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Address: 강릉아레나, 102 Surigol-gil, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

Gangneung Arena is an indoor stadium where a short track and a figure skating competition were held during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. It was designed like a short track athlete helmet to have an originality as the Olympic Legacy, and its exterior smooth curve presents the beauty of figure skating and the dynamics of short track. With 12,000 seats, it has two-story basement and four-story above ground. It is used for a variety of performances, events, and exhibitions as a complex cultural sports space. As the venue for the main events of the 2023 Gangneung World Choir Games, a variety of performances including the Opening and Closing ceremonies as well as the Awards Ceremonies will be held here. It is a very optimized place for all participants to feel the splendor of 2023 WCG at the Gangneung Arena where the Games begin, and to reflect on the meaning of unity through the ensemble.

Photos: Gangneung City Hall and Gangneung-si

Address: 강릉아트센터, 84 Jonghabundongjang-gil, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

The Gangneung Art Center built in 1993 was remodeled and expanded as the cultural complex in 2017 to provide various performances and exhibitions promoting the culture and arts of Gangneung and expanding opportunities for cultural enjoyment. It is a cultural space for citizens who operate arts education programs as well. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, it received a big attention as a world-class cultural space while hosting the best cultural events. It has large performance halls (about 970 seats) and small performance halls (385 seats), as well as exhibition halls where large and small exhibitions can be held. At the Gangneung Art Center, piano master Yuki Kuramoto visited Korea and held concerts. It is also the place where the world-class prima donna Sumi Jo's performance took place in 2019. A variety of performances, musicals, and symphony are held in Gangneung Art Center. It is the best place where choirs show off their best skills and enjoy the competition feeling like becoming a real professional in an elegant and luxurious atmosphere.

Photos: Gangneung City Hall

Address: 강릉아트센터, 84 Jonghabundongjang-gil, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

The Gangneung Art Center built in 1993 was remodeled and expanded as the cultural complex in 2017 to provide various performances and exhibitions promoting the culture and arts of Gangneung and expanding opportunities for cultural enjoyment. It is a cultural space for citizens who operate arts education programs as well. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, it received a big attention as a world-class cultural space while hosting the best cultural events. It has large performance halls (about 970 seats) and small performance halls (385 seats), as well as exhibition halls where large and small exhibitions can be held. At the Gangneung Art Center, piano master Yuki Kuramoto visited Korea and held concerts. It is also the place where the world-class prima donna Sumi Jo's performance took place in 2019. A variety of performances, musicals, and symphony are held in Gangneung Art Center. It is the best place where choirs show off their best skills and enjoy the competition feeling like becoming a real professional in an elegant and luxurious atmosphere.

Photos: Gangneung City Hall

Address: 강릉시청 - 대강당, 33 Gangneung-daero, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

Gangneung City Hall newly built in 2001 has one-story basement and 18-story above ground. From the top of the building, it has the best view overlooking the downtown area of ​​Gangneung. On a clear day, you can see the East Sea clearly. 1,500 civil officials are working hard with a huge vision for the future to protect the safety of citizens and create a livable environment. The Gangneung City Hall Auditorium can accommodate 800 people and is used for commemorative ceremonies, award ceremonies, education, and cultural events. It is available to citizens as well as the public officials of Gangneung City, so anyone has an opportunity to easily use Gangneung City Hall. Busy Gangneung City Hall workers and visitors will love so much the sound of the song and harmony provided by participating choirs and feel relaxation and comfort.

Photos: Gangneung City Hall and Gangneung-si

Address: 강릉단오제전수교육관, 1 Danojang-gil, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

Gangneung Dano Festival Training Center was built in 2004 to inherit Danoje which is the National Intangible Cultural Heritage No.13 designated as "Human Oral and Intangible Heritage Masterpiece" by UNESCO on November 25, 2005. People enjoy Danoje anytime here by participating in traditional experience programs.
The training center consists of a main building (1 underground level, two-story above ground) and a performance building with 1,453seats (1 underground level and two-story above ground).
The main building shows the videos of the entire process of Gangneung Dano Festival. It is used as an educational space for the transmission and preservation of the Gangneung Danoje Festival.
The performance hall with 453 seats promotes not only traditional culture but also local culture and arts. It is a very suitable place for the small performance, so you can fully feel the sympathy between the choirs and the audience. In addition, you will be able to receive huge energy and synergy effects among the choir members participating in the competitions at the same time.

