"Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in the INTERKULTUR’s European Choir Games event. We would also like to thank you for the wonderful organization and for all the help before and during the event. We felt such honor to participate in the competitions with some of the best choirs in the world! We came back to Israel smiling with such good memories and experiences."

RIGA SINGS – Concurso coral internacional y premio coral de Imants Kokars
¡RIGA VUELVE A CANTAR!
Letonia –la nación cantante– ha demostrado ya dos veces, que es un fantástico anfitrión para eventos corales internacionales.
Después del gran exito de los World Choir Games en 2014, el Gran Prix of Nations en Riga en 2017 y las 3ª European Choir Games invita a la capital letona en 2019 de nuevo a coros de todo el mundo a "RIGA SINGS – Concurso Coral Internacional y Premio Coral de Imants Kokars".
El mundialmente famoso director de coros letón y pedagogo Imants Kokars ha sido uno de los personajes mas excepcionales en el panorama musical letón e internacional y fundador de la moderna escuela letona para dirección de coros asi mismo, como fundador de la academia de música letona Jāzeps Vītols. Además ha sido también fundador y director artístico del coro de cámara "Ave Sol".
El punto culminante de "RIGA SINGS", será el concurso coral de los ganadores de categorías para recibir el "Premio Coral Imants Kokars" para eregirle asi un monumento conmemorativo.
Opciones de participación
Aquí está el esquema de lo que se puede elegir en este evento de INTERKULTUR:
Participación no-competitiva | Participación competitiva |
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Participación en el festival * | Categorías de competición * |
Ronda de asesoramiento * | Ronda de asesoramiento * |
incluye una actuación como mínimo y un concierto de la amistad
- Categoría A – Nivel de dificultad I
- A1 – Coros mixtos
- A2 – Voces iguales (coros masculinos y femeninos)
- Categoría B – Nivel de dificultad II
- B1 – Coros mixtos
- B2 – Voces iguales (coros masculinos y femeninos)
- Categoría C – Coros de cámara / conjunto de vocalistas
- C1 – Coros de cámara de voces iguales
- C2 – Coros de cámara de voces mixtas
- Categoría G – Coros infantiles y juveniles
- G1 – Coros infantiles
- G2 – Coros juveniles de voces iguales
- G3 – Coros juveniles de voces mixtas
- Categoría S – Música sacra a-capela
- Categoría F – Folclore
Se puede descargar el folleto con una descripción de las categorías de la competición más detallada:
Información de participación [inglés](6 MB)
Para los coros que NO participen en ningún concurso
- Tres piezas de elección libre
- Actuación frente a un panel de jurado internacional que darán la respuesta artística y pedagógica positiva e inmediata para que el coro mejore.
- Los coros reciben un certificado de participación, evaluación de la actuación y algunas recomendaciones para la participación en los eventos futuros de INTERKULTUR
Número de cantantes: ilimitado
Tiempo cantado real: máximo 15 minutos
Acompañamiento: máximo 1 pieza
posible Duración: 45 minutos
Para los coros que participen en los concursos
- Previamente a los concursos de los coros pueden inscribirse para presentar su programa a un jurado de prestigio interancional
- Aprovechando esta oportunidad los coros reciben comentarios y consejos sobre su interpretación, presentación y afinación.
- Los resultados de esta ronda no influyen sobre la evaluación en los concursos.
Número de cantantes: de acuerdo con las normas del concurso
Tiempo cantado real: de acuerdo con las normas del concurso
Acompañamiento: de acuerdo con las normas del concurso
Duración: 45 minutos
Los coros tienen la oportunidad de inscribirse para actuaciones conjuntas con otros coros internacionales.
Se pide a los coros que preparen un programa de aproximadamente 20 minutos, el cual debe ser confirmado por el comité artístico. El programa del concierto debe ser preferentemente “a-capela” (o con sus propios instrumentos). Un piano o un piano eléctrico estarían disponibles bajo petición.
Tengan en cuenta que una gran parte de las actuaciones serán al aire libre. Si las condiciones meteorológicas no lo permiten, existe la posibilidad de la cancelación de los conciertos. Los organizadores se esforzarán por encontrar otro sitio donde los coros puedan actuar, pero no están obligados a esto.
También existe la posibilidad de participar solo en los conciertos de la amistad.

