World Choir Games bring 11,000 singers to Auckland (June 8, 2024)
Christine Argyle, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Choral Federation, the local partner organization for hosting the World Choir Games in interview with Radio New Zealand.
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Biggest Choral Event On The Planet Hits Auckland (July 5, 2024)
Announcement of the World Choir Games 2024 in the Big Idea Magazine, focusing on the international scale and lasting impact of the event on New Zealand.
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Mia Makaroff and the 'Butterfly' effect (July 19, 2024)
Interview with Finnish composer and World Choir Games 2024 jury member Mia Makaroff, to find out what's involved in judging a session, and how she's found the Games so far. "Every choir in this competition has been warming my heart," she says. “I really appreciate the work, and... that they take part and show themselves, and do their best. It's really enjoyable.”
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Singing Together Change Lives (July 17, 2023)
After the successful closing of the World Choir Games 2023 the Korean Herald published an interview with The Young People’s Chorus of New York City's Artistic Director Francisco Nuñez who talks about why diversity matters.
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First Lady Kim Keon-hee attends the World Choir Games (July 3, 2023)
South Korea’s First Lady Kim Keon-hee attended the Opening Ceremony of the World Choir Games 2023 on July 3. The ceremony and her presence were covered by the biggest national media outlets in South Korea.
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First Lady attending the World Choir Games (KOR)
Mrs. Kim Keon-hee greets INTERKULTUR President Günter Titsch (KOR)
Mrs. Kim Keon-hee performs World Choir Games Bell Ceremony (KOR)
Vokal global: Choir music from Asia (June 9, 2021)
The German radio station conducted an interview with INTERKULTUR’s Artistic Director Johan Rooze about choral music in Asia. He tried to answer questions about the special characteristics of choirs from Asia, their music routines and their secret of success.
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"INTERKULTUR" in the focus (January 26, 2020)
A report by Roger Schmidt in the run-up to the World Choir Games in Flanders, Belgium: a TV team from Hessischer Rundfunk visited the Fernwald offices of the cultural organization "INTERKULTUR".
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World Choir Games 2018 – World’s biggest choir competition is coming to Africa (August 4, 2017)
Music in Africa, a famous South African arts and culture magazine published a long interview with the organizers in the run-up to the World Choir Games 2018 and created a lot of excitement for the Games throughout the national choral scene.
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World Choir Games 2016 – Sochi proved to be a good host for choirs from all over the world (October 2016)
A report by Roger Schmidt in the magazine “International Choral Bulletin” on the successes of the World Choir Games 2016 in Sochi, Russia.
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Jordanian choir scores gold at 'Choral Olympics' (July 27, 2016)
The Jordan choir Dozan wa Awtar was the only one from its country to participate in the World Choir Games to date. The daily newspaper Jordan Times reported about their 2016 success in Sochi.
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Iranian groups win awards at World Choir Games (July 20, 2016)
The Tehran Times from Iran about the success of “Tehran Voices” at the World Choir Games 2016.
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Welcome to the 'Choir Olympics' (July 6, 2016)
The Huffington Post, one of the most popular online magazines in the United States, featured the Opening of the 9th World Choir Games 2016 in Sochi, Russia including video scenes from the Opening Ceremony.
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World Choir Games 2018 in South Africa (June 21, 2016)
The award-winning German music journal nmz – neue musikzeitung announces the host of the 10th World Choir Games and highlights the special value of the event.
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Choir Olympics (July 10, 2012)
The daily newspaper Tagesspiegel from the German capital Berlin describes how the Cincinnati residents were carried away by an unprecedented enthusiasm for international choral music during the World Choir Games 2012.
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Giving Voice to the Young and the Reluctant (July 4, 2010)
An interview with Gareth Malone, who prepared a group of students for the 2010 World Choir Games in just six month, documented by the BBC series “The Choir”, was published in the New York Times.
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