Akademitchesky Khor Musikalnogo Uchilishcha RAM imeni Gnessin, Russia © INTERKULTUR

Russia wins the first edition of ISTRAMUSICA

Akademitchesky Khor Musikalnogo Uchilishcha RAM imeni Gnessin convinced on stage

ISTRAMUSICA

A total of nine choirs were selected by the international jury to compete for the overall win at the Grand Prize Competition of ISTRAMUSICA 2017 in Poreč, Croatia. On Saturday afternoon they went on stage once again to present their outstanding skills, but at the end only one choir triumphed: Akademitchesky Khor Musikalnogo Uchilishcha RAM imeni Gnessin from Russia became first and was awarded a 2000€ prize money. Congratulations!

Here are all Category Winners at a glance:

Category A1 - Mixed Choirs - Level of difficulty I
Vox Carniola, Slovenia
conducted by Eva Jelenc Drozg

Category A2 - Male Choirs - Level of difficulty I
Vokalna Skupina Goldinar, Slovenia
conducted by Igor Hodak

Category A3 - Female Choirs - Level of difficulty I
Kodály Choir of Szolnok, Hungary
conducted by Zsolt Szabó

Category F – Folklore
Ženska Klapa Teranke Svet, Croatia
conducted by Sveto Popović

G1 - Childrens Choirs
Ocarina Children's Choir, Finland
conducted by Mia Makaroff

Category G2 - Youth Choirs of equal voices
Lebedele, Romania
conducted by Maria Gyuris

Category G3 - Youth Choirs of mixed voices
Akademitchesky Khor Musikalnogo Uchilishcha RAM imeni Gnessin, Russia
conducted by Elena Kolmakova

Category P - Pop - Jazz - Gospel – Spiritual
PopKORn, Slovenia
conducted by Daniel Tement

Category S - Sacred Choral Music a cappella
Vox Carniola, Slovenia
conducted by Eva Jelenc Drozg

All in all 7 Silver and 17 Golden Diplomas were awarded to the participating choirs during the Awards Ceremony on Saturday afternoon. A complete list of results can be found here.

For more impressions from the first ISTRAMUSICA choir festival and competition please follow the event’s official Facebook page.

The next ISTRAMUSICA international choir competition will take place from September 20-28, 2018. More information can be found here.

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