riondênè took part in numerous events where they enthusiastically assumed their role as guardians of Gruyère traditions. After its 20th anniversary, the choir is definitively constituted as a mixed choir. The dances were gradually abandoned.
Since then, the choir has continued to evolve and develop, and currently has about forty singers.

The musical direction is assured by Florian Monney since last year. The president of the society is Véronique Aeby since 2006.
Our choir is based in Broc, a village in Gruyère, in the canton of Fribourg. The village is home to the Cailler chocolate factory. The medieval town of Gruyères is located nearby.

Repertoire
Traditional folk music, with an emphasis on the regional music of Switzerland and more particularly of Gruyère. We always perform in Gruyere folk costumes and sing many songs in Gruyere dialect. However, our repertoire is varied and we like to try out other styles.

Recent activity

The choir has participated in several national and international festivals in recent years. Here are some of our latest projects:

– Cantate Budapest in 2016
– Creation of a CD of songs in patois (our dialect) for our 80th anniversary in 2017
– Trip to Chabeuil, France, concert with the Graind’phonie choir, in 2018
– Participation in a competition to create choral video clips (2nd prize) in 2019
– Salzburg Advent Festival in 2019
– Swiss Song Festival in Gossau in 2022
– Music Choral Festival in Sardegna in 2023

Cor Creixent is a mixed choir from the Creu Alta Music School in Sabadell, Catalonia (Spain) integrated by teenagers between 12 and 16 years old.

It was founded in 2019.

Under the direction of Meritxell Cotrina, they have sung a very complete repertoire characterized by soundtracks, musicals, traditional catalan songs and other pop-rock songs.

They have sung in several places around Catalonia and last year they participated in the music school’s 40th anniversary singing in the “Palau de la Música Catalana de Barcelona”.

The “Isabella Gonzaga” women’s choir of Porto Mantovano is an association founded in 1998.

It takes its name from the Marchioness Isabella D’Este, wife of Francesco II Gonzaga, who brought her love for all the arts, including music, to the Gonzaga court in Mantua.

The Choir’s repertoire ranges across various musical genres: African-American gospel and spirituals, traditional Italian singer-songwriters, contemporary music, Christmas songs, and songs from the most famous musicals.

The “Isabella Gonzaga” choir seeks to convey, through music, a message of solidarity, hope and love combined with the pleasure of listening. Since 2024 the choir has been directed by Maestro Mattia Lorenzetti.

Founded in 1995 under the direction of M. Gianfranco Rocca, the San Pancrazio Choir actually counts 60 singers. Born as a parish chorus, it is strongly active in the Santa Maria Assunta Parish animating the Liturgical functions.
The Choir repertoire ranges from the 15th century till our days, going through composers such as Palestrina, Bach, A. Scarlatti, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and English carols, folk songs, rearranged modern songs and Gospel. Beside the liturgical engagement, the choir also performs a concert activity by participating in different events and obtaining great appreciation for the preparation and its vocalism. In the latest years it has elaborated its polyphonic repertoire through the study of important themes for orchestra and Chorus only. Some real examples are: Credo, Gloria, Magnificat of A. Vivaldi, Alleluia and Amen of Hendel, Missa brevis et solemnis, Missa Brevis in DO Maggiore, missa Brivis in Sol maggiore, Coronation Mass of Mozart and Requiem of Faure.

The Choir receives not only the Montichiari inhabitants’ affection but also widespread approval. The San Pancrazio Choir also performed several concerts in the National Territory.
In April 2013 , it was invited to solemnize the Sunday Santa Messa Vespertina in the San Pietro Cathedral in Rome.
In April 2015, it had the opportunity to sing in the Basilica Inferiore of Assisi and in October of the same year in the Basilica dei Frari and in the famous Basilica of San Marco in Venice.
In March 2017 , it was also invited to solemnize the Sunday Messa Vespertina in Duomo of Siena.
In March 2019 , our Choir had the possibility to sing in Monte Oliviero Maggiore Abbey and Duomo of Pienza
In April 2016 it also performed outside of Italy, with the concert in Wagna and the accompaniment of the Sunday Vespertina mass in Leibnitz, Austria . Since 2013 the San Pancrazio Choir has been participating to the Festival Internazionale Corale Verona Garda Estate and in 2014 joins the “Cori Lombardia” (Associazione dei cori lombardi)

The “Corale San Bartolomeo Apostolo” is a mixed amateur choir, which today has about 20 members. It was founded in 2019 by a group of singers who already animated the liturgical celebrations of the parish of San Bartolomeo delle Montagne, in the province of Verona. The repertoire ranges from sacred music to traditional folk and mountain songs, performed both a cappella and with instruments.

