• Category A – Difficulty Level I
  • A1 – Mixed Choirs
  • A2 – Choirs of Equal Voices

• Category B – Difficulty Level II
  • B1 – Mixed Choirs
  • B2 – Choirs of Equal Voices

• Category G – Children's & Youth Choirs
  • G1 – Children's Choirs
  • G2 – Youth Choirs (Equal and Mixed Voices)
  • G3 – Youth Adult Choirs (Equal and Mixed Voices)

• Category S – Sacred Choral Music

• Category F – Folklore

A detailed description of the competition categories can also be found in the booklet available for download:
Participant Information(1.6 MB)

Evaluation Performance

For non-competing choirs

• three pieces of the choir's choice
• performed before a panel of qualified international jurors who provide immediate positive artistic and pedagogical advice for improvement
• certificates of participation will be awarded, as well as evaluation ratings and recommendation letters for future competitions upon request

Number of singers: unlimited
Singing time: maximum 15 minutes
Accompaniment: possible
Duration: 45 minutes

For competing choirs

• presentation of the competition program the day before competitions begin
• performed before a panel of qualified international jurors who provide immediate positive artistic and pedagogical advice for improvement
• the evaluation does not involve preliminary decisions regarding the competition result

Number of singers: according to category rules
Singing time: according to category rules
Accompaniment: according to category rules
Duration: 45 minutes

Individual Coaching

• one piece of the choir’s choice
• with an international choral expert for stimulating artistic ideas and interpretive guidance
• for an effective rehearsal, choirs must prepare one piece in advance

Number of singers: unlimited
Singing time: 45 minutes rehearsal session
Accompaniment: possible

Choirs participating in the competition are explicitly invited to submit a work by Anton Bruckner. The international jury awards for the best interpretation of an Anton Bruckner the Anton Bruckner Special Prize, endowed with 300€.

The respective category winners are invited to participate in the competition for the Grand Prize. The jury reserves the right to nominate further choirs for participation. The winner of this competition will receive the Anton Bruckner Choir Prize 