El ganador de la respectiva categoría puede participar en el Concurso del Gran Premio Imants Kokars Choral Premio 2019. El jurado se reserva el derecho de nombrar otros coros para la participación.
Programa: Dos (2) piezas a capella corales de libre elección, que no se han presentado en el programa del concurso. Las piezas corales deben ser autorizadas por parte del comité artístico.
Tiempo de actuación: El tiempo real de canto es máximo de 8 minutos.
El ganador de este concurso recibirá el Premio Coral Imants Kokars 2019 por un importe de 2.500 euros.
"Once again I would like to thank you for wonderful time in Riga. Thanks to you and the all people from Festival office. Very good choirs, fantastic concerts, workshops, meetings with friends, all this made the atmosphere of the festival marvellous."
"INTERKULTUR is a very great event organizer of choir events. Everything worked out really great in Riga. We were very pleased with the event, and are looking forward to participate in another INTERKULTUR event"
Información para la inscripción
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Event Details
Miércoles, el 1 de mayo de 2019
- Llegada
- Pruebas de escenario y ensayos
- Rondas de asesoramiento para coros que participan en el concurso
- Por la tarde: Evento de Apertura
- Turismo y excursiones*
Jueves, el 2 de mayo de 2019
- Pruebas de escenario y ensayos
- Todo el día: Concurso en la categorías G y S
- Concierto de la amistad
- Turismo y excursiones*
Viernes, el 3 de mayo de 2019
- Pruebas de escenario y ensayos
- Rondas de asesoramiento para coros que no participan en el concurso
- Todo el día: Concurso en la categorías A, B, C y S
- Concierto de la amistad
- Turismo y excursiones*
Sábado, el 4 de mayo de 2019
- Pruebas de escenario y ensayos
- Por la mañana: Concurso en la categoría F
- Concierto de la amistad
- Por la tarde: Concurso del Gran Premio
- Por la noche: Entrega de premios & Evento de clausura
- Turismo y excursiones*
Domingo, el 5 de mayo de 2019
- Salida
dependiendo del horario individual
¡Sujeto a cambios!
Si se está interesado en excursiones individuales por favor envíenos un correo electrónico a travel(at)interkultur.com.

St. Peter's Church

Address: Skarnu iela 19, Riga LV1050
Riga’s St. Peter’s Church is the city’s tallest church (Tower – 123 m), as well as a remarkable 13th-century Gothic archi-tectural monument of national significance, first built in 1209. Riga’s first public clock was installed in St. Peter’s Church tower in 1352. A city guard stood in the church tower, ready to warn of any dangers threatening the city or fire.
The tower of St. Peter’s Church has been rebuilt several times, lightning having struck it six times.
Johann Gottfried Muthel, J.S. Bach's last pupil, was the church organist from 1767 to 1788. Since 1991, St. Peter’s Church has been home to the St. Peter’s Church congregation of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Today the church is used for concerts, themed exhibitions, art exhibitions, cultural events, as well as being an international cultural tourism attraction, open to visitors on a daily basis.
Photos: f64

Great Hall of University of Latvia

Address: Raina bulvaris 19, 1050 Riga
The Great Hall of the University of Latvia was opened and consecrated on 28 September 1935. The hall, with a classic 1930s interior, is graded as an architectural monument. The interior is of symmetrical construction, with columns and balconies along its edges. It also features ancient architectural forms – a variety of ornamental motifs and column capitals.
The Great Hall has been an important venue since its opening, not only for the university but also for the development of choral music in Latvia. Every five years, it hosts a key event of Latvia’s magnificent Song Celebration, the amateur choir competition. It is also the venue for regular local and international classical music concerts. Including the balcony, the hall can accommodate more than 700 spectators.
Photos: f64

Riga Congress Centre

Address: K. Valdemara iela 5, Riga LV1010
The Riga Congress Centre is located in the city centre. Historically, this building was built as a congress and conference centre for the needs of the Communist party. Originally called the House of Political Education, its rooms and library were used solely for Communist Party ideological events.
Constructed and opened in 1982 (the fountain was re-constructed in 2000), its 1200-seat conference hall and convenient city-centre location make the Riga Congress Centre a key public building. These days, the Congress Centre regularly hosts concerts by visiting and local artists, dance and theatre performances, and many other types of cultural programmes and events.
Photos: Riga2017, f64

Peter Habermann (Germany)
Peter Habermann received his first musical education as a member of the Dresden Kreuzchor. This was followed by a course of Vocal Studies in Dresden which he passed with a First Class Honours degree to be a singing teacher. Since 1984, he has been teaching at the Landesgymnasium für Musik Wernigerode. His scope of work covers both the field of vocal training and the choral education of this institution’s students.
For many years, he acted as a Deputy Artistic Director of the Rundfunkjugendchor Wernigerode with Friedrich Krell. Later, he led the institution’s Children Choir with great success before he became Artistic Director of the Rundfunkjugendchor in 1996, a responsibility that he held until 2004 and has been holding again from 2008 until today.
His work with this internationally renowned ensemble has been rewarded with numerous prizes, and has resulted in many CD recordings as well as concert tours both at home and abroad.
In 2003, he founded the Wernigerode Chamber Choir, a project choir comprising former Rundfunkjugendchor members which he led until 2010. He is also committed to amateur music: for 10 years, he conducted the men’s choir of the village Drübeck. Peter Habermann is an active singer, speaker and juror for INTERKULTUR events and the German Choral Contest.