During the restrictions period due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the choir devoted itself exclusively to the animation of liturgical celebrations in the parish. In 2023, it also resumed its concert activity. Some months ago, the “Corale San Bartolomeo Apostolo” begun a new cooperation with the “Coro di Vestenavecchia e Castelvero”, forming an ensemble of about 30 elements, with the aim of singing during the most important celebrations in their respective churches and organizing and participating in concert events.

The “Coro Santa Maria Annunziata, Roncà”was founded around 1945 as a three-part male choir. Over the years, a female choir was added. At that time, the choir performed exclusively liturgical songs in Latin. The merger of the two groups led to the creation of the mixed four-part choir.
It was certainly important for a small community like Roncà, emerging from difficult and dark years due to World War II, to meet weekly to make music, share culture, and animate the liturgy—liturgies that were obviously pre-conciliar at the time, with Mass in Latin and all that went with it.
A significant transformation for the Roncà choir, more commonly known as “La Corale,” was the transition of leadership from the priest in charge of the parish community to a professional music director, which took place in 2007.
Thanks to these new skills and professionalism, the choir has refined its technique and vocal tone, and in addition to performing liturgical services in the parish church alongside other choirs, it participates in and organizes concerts. The choir’s repertoire consists of approximately 100 pieces, from Handel to Bach, from Giuseppe Verdi to Mozart, as well as contemporary composers such as the Dutchman Jacob de Haan, Marco Frisina, and “our own” Bepi De Marzi. The choir currently has approximately 25 members and rehearses once a week. Through music, it also promotes culture, because man does not live by bread alone.

Stylistic and musical diversity characterises the modern choir “vocalis” under the direction of Mercedes Guerrero, a trained opera singer and choir director from Colombia.

The choir is part of the Liedertafel Ettlingen 1842 e. V., one of the oldest associations in Baden in south-west Germany.

The repertoire of vocalis is demanding, wide-ranging and international. It includes new German choral literature as well as modern arrangements of art songs, sacred music and world music from different cultures from Africa to South America.

The internationality and versatility that characterise vocalis as a choir are reflected both in the variety of nationalities represented in the choir and in the repertoire for the Festival Corale Verona Garda Estate.

The “Coro Euterpe S. Maria di Zevio” Musical Association was founded on 18 January 2010 under the presidency of our baritone Fulvio Piccoli, on the solid roots of the pre-existing “Coro Euterpe”, which takes the name “enchanting” from the homonym Greek muse. It is a male choir with equal voices, born in S. Maria di Zevio (VR) in 1981 with Bepi Andreoli, who directed it for about thirty years, with the success of some awards. Since 2009 the director has been Music Master Gianluca Brigo; since 2019 the president is Vincenzo Zucchetti. The repertoire includes popular songs from not only the Italian regional tradition, especially Northern and Sardinian, but also European (English, French, German, Russian). There is no shortage of liturgical pieces, sometimes created ad hoc by Music Master Friar Terenzio Zardini, who formed a true partnership with the Euterpe Choir.

Choral and solo pieces, taken from Italian opera, are sung thanks to the precious collaboration of the young soprano Cecilia Rizzetto from Zevio. The Euterpe Choir is also active in celebrations for institutional and civic anniversaries, together with the “Edoardo and Oreste Tognetti” Band Complex of Perzacco di Zevio.
The Zevian Music Master Gianluca Brigo (1983) graduated in piano under the guidance of concert pianist Vittorio Bresciani at the “F. E. Dall’Abaco” Conservatory in Verona; there he also specialized as a pianist collaborating with singers. In addition to the “Città di Soave” Choir (Verona) and “Santissima Trinità” of Volon di Zevio, Music Master Brigo directs the “Maria Callas” Lyrical-Interpretative Academy, organizing, with other Music Masters, concerts and music courses.

