Winners Canta al mar 2019 © INTERKULTUR

"Canta al mar" comes to a successful close

Cheering and tears of joy at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening

Canta al mar - Festival Coral Internacional

Already for the 8th time 34 choirs from 18 nations celebrated from October 23-27 one of the most popular choir events of the INTERKULTUR event series: The international choir competition Canta al mar brought singers from all over the world together not only for competitions but also for highlights like Calella Sings and the Fiesta de la Amistad.

During the Award Ceremony on Sunday evening, the results were announced and a total of 32 Golden and 15 Silver Diplomas were awarded. Best choir in the competition became the choir Lommelerkene from Norway with a total of 25,33 points in category Sacred Choral Music a cappella. Congratulations!

These are the winners of the 8th Canta al mar - Festival Coral Internacional in the various competition categories:

Category A1 – Mixed Choirs – Difficulty level I
Kamarikuoro Gaudete! (Finland)
conducted by Anneli Julén

Category A2 –Equal Voices – Difficulty level I
Damekoret Hedda (Norway)
conducted by Skjelbred Bjørn Sigurd

Category B1 – Mixed Choirs – Difficulty level II
Grupo Vocal Kem B'ix (Costa Rica)
conducted by Fredy Batzibal Tujal

Category B2 –Equal Voices – Difficulty level II
Gratia Female Choir of Soegijapranata Catholic University (Indonesia)
conducted by Alfonso Andika Wiratma

Category C1 – Chamber Choirs/ Vocal Ensembles of mixed voices
Hendriksholm Kirkes Kor (Denmark)
conducted by Karin Schmidt Andersen

Category G1 - Children's Choirs
Tiberias Children's Choir (Indonesia)
conducted by Deddy Agustinus Tulangow

Category S – Sacred Choral Music a cappella
Lommelerkene (Norway)
conducted by Ingrid Hanken

Category F – Folklore
Gratia Female Choir of Soegijapranata Catholic University (Indonesia)
conducted by Alfonso Andika Wiratma

Category P - Popular Choral Music
Kamarikuoro Gaudete! (Finland)
conducted by Anneli Julén

Category J – Jazz
Björnligan (Sweden)
conducted by Björn Hård af Segerstad

A complete result list with all choirs, categories and points can be downloaded here.

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