Mārtiņš Klišāns (Latvia)
Since 1998, Mārtiņš Klišāns, works as art director of the Rīga Cathedral Boys’ Choir. Under his guidance, the choir has been granted the Latvian Grand Music Award - the highest State award in music and Latvian Music Recording Award.
Klišāns has graduated from the conducting class at the Jāzeps Vītols’ Latvian Music Academy (tutored by Imants Kokars). He got his Master’s degree in 2009. His vocal skills were improved at Bach Academy (Stuttgart, Bruce Abel). As a vocalist, Klišāns has contributed to the chamber choir Ave Sol and Rīga Vocal Group. As a tenor solo performer, he has participated in more than one hundred performances of the Baroque operas and oratories.
Klišāns still teaches at the Rīga Cathedral Choir School and at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. In July, 2004, he was a guest conductor at the Americafest: the world festival for boys’ and men’s choir singing. He’s a member of the council of the World Choir Games and of the INTERKULTUR association, and has been a part of international juries lately. He is the conductor of the amateur choirs Juventus and Beverīna and also conducts the mixed choir Vaidelote, the mixed choir Valmiera, and is chief conductor of Cēsis district. Klišāns has also been elected chief conductor of the Great Song Festival 2008, 2013 and 2018 as well; he was also among the chief conductors of the IX and X Latvian Youth Song and Dance Festivals. Annually he is invited to the different choral competitions as a jury member. In 2015 Mārtiņš Klišāns got the highest State award – The Order of Three Stars.

Tove Ramlo-Ystad (Norway)
Tove Ramlo-Ystad is an educated singer and conductor with a Master Degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.
Her teachers and mentors in conducting have been Stefan Sköld, Anders Eby and Mogens Dahl.
Tove Ramlo-Ystad is one of Norway’s most acknowledged choir conductors. She is a very popular and inspiring guest conductor and she is frequently invited as an adjudicator in international choir competitions.
She has conducted the female choir "Cantus" since their beginning in 1986. "Cantus" has received a lot of attention, won several competitions and is known by their Nordic sound. This sound was the reason Disney discovered "Cantus", and led to the choir being asked to sing in their animation movie 'Frozen'.
In the past she has also conducted both mixed and male ensembles. Now her experience especially serves to mentor younger conductors.
Tove Ramlo-Ystad works for the Norwegian Choral Association as a music director, where developing education systems for conductors in Norway is one of the main issues.

Mikhail Golikov (Russia)
Mikhail Golikov is an artistic director and chief conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra of Leningrad oblast, Taurida International Symphony Orchestra, an artistic director and principal conductor of the Orchestra of Saint Petersburg State Philharmonic for Children and Youth.
In the end of 2013 Mikhail Golikov was awarded of the title of People's Artist of The Kabardino-Balkar Republic for the big cultural project "The Symphony of Caucasia". He organizes various educational programs and master classes in Russia and abroad, actively promotes the popularization of classical music among children and youth audiences, works on the jury of Russian and international children's and youth music competitions.
Mikhail Golikov is an extraordinary personality, a bold experimenter with high professionalism. His artistic and emotional performance do not leave indifferent prominent figures of science and culture (Zhores Alferov, Irina Bogacheva, Lyudmila Verbitskaya, Elena Obraztsova, Elisabeth Vidal, Igor Butman, Francis Goya, Michel Legrand, Sergei Leiferkus and many others).
In July 2020, he founded a community of like-minded people and a new orchestra formation Digital Orchestra by Golikov, which united the best musicians all over the world. The official premiere of the Digital Orchestra by Golikov project was the screenings of all 9 symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the composer.

Aira Birziņa (Latvia)
Aira Birziņa is a professor of choral conducting at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA), a conductor of the Riga Cathedral Girls' Choir TIARA, the female choir DZINTARS of the VEF Culture Palace and the female choir RASA of the Ogre Cultural Center. Conductor of the Latvian Song and Dance Festival (XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI). She leads various workshops, participates in conferences, and works as a jury member at the international competitions in Latvia and abroad.
Aira Birziņa was awarded with the Acknowledgment of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia in 2018, the Order of the Three Stars in 2015, the Annual Award of the Ogre County Cultural Center "Golden Linden 2018", the Annual Culture Prize of the Ogre County Culture Center in 2017, Culture Prize "White Sparrow" of the Riga Municipality in 2015, and the Ministry of Culture's Prize in Folk Art in 1999.