The Coro Berico InCanto di Alonte is a mixed-voice choir founded in May 2021 and currently made up of 23 singers united by a passion for music. Passionately directed by Maestro Loris Vantini, it has taken part in numerous events with diverse purposes. It has partecipated in social and charitable initiatives to promote solidarity
campaigns as well as in various cultural presentations promoted by the Centro
Musica Cultura di Alonte. It actively takes part in musical events and festivals organized by regional and local associations for the promotion of choral music and has been a member of ASAC Veneto since 2024. In recent years, it has performed at several Christmas concerts in the Vicenza, Verona, and Umbria regions, and each year it organizes the traditional Epiphany Concert in collaboration with the Centro Musica Cultura di Alonte. Its repertoire ranges from traditional folk and autor’s songs to mountain songs,
religious songs, and even includes some early music songs.

Founded in 1995 by members of the Mérida State Choral Federation, the choir’s mission is to perform choral music with internationally renowned conductors renowned for their work composing and arranging Venezuelan choral music.
The choir is composed of 12 to 16 singers, requiring a rigorous selection process, as most members come from prestigious choral groups in the city of Mérida.
The choir has performed in Venezuela’s most important cities and choral events, and toured to New York, USA, in 1995 and 1997, at the invitation of the Venezuelan Diplomatic Corps accredited to the United Nations.
The Mérida Chamber Choir has performed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, at the United Nations Headquarters, and in the Gallery of the Venezuelan Center of the Venezuelan Consulate in New York.

In 2003, the choir won the Habaneras Award, the most prestigious award at the 49th International Habanera and Polyphony Competition in Torrevieja, Spain.
Since 2005, the choir has conducted educational workshops in all the cities and municipalities of the state of Mérida, in collaboration with the Institute of Performing and Musical Arts and the National Council of Culture.
In 2007, the choir workshops were consolidated and their management was entrusted to the Special Education Choir of the State of Mérida.

In 2008 and 2013, the choir participated in choral workshops at the Alpe Adria Cantat (Lignano, Italy) and the Cantat Novi Sad (Serbia), both funded by the Ministry of Popular Power for Culture, under the supervision of the Ministry’s office in the state of Mérida. Thanks to this position, he has been actively involved in the promotion and preservation of Venezuelan choral music in the region, serving as a member of the Technical Committee of the Institute of Performing and Musical Arts, the body that oversees state cultural activities. Since 2011, he has been a member of the FACES University Choral Foundation at the University of Los Andes.
On September 11, he performed at the Papal Audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the invitation of Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
In 2015, he participated in Europa Cantat in Hungary and performed in Serbia and Germany. In July 2022, the group participated in the 68th Habaneras and Polyphony Competition in Torrevieja, Spain, thanks to the dedication of all its members and the support of the Mérida community.

This year marks the 13th edition of the Ellison Canadian Honour Choir, a national ensemble sponsored by Ellison Travel and Tours.

Comprised of young adult and high school singers from across Canada, the choir convenes annually at Musicfest Canada for an intensive week of rehearsals, high-caliber performances, and artistic camaraderie.

While this prestigious event moves to a different Canadian city each May, this year marks a significant milestone: the ensemble is thrilled to extend their residency with an exclusive performance tour to Italy, bringing their unique Canadian sound to an international stage.

The Cultural Association Ensemble Vocale di Caldiero is dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of music through the organization of concerts, artistic events, and educational activities. Thanks to the passion and enthusiasm of its members, the association aims to promote art and beauty while highlighting the fundamental role of music within the local community. Cultural promotion represents an essential driving force for fostering knowledge and appreciation of the many forms of human expression, creating bridges for dialogue and enriching society with new perspectives. The Ensemble Vocale di Caldiero was founded in the spring of 2023 at the initiative of a group of friends united by their passion for singing and music. With the conviction that choral experience can improve interpersonal relationships, cultivate a sense of beauty, elevate the spirit, and encourage the formation of new friendships, the group began its activity with the project The Filippine Lauda in 16th-century Rome. This project led to the study and performance of works by Francisco Soto de Langa, Giovanni Animuccia, and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. The choir’s activity includes the study of repertoire, vocal technique training — with particular attention to breathing, tone production, and intonation — as well as elements of music theory, such as note reading, 

and brief introductions to music history in order to place the performed pieces within their proper stylistic context. The choir is composed mainly of people driven by a strong passion for singing, who recognize in choral practice an important motivation for ensemble music-making and artistic sharing.

Laugarneskirkja Choir is a mixed church choir founded in 1992 and based at Laugarneskirkja Church in Reykjavík.

The choir has between 20 and 30 active singers and has been conducted since 2018 by Elisabet Thordardottir.