Photos: Gangneung City Hall and Gangneung-si

Address: 강릉중앙교회, 20 Nanseolheon-ro, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

The Gangneung Jungang Methodist Church was first established in 1901. It has been newly built and relocated to its current location in 2009. It provides worship, and supports neighbors as well through various social contribution projects. The church operates an education hall and the main hall where a large chapel is located with a size of 1,000 seats or more. It is a place where all facilities and environments are optimized for the performance, and it is a good place for choirs to feel comfortable and sacred in choiring church music showing their best skills in competition.

Photos: Gangneung City Hall

Address: 강릉교회, 333 Haean-ro, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

The Gangneung Presbyterian Church was founded by gathering together in elders' house for the worship in 1960. The church which was established in its current location in 2000, has a large chapel that can accommodate up to 700 people. It is a very good place to raise the atmosphere for religious music choirs as it is equipped with an optimal environment for contesting church music.

Photos: Gangneung City Hall and Gangneung-si

Address: 강릉교회 티지홀, 333 Haean-ro, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

The TG Hall (Thanks to God) belongs to the Gangneung Presbyterian Church and was built separately in 2010 as an educational center for nurturing healthy worshipers and raising next generations. It is also open to local residents by holding various concerts and performances. Like the Gangneung Jungang Methodist Church, it is a very good place to raise the atmosphere for religious music choirs as it is equipped with an optimal environment for contesting church music.

Photos: Gangneung-si

Address: 강릉원주대학교(해람문화관), 7 Jukheon-gil, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do

Gangneung-Wonju National University, the cradle of human resources with a 73-year tradition, opened the Haeram Cultural Center at Gangneung-Wonju University in 1996 to encourage students' cultural life and provide opportunities for Gangneung citizens to enjoy culture. With a total floor area of ​​4,820m2, it has a basement and two-story above ground, and consists of three spaces: a large performance hall with 988 seats for large-scale performances, Haeram Hall for seminars and small-scale performances, and an exhibition space. The Grand Performance Hall has been established itself as one of the complex cultural spaces of Gangneung by hosting concerts, various musicals, and theater performances by representative singers of Korea. Gangneung-Wonju University Haeram Cultural Center, full of youth, enthusiasm, and hope, is a romantic place to see college students' campus life as well.

Photos: Gangneung City Hall

• Graduated in organ, composition and choir conducting and specialized in Paleography and musical philology.
• Former director of the "RAI Chamber Choir" of Rome and recognized as one of the greatest interpreters of the Renaissance and Baroque vocal repertoire.
• Professor of Musical Palaeography at the "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan.
• In 2015 he was invited as individual member in the Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne (R.E.M.A.).
• Carries out an intense concert and recording activity at the helm of the Collegium vocale et instrumentale "Nova Ars Cantandi".
• Since December 2004 he is the official representative for Italy of the World Choir Council.

• Started his musical career at the music academy of his hometown Ekeren and at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp Luc Anthonis received qualifications for flute, chamber music, harmony and choral conducting.
• Rounded out his knowledge on choral music and choral conducting in master classes with Jan Eelkema, Michael Scheck, Eric Ericson, Simon Halsey, Péter Erdei and others.
• In 1980 he took over the youth choir Cantilene and in 1989 he himself founded Cantando - with the latter he has won a great number of prizes in national and international competitions.
• Conducted the Flemish Radio Choir on a regular basis.
• Standard member of the jury for choir contests in Belgium and abroad.
• Professor choral conducting at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp.

• Head of Conducting Section at Vietnam National Academy of Music.
• Member of World Choir Council representative of Vietnam.
• Artistic Director, Vietnam International Choir Competition.
• Well known in Vietnam as MC, honour guest, juror of music TV programs and competitions

• Pianist, choral director, music educator, intellectual property lawyer, adjudicator.
• Founder of Soul Sounds, Sri Lanka's premiere female ensemble, and Soul Sounds Academy, one of Sri Lanka's leading music educational institutions.
• She pursued her music education at the Royal College of Music, London, specializing in piano performance and piano accompaniment.
• She completed her masters in law at University of California, Berkeley, specializing in entertainment law.
• She was one of the judges for the franchised talent show "Sri Lanka's Got Talent". Soundarie plays an important role in the promotion of culture and arts in Sri Lanka and the region.
• Her awards include the SAARC Women of Achievement Award, the Zonta Award, the Bunka Award presented by the Japan/Sri Lanka Association and most recently the Women in Management Award 2019/2020 for Arts and Creative Industry.

• As a faculty member of SangMyoung University College of Music he is teaching conducting major students and classes at several universities since 2003.
• With his exquisite conducting techniques and fine musicianship, he has been appointed as an associate conductor of Daejeon Philharmonic Choir from 2007 to 2011.
• Since 2012 permanent conductor of Chuncheon City Choir and his successful concert of Bach’s B minor mass made him famous as choral conductor in Korea.
• Presently also directing Seoul Masters Choir & Orchestra and the SaRang Church Glory Choir.
• Active member of the Korean Choral Conductors Association, the Korean Conductors Society for Choral Research and Korean Church Music Association.