Marleen De Boo (Belgium)
Marleen De Boo (Antwerp-Belgium) obtained both an MA in Music Pedagogy and in Choral Conducting.
She lectures choral conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and is conductor of the Great Choir at that same institute.
At the Podiumacademie Lier she teaches choral conducting in courses for amateurs, but also for semi-professionals and professionals. One of these programs focuses on working with children and youth.
Marleen is artistic director of VZW Waelrantkoren, a non-pro t organization with eight choirs, ve of them conducted by her.
Her conducting practice covers various age groups with a strong emphasis on the pedagogical aspects of choral singing. Her main motivation is to allow amateurs, especially children and young people, to discover the beauty of choral music. She strives for her choirs to be a gentle environment for young people searching for their identity, a place where everyone can show their true self.
With Waelrant Youth Choir, she participates in international festivals and competitions. This choir currently holds the 15th place in the Interkultur World Ranking.
Más adelante se anunciarán otros miembros del jurado.
INTERKULTUR
en colaboración con
Ciudad de Riga
Presidente de INTERKULTUR
Günter Titsch (Alemania)
Alcalde de Riga
Nils Ušakovs (Letonia)
Teniente de alcalde de Riga
Andris Ameriks (Letonia)
Director artístico de RIGA SINGS 2019
Assoc. Prof. Romāns Vanags (Letonia)
Comité artístico INTERKULTUR
Prof. Dr. Ralf Eisenbeiß (Alemania), Director Artístico Senior
Johan Rooze (Países Bajos), Director Artístico
Fred Sjöberg (Suecia), Director Artístico
INTERKULTUR Comité Ejecutivo
Günter Titsch (Alemania)
Wang Qin (China)
Stefan Bohländer (Alemania)
Dr. Christoph Wirtz (Alemania), Secretario General
Organizadores son INTERKULTUR Management GmbH y la ciudad de Riga.
Programa
Los grupos participantes
Nos alegramos de 31 coros participantes de 11 naciones en el RIGA SINGS 2019!

Obraztsovy Choir Kantilena of the Music School Nr. 5 Minsk (Bielorrusia) | G1, S

Kinderchor des Goethe-Gymnasiums Schwerin (Alemania) | G1

Norakören (Finlandia) | Festival

Chorus Iuvenalis (Finlandia) | G2

Akateeminen mieskuoro Psaldo (Finlandia)| A2

Aeolian Vocal Ensemble (Italia) | G2

Seisen High School Choir Japón) | F, G2, S

Ogre Cultural Centre Youth Choir "Impulss" (Letonia) | G3

LU FMF Jauktais Koris Aura (Letonia) | A1

Emīla Dārziņa Jauktais Koris (Letonia) | A

Jauktais koris "Norise" (Letonia) | S

Mixed Choir Burtnieks (Letonia) | B1

Kammerkoret Ultima Thule (Noruega) | A1

Arctic Voices (Noruega) | B1, S

Bel Chorus (Noruega) | A2, S

Boys Choir of the Male Choir Singing Center (Rusia) | G1

Vocal and Choral Ensemble "Zvonnitsa" (Rusia) | S

Chamber Choir “Baltika” (Rusia) | F, S

Ak. Khor Muzikalnogo Uchilischa RAM imeni Gnesinikh (Rusia) | G3

Ak. Khor Sankt-Petersburgoko G. E. Universiteta "LETI" (Rusia) | A1, S

Vocal Ensemble "New Tone" (Rusia) | C1

Khorovaya Studiya Pioneria (Rusia) | G1, S

Chamber Choir of the Russian Technological University MIREA (Rusia) | C1, S

Moški Pevski Zbor Pobje (Eslovenia) | S

Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser 9CD (Suecia) | G3, S

Johannelunds Motettkör (Suecia) | S

LEL Vocals (Suecia) | A1, F, S

Larssons Frisersalong (Suecia) | G2

Lars-Eriks Manskör (Suecia) | C2

METU High School Choir (Turquía) | F, G2

Cep Sahne Güvercin (Turquía) | F
Destino
La metrópolis, situada en el corazón del país, se ha convertido en una ciudad multicultural, en la que un patrimonio de gran riqueza histórica convive en armonía con el ritmo rápido de la vida moderna. Riga, en tanto que perla arquitectónica, es símbolo de la arquitectura modernista y alberga la colección más grande de este estilo a nivel mundial.
Pacífica, dinámica y polifacética, Riga ofrece auténticas experiencias para todos los gustos en materia de arte, música, teatro y diseño, y durante todo el año cuenta con una amplia gama de ofertas culturales. También conocida por el sobrenombre de «el París del Norte», Riga siempre deja huella en aquellas personas que la visitan.
Resultados de la competición
¡Felicitamos a todos los cantantes por sus resultados! En total entregamos 33 diplomas de oro y 11 de plata. ¡Muchas gracias a todos los coros y conjuntos por su participación!
Resultados(550 KB)