The choir performs regularly at church services and ceremonies, as well as at community events and festivals in the neighbourhood.

In addition, it presents its own concerts and musical programmes, including themed events such as Afternoon Tea with Music.

The choir’s repertoire is broad and varied, with a strong focus on sacred music and Icelandic choral works.

At this festival, the choir presents a colourful programme of Icelandic music from different periods, ranging from folk-inspired and sacred works to secular and popular music.

This year marks Korora’s thirtieth season. The flagship ensemble of Korora Choirs, Korora has received first and second place on Canadian national festival stages. The choir also placed first in their division in the CBC/Choral Canada Competition for Amateur Canadian Choirs. Korora has received several awards for its work with youth, music education, and its African Projects Fund. While Korora takes pride in these accomplishments, the choir’s focus remains centred on creating a learning experience for young singers while providing audiences with exciting and innovative musical performances.

Korora has been a featured ensemble at many events both nationally and internationally. These include the Rocky Mountain National Music Festival, Podium (the biennial conference of Choral Canada), the Canadian Music Educators National Conference, the regional conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the International Society of Music Educators (ISME) conference, and others. Korora was a featured ensemble at the IFCM World Choral Expo in Lisbon, Portugal in July 2019.

The choir Ještěd was founded in Liberec, the Czech Republic in 1907 and it is the largest and second oldest choir in our region. The choir has so far had 2 particularly successful eras, firstly under Josef Pazderka in the years 1948
– 1979 and secondly under Petr Pálka in 1999 – 2006. It is returning to these heights under its current conductor Marek Müller who has been leading the choir since 2016. The choir acquired two silver medals in 2022 at the 11th International “Pau Casals" Choir Competition and Festival “Canco
Mediterania” in Lloret de Mar, Spain and last year the choir acquired the gold medal at the Mundi Cantant / Svátky písní Olomouc Festival in the Czech Republic, also winning a special prize from the jury for its interpretation of Dies Irae by Zdeněk Lukáš. The mixed choir Ještěd puts on traditional concerts of vocal pieces not only all around the region of Liberec but also in other regions including Prague. 

The choir has a wide repertoire – pieces from baroque through classicism, romanticism to contemporary music, including arrangements of folk songs and jazz pieces. Besides these purely vocal concerts the choir holds regular concerts of large masterpieces with orchestras and soloists.

To name some of them from the last years:
2023 – Sir Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace (Liberec, Semily, Děčín);
2024 – Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater (Liberec, Mladá Boleslav, Erlenbad/DE, Strasbourg/FR) and 2025 – Antonín Dvořák: The
Spectre’s Bride (Semily, Liberec, Nová Paka, Turnov).
Ještěd choir has always played an important role in the cultural life of its region and represents Liberec and Czech choral music abroad as well. This year the choir is looking forward to taking part in two festivals: in July, the Verona Garda Estate International Choral Festival and in October, Choralia Mikulov in the Czech Republic.

The “Le Campane di San Martino” choir was founded in the early 2000s by a group of young people who, encouraged by the parish priest, Don Giovanni Guandalini, began to enliven Holy Mass with song.
Today, the choir continues to enliven the liturgical assembly with sacred song during Eucharistic celebrations.
The musical repertoire consists primarily of liturgical chants, but also includes classical choral compositions and folk songs.
The choir is made up of about thirty members and is currently directed by Federica Covre.

Polop is an small village situated at the East coast of Spain near Benidorm at
the Costa Blanca.

Nearly 80 years ago people used to sing the mass in Polop. was in 1.976 when D. Antonio Berenguer Fuster, priest, borned in Polop and with a huge musical knowledge specially in sacral music, organist and conductor created the corus, the seed that bored fruit and became in the corus existing nowadays. After D. Antonio Berenguer Fuster was died in 2.017, Rafael Domenech Donate, our current conductor, continued the work, the respect and love for the sacral music keeping the same line and original essence.

Our repertoire encompasses from Gregorian chant, renaissance till XX century. 50 years accompanying the messes in Polop and also other cities and villages at the region. From 2.017 corus belongs to the regional federation and has participated in several festivals and conventions.

