6th International Choral Festival, 29 May to 2 June 2019
Voices of Spirit 2019
The sixth edition moved to spring and brought the British ensemble VOCES8 to Graz as Artists in Residence. It opened with the Long Night of Choirs, some fifty choirs singing across the old town and VOCES8 closing the evening on the Kasematten stage, and ended with the gala MESSIAH in the Stefaniensaal, performed by the festival choirs, the Neue Hofkapelle Graz and VOCES8 under Barnaby Smith.
Film of the Long Night of Choirs 2019
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Who was there in 2019
Artists in Residence
VOCES8 (UK)
Teachers and conductors
Barnaby Smith (UK), conductor of MESSIAH
Paul Smith (UK), children choir workshop Voices of Tomorrow
Carsten Gerlitz (DE), workshop Just Sing It
Johann van der Sandt (ZA/IT), conducting masterclass
VOCES8 (UK), ensemble coaching CONSONARE
Franz M. Herzog (AT), artistic director
Choirs and ensembles
VOCES8 (UK)
Chor BG/BRG Knittelfeld
Ulmer Spatzen (DE)
Unistella
Steirischer Jägerchor
Lehigh University Choir (US)
Cantichorum
Singkreis basoARTe
Gesangsverein Deutschlandsberg
Sängerrunde Spielberg-Sachendorf
mondo musicale Graz
Doppelsextett Velden
Herzonanz
vocalternative
Stimmig
Horus Vocals
Bandwich
Picobellos
Chorakademie Dortmund (DE)
JUKI Frohnleiten
Singschul der Oper Graz
Vocalforum Graz
Neue Hofkapelle Graz
KUG choir
around fifty choirs at the Long Night of Choirs
Photos of 2019
Click a photo to see it large.Photos (c) Peter Purgar
