World Choir Council

Representatives and adviser all over the world

The World Choir Council is not only a well-known and very important part of the choral world, but also a very important member of the INTERKULTUR family. It is the highest and voluntary international advisory body of INTERKULTUR and currently consists of more than 147 international members representing over 96 regions and nations in this circle. The representatives meet regularly, report on the choral scene and activities of their respective countries and discuss together urgent concerns and current issues of the choral world.

The members support the idea of the Choir Olympics as well as the vision of INTERKULTUR and the INTERKULTUR World Choir Events. Through their participation in the international choral events, festivals, competitions as well as in the diverse educational activities, they promote, encourage and support the further development of worldwide choral culture and music.

Presidency
Advisory Board of the World Choir Council

Members of the World Choir Council

Afghanistan

Omid Noori

Albania

Suzana Turku

Argentina

Alejandro Daniel Garavano

Armenia

​Tigran Hekekyan

Australia

David Slater

Austria

Karl-Gerhard Straßl

Austria

Heinz Ferlesch

Belarus

Inessa Bodyako

Belgium

Luc Anthonis

Belgium

Jean-Pierre van Avermaet

Benin

Béranger Yakassou

Bolivia

Carmen Giovanna Montaño Valdivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mladen Matović

Botswana

David Slater

Brazil

Helma Haller

Bulgaria

Theodora Pavlovitch

Canada

Carrie Tennant

Canada

Zimfira Poloz

Canada

Robert Cooper

Canada

Don James

Chile

Ricardo Curihuinca Vergara

China

Wu Lingfen

China

Tian Xiaobao

China

Dapeng Meng

China

Li Yang

China

Guanghui Chen

China/Hong Kong SAR

Ronnie Kay Yen Cheng

China/Hong Kong SAR

Raymond Fu

China/Macao SAR

Mingyan Liu

Chinese Taipei

Johnny Ku

Colombia

Edwin Orlando Carrillo

Costa Rica

Beverlyn Mora Ramírez

Croatia

Antoaneta Radočaj-Jerković

Croatia

Branko Stark

Cuba

María Felicia Pérez

Czech Republic

Jan Míšek

Côte d’Ivoire

Pascal Koua

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ambroise Kua Nzambi Toko

Denmark

Steen Lindholm

Dominican Republic

Elioenai Medina

Dominican Republic

Farida Diná

Ecuador

Manuel Eugenio Auz Sanchez

Estonia

Aarne Saluveer

Finland

Kari Turunen

France

Mariette Wilson

France

Jean-Baptiste Bertrand

Germany

Thomas Kreiling

Germany

Tristan Meister

Germany

Donka Miteva

Germany

Jürgen Faßbender

Germany

Jürgen Budday

Gibraltar

Christian Santos

Great Britain

Rachel Walker Mason

Great Britain

Mathew Wright

Great Britain

Joy Hill

Greece

Maria Emma Meligopoulou

Guatemala

Carlos Fernando Archila Salguero

Hungary

Levente Gyöngyösi

Hungary

Katalin Kiss

Iceland

Thorgerdur Ingólfsdóttir

India

Neil Herbert Nongkynrih

Indonesia

Sonia Nadja Simanjuntak

Indonesia

Aris Sudibyo

Iran

Milad Omranloo

Ireland

Michael Dawson

Ireland

Bernie Sherlock

Israel

Nathalie Goldberg

Israel

Aharon Harlap

Italy

Cinzia Zanon

Italy

Giovanni Acciai

Jamaica

Gregory Simms

Japan

Kenji Otani

Japan

Ko Matsushita

Jordan

Shireen Abu Khader

Kazakhstan

Gulmira Kuttybadamova

Kosovo

Memli Kelmendi

Latvia

Romāns Vanags

Latvia

Mārtiņš Klišāns

Lithuania

Vytautas Miškinis

Macedonia

Letka Dimovska Polizova

Malaysia

Susanna Saw

Malta

John Galea

Malta

Christopher Muscat

Mexico

Julio Morales

Mexico

Gerardo Rábago Palafox

Mexico

Marco Antonio Ugalde

Morocco

Adnane Matrone

Myanmar

Moe Naing

Namibia

Fanie Dorfling

Netherlands

Johan Rooze

Netherlands

Hans van den Brand

New Zealand

John Rosser

New Zealand

Karen L. Grylls

Nicaragua

Reyna Somarriba Molina

Nigeria

Emeka Nwokedi

Norway

Tove Ramlo-Ystad

Panama

Jorge Ledezma Bradley

Paraguay

Maria Vanesa Utz

Peru

Jaime Augusto Contreras Ghio

Philippines

Jonathan Velasco

Poland

Kinga Litowska

Poland

Benedykt Błoński

Portugal

Luis Cipriano

Puerto Rico

Carmen Acevedo Lucio

Qatar

Zlatan Fazlić

Republic of Korea

Ryan Goessl

Republic of Korea

Shin-Hwa Park

Romania

Anna Ungureanu

Romania

Voicu Popescu

Russia

Pavel Pozhigailo

Russia

Vladimir Zhivov

Russia

Viktor Zakharchenko

Russia

Lev Kontorovich

Russia

Alexander Solovyev

Senegal

Lucien Mendy

Serbia

Vladimir Opačić

Singapore

Jennifer Tham

Slovakia

Milan Kolena

Slovenia

Karmina Šilec

South Africa

Bernard Krüger

South Africa

Michael Barrett

South Africa

Ludumo Magangane

South Africa

André van der Merwe

Spain

Enrique Azurza

Spain

Òscar Boada

Sri Lanka

Soundarie David

Sweden

Helene Stureborg

Sweden

Fred Sjöberg

Switzerland

Ivo Antognini

Switzerland

Hansruedi Kämpfen

Thailand

Kittiporn Tantrarungroj

Thailand

Khunying Malaival Boonyaratavej

Togo

Felix Adessondji Olufade

Türkiye

Başak Doğan

Türkiye

Ilker Ersil

Uganda

Michael Eduard Mukisa

Ukraine

Anzhela Maslennikova

United Arab Emirates

Philipp Maier

Uruguay

Ana Laura Rey

USA

John Haberlen

USA

Tim Sharp

USA

T. J. Harper

USA

Elena Sharkova

USA

Andre de Quadros

Venezuela

María Guinand

Vietnam

Châu Anh Đặng

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