Our conductor Rafael Domenech Donate, renowned musician as bassoonist
has played with prestigious orchestras at differents places as Parisian Opera,
Sidney, Istanbul, Berlin, Madrid and others. Also has been directing many
choirs at different countries

The Chamber Choir of Seltjarnarnes Church was founded in 1994 and has been under the direction of Friðrik Vignir Stefánsson, the church’s organist and music director, since 2007. In addition to regularly performing at church services, the choir presents concerts approximately three times throughout the year.
In recent years, the choir’s repertoire has included works by composers such as Ola Gjeilo, Arvo Pärt, Knut Nystedt, Bob Chilcott, Javier Busto, Bára Grímsdóttir, Egill Gunnarsson, and Sigurður Sævarsson. Collaborating with the Amateur Symphony Orchestra, the choir has performed numerous major choral works by baroque and classical masters including J. Haydn, A.Vivaldi, C.P.E. Bach, G.A. Homilius, J.J. Ryba, T. Albinoni, J.S. Bach, C. Monteverdi, F.B. Mendelssohn, and F.X. Brixi.
Many of the soloists in these performances are drawn from within the choir itself, as several members have training in classical solo singing from studies both in Iceland and abroad.

Samkór Reykjavíkur was founded in March 1978 by a group of singers who had their roots in Snæfellsnes in Iceland and were, among other things, members of the Snæfellsnes and Hnappdæla Association in Reykjavík. Therefore, the choir was initially called Snæfellsnes Choir. The choir has been operating since then, but in the autumn of 2004 the choir’s name was changed to Samkór Reykjavíkur as there had been a significant renewal of members and many choir members had few connections west of Snæfellsnes.
Samkór Reykjavíkur is a choir with around 40 choir members of all ages and the friendships we have are invaluable. The choir sings a wide variety of music and enjoys tackling as many musical genres as possible.
The choir has participated in a number of events and regularly travels abroad to hold concerts, sing at events and, last but not least, to have fun together.
The talented Arngerður María Árnadóttir is the choir‘s conductor since 2019.
Arngerður holds degrees in Church Music and Composition. She has been highly active as a composer and has mainly been writing for choir, organ and chamber orchestra as well as working with an Icelandic tv and film composer on various projects.

The San Benedetto Choir was born from the merger of two parish choirs: San Benedetto di Lugana and San Martino – Peschiera del Garda.

Its activities involve leading liturgical assemblies, with the aim of promoting knowledge of the Word of God through musical practice.

The awareness of the duty to best perform the ministerial service of musical animation during the Eucharistic Celebration is the common motivation for all choir members, who regularly participate in weekly rehearsals.
The choir consists of 25 members divided into sopranos, contraltos, tenors, and basses.

The weekly meetings, in addition to being a time for musical rehearsal and consultation, are also an opportunity for socializing, spiritual growth, and prayer, and are strongly inspired by the words of St. Augustine, who said that singing well is equivalent to praying twice.

The choir’s repertoire is exclusively sacred and includes pieces suitable for the various moments of the Mass at different times of the liturgical year.

The Schola Cantorum Gregoriana Gaudeamus was founded in the early 90s by a couple of motivated church singers in the Belgian town of Zingem.

In the meantime it has developed into a frequently invited small choral for performances in churches and chapels.

The Schola sings Gregorian music in the authentic way : only male voices, without instruments.

Founded in September 2004, it was registered and constituted as a Cultural and Musical Association in October 2009. The choir’s name is no coincidence; it was linked to the cult that took place in the Antas Valley, home to the Roman Punic Temple of the same name, located three kilometers from Fluminimaggiore. The polyphonic choir participated in the 2012 and 2013 ALTA
PUSTERIA International Festival in Trentino-Alto Adige, representing all of Sardinia. In September 2012, it participated in the 3rd International Folklore Festival held in Pineda de Mar, Spain. It organizes important regional initiatives. Highlights include the Christmas choral festival “Verso la Stella” and, in August, the “Una Notte di Stelle” festival, featuring the participation of various choirs.