• Currently serving as an assistant professor of choral conducting and director of choral activities at Yonsei University in Seoul.
• Has extinguish accomplishments as a conductor, a teacher, and an administrator.
• Choir master of the Vienna Boys’ Choir from 2012-2016, being the first female and first Asian choir master in the choir‘s rich history.
• Served as a main organist and a choir master at the Crosschurch (Kreuzkirche) in Regensburg and also worked as a music teacher at the Music School Regensburg.
• Among significant career highlights, she won the Ortnerpreis which is awarded to the best choral conductor in Austria in 2013.
• Currently a music director/conductor of World Vision Children’s Choir Korea, Vocal Ensemble “The Singers”, and Saemoonan Presbyterian Church Seraphim Choir in Seoul.

• Artistic director of Jeju International Choir Festival & Symposium.
• Board member of Korea Church Music Association.
• Vice-president of Korea Federation for Choral Music.
• Professor of Georgia Central University.
• President of Chunsong Foundation.
• Vice-president of UNESCO Jeju Association.
• Artistic director of Korea Youth Choir, United Singers.

• First female professional choral conductor in Korea and one of the Korean’s most distinguished and respected choral directors.
• Director of the Korean Choral Directors Association (KCDA) and served as a chairperson of the KCDA from May 2020 to September 2022.
• Artistic director of OS Chamber Choir.
• Her goal is to represent contemporary global choral music and composers by focusing experimental and creative choral music.

• Studied at the Hochschule für Musik SAAR, where he acquired a degree in Piano Teaching and postgraduate degrees in Piano Performance, Choral Conducting and Orchestral Conducting.
• Was the first conductor of the award­ winning "Madrigalchor Dillingen" and a scholar of the Richard Wagner Foundation.
• Artistic director of the "Trikala Youth Symphony Orchestra" and conductor of the female vocal ensemble "InD0NNAtión", with which he holds 4 gold awards in four successive competitions organized by INTERKULTUR.
• Holds the first Doctoral degree awarded in Greece in Performance of Choral Conducting (OMA).
• Assistant professor at the Music Department of the Ionian University in Corfu, conductor of the choir, the vocal ensemble and teaching the Mixed Choir Conducting Class.

• Enjoyed a career as a singer, conductor, teacher, composer and arranger over the past fifty years.
• Joined the music staff at the University of Queensland in 1981 and most hisrecent appointment was as Director of Music at Trinity College, University of Melbourne (1997-2014).
• In Brisbane, he formed the vocal sextet "Jones & Co", touring nationally and internationally with them for ten years.
• As a composer, his choral works are heard regularly in Australia, England and New Zealand, including St Paul's Cathedral, London and Winchester Cathedral.
• His commissions include a work to commemorate the Anzac centenary (2015) by St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, and works for the Brisbane Concert Choir and Trinity College 150th celebrations.

• Graduated in 1989 from the Royal College of Music, London, majoring in piano and voice.
• Recognised and respected conductor and educator in Singapore's choral scene.
• In 2009, she founded ONE Chamber Choir. Since then, the choir has triumphed at competitions in Philippines, Wales, Hungary, Germany and South Africa, including achieving Champion of the World Choir Games in 2018.
• Uses the creation of music as a platform to share and infuse her values and beliefs in her singers and inspires them to use the beauty of music to craft experiences that touch the hearts of the audience.
• Co-founded Sourcewerkz PL to further her calling to teach, touch and transform the larger choral community and its audience, reaching out to many choristers around the world, proving that music is indeed, without borders.

• Since June 2022 President of the Korean Choral Directors Association (KCDA).
• Adjunct Professor of Conducting at the College of Music of the Yonsei University in Seoul.
• Music Director & Principal Conductor of the Gangneung Civic Chorale.
• Received hid musical education in Seoul, New York and Los Angeles.
• Lecturer at various conferences worldwide.

• Graduate of several masterclasses, including masterclasses under Bachakademie Stuttgart with Prof. Helmuth Rilling.
• His professors of conducting were Professor Jiří Skopal (University of Hradec Králové) and Doctor Vlastislav Novák (Conservatory Pardubice).
• Founder and conductor of the "Bonifantes Boys Choir".
• Has been presented with a number of awards for outstanding conducting performance and his choir won dozens of gold medals at various international competitions.
• Artistic director of a professional ensemble "Czech Soloist Consort".
• Involved in composing activities and acknowledged by experts for his interpretation of 20th century music and for historically authentic interpretation of baroque music.