In 2013, it organized a major event in Fluminimaggiore called “cantendi tottusu impari,” featuring seven choirs for a total of 168 singers from all over Sardinia. In 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2025, it participated in the solidarity concert called “NATALE AL BUSINCO” in Cagliari. In April 2017, it participated in the Milazzo International Festival in Sicily. In 2021, 2022, and 2025, it participated in the international festival “AL SOLE DELLA SARDEGNA.” In 2023, it participated in the Verona Garda International Choral Festival. In recent years, it has performed over 250 concerts and boasts a vast repertoire ranging from classical to modern, contemporary, and traditional, not only Sardinian. Its repertoire includes pieces from Sardinian musical tradition, reworked by the artistic
director and performed as world premieres at various concerts.
PRESIDENT DIANA SERGIO
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MASSIMO ATZORI

The Studio Vocale Karlsruhe was founded in 1980 by Werner Pfaff and consists of about 25 trained singers. While 20th-century music and music from Latinamerica is given pride of place, the ensemble also favors unconventional programs, a discreetly modern approach to historical music from all eras, and the cultivation of unjustly forgotten music.
The programs are generally subjected to an overarching theme. After winning several important international choral competitions the choir has been invited often at important festivals as St. Petersburg, Seoul, Riga, Valencia, San Sebastian, Buenos Aires, Tromsö, Manila, Lisbon. SVK was three times invited as guest choir at the festival “America cantat” in Mar del Plata, Mexico City and Bogotá.
Since 1983 SVK has been regularly invited at the Festival Europäischen Kulturtage in Karlsruhe.
Some of our favorite recordings: English Choir music after 1900; Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramírez; the integral choir music by Robert and Clara Schumann.
Studio Vocale is sponsored by the “Land Baden-Württemberg” and the City of Karlsruhe.

Ootresjoos is a 12-member women’s vocal ensemble, based in Sint-Niklaas, BELGIUM , under the direction of Petar Calic.
The original members met as teenagers in a girls choir wich at the time was ranked as one of the top female youth choir in Belgium. Their shared passion for choral music inspired them to continue singing together as a women’s ensemble after graduating.
The ensemble’s name , is the Dutch phonetic spelling of the French “autre chose” (something else). It reflects the wide variety of their repertoire, which ranges from early music to contemporary works, and from classical to jazz, musical theatre and pop. Ootresjoos always thrives for artistic quality , while placing the joy of singing together as the heart of their performances.
They regularly present full-length concerts, often centred around a theme such as film music, Mowtown and Christmas. The ensemble is also frequently invited to perform at cultural events, from a Christmas concert at Antwerp Cahtedral tot he world famous hot-air balloon festival in their hometown of Sint-Niklaas. In addition Ootersjoos is a welcome guest at events organised by cultural institutions , companies , and banks , as well at more intimate occasions such as anniversaries and private celebrations.

The roots of the current vocAmuze stretch back quite a long way. There was the ‘St. Cecilia Choir’ in Burcht (a community close to Antwerp) which was a male choir at the time and sang during the weekly church services.
In 1967, under the inspiring leadership of Dries De Kindt, female members were also admitted, and thus the group became a “mixed” choir.
It’s no surprise that this choir can look back on a rich past, with various conductors, performing programs featuring classical as well as larger-scale (and grandiose) choral works, participation in competitions and with close ties to the local parish.
With the turn of the century, the choir’s composition gradually changed and more people from neighbouring municipalities joined the group.
In 2003, the choir found Dimitry Goethals to be the perfect conductor to guide the choir through the following decades. 

In November 2004, the choir also changed its name: we are ‘vocAmuze’ ever since. vocAmuze isn’t a pop choir or a solidarity choir; the repertoire is more classical, with some fascinating diversions into works by contemporary choral composers.
The parish character has faded somewhat into the background, though vocAmuze is regularly invited to sing during liturgical services in and around Antwerp.

‘Vox Animae’ – the voice of the soul – is a group of women who, during the pandemic, organised a series of singing evenings with the aim of perfecting their voices with their friend Anne-Françoise Andenmatten-Sierro, who conducts the ensemble. Founded in 2021, this young choir currently has around twenty enthusiastic singers.

Merging voices, merging hearts through singing! What could be more stimulating and regenerating as we navigate life’s joys and sorrows! ‘Vox Animae’ arose from our desire to join together through music, friendship, enthusiasm, motivation, kindness… and to let our souls sing, hence our name.

We are delighted to present our ‘Vocal Mosaic’. We invite you to listen to songs from different cultures, eras and origins: poliphony from the Renaissance, contemporary music, folk songs, Orthodox liturgy, exotic sounds of Sephardic singing… The choice of repertoire reflects a search for originality, openness and a firm commitment to quality. May the lyrics and and the music flow from our hearts to yours

We would like to extend our warmest thanks to the Festival organisers for allowing us to share our joy of singing with the guest choirs and the audience, and to experience other cultures and sounds.