• University of Washington, MM, DMA.
• Seoul National University, BA.
• President of Korean Federation for Choral Music (KFCM).
• Professor and director of Choral Activities, Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary.
• Founding artistic and executive director of Seoul Oratorio Festival.
• President of Korean Choral Directors Association (KCDA) (2014-2016).
• President of Korean National Collegiate Choral Organization (KNCCO) (2000-2002).
• Artistic director and principal conductor of Seongam City Choir (2005-2010).
• Artistic director and principal conductor of Seoul Metropolitan Chorus (1996-1998).

• Head of Choral Conducting Studies, professor of Choral Conducting and Gregorian Chant at the Music Institute of the Arts University, in Montevideo.
• Founder and director since 2000, of the Music Institute Choir, which is winner of several prizes at international competitions.
• Director of the "Pneuma" (2000-2010) and "Scholla Cantorum" (2021-2022) Gregorian Chant choirs.
• Recipient of several conducting prizes in Uruguay (2015 - Artistic Career), San Juan Canta (Argentina, 2016 - Best Artistic Performance), AAMCANT, Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2019 - Best Director).
• Award winning as arranger of Latin American folk music.
• International adjudicator and clinician.

• MA in Latin & Greek, LTCL (singing), trained in choral conducting under Prof Peter Godfrey.
• Founder & musical director of Viva Voce chamber choir (1985-today); chorus director & associate conductor for New Zealand Opera (1996-2018).
• Frequent guest conductor, choral clinician, broadcaster and adjudicator.
• Inaugural Chair of the NZ Choral Federation. National director of "Sing Aotearoa" and "The Big Sing" festivals.
• Artistic & Games Director of the World Choir Games 2024 (Auckland). Artistic director of the World Symposium on Choral Music 2020. Member of the IFCM Board and the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council.
• Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to choral music, 2022.

• Active music educator promoting music and choral education in Malaysia.
• Currently a lecturer and choir director at the Faculty of Music at the University of Malaya and the Malaysian Institute of Art.
• In 2007, she established the Young Choral Academy in Kuala Lumpur, a venue for choral lovers and teachers to learn more about vocal and choral education.
• Regularly invited to be a member of the Jury for various international choir festivals.
• Active Working Committee member of the Asia-Pacific Choral Council, under the auspices of the International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM) and currently Vice-President of the International Kodály Society, the World Youth and Children Choral Artists’ Association, and the Malaysian Association for Music Education.
• Member of the World Choir Council for Malaysia.

• Musical director of the Stellenbosch University Choir (since 2003), the Stellenberg Girls Choir (since 1999) and Voces Cordis (since 2022).
• Under his baton the Stellenbosch University Choir and the Stellenberg Girls Choir have won numerous national and international awards.
• Often invited to perform as guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician nationally and internationally.
• In 2012 he received a ministerial cultural award (Western Cape Government) for his work with choirs and the youth and a civic honorary award from the City of Cape Town.

• Received a bachelor's degree in Vocal Music and Church Music at Yonsei University (South Korea) and obtained an Advanced Diploma in Music Pedagogy and Choral Conducting at Kodály Zoltán Musical Pedagogy Institute (Hungary).
• From 2006 to 2019 served as Chief Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Children's Choir.
• Was often invited to perform and work with various choirs such as the National Chorus of Korea, the Chuncheon City Choir, the Siheung City Choir, and the BuchonCity Choir.
• As an adjunct professor (2001-current), he teaches conducting, solfege, and choral literature at Sungkonghoe University.
• Recognized internationally as an expert on children's music, he is actively promoting cultural exchange programs with Germany, Hungry, Austria, Japan, China, and the Philippines.
• Currently chief director of the Yongin Children's Choir and continues to strive for children's music education and development.

• One of Korea's most prominent composers, who has emerged as a formidable voice in choral music.
• Her groundbreaking works blend traditional Korean musical elements and Western techniques and include settings of the Latin text, playful spatial music, and arrangements examining wordless human encounters.
• Former composer-in-residence with the National Chorus of Korea from 2018-2021, with the Seoul Ladies' Singers since 1996, and with the Incheon City Chorale, led by Hak-Won Yoon, from 1999-2014.
• Her works are highly sought after worldwide and have been critically acclaimed at the 2009 ACDA National Conference, Polyfolia in France, and the IFCM choral symposium.
• She is on faculty at the Chorus Center Academy in Seoul and has taught choral compositions at various universities in Korea and was most recently a visiting fellow at the University of Michigan.
• Her works are published by Walton Inc. and Hal Leonard in the United States and Seoul Chorus Center in South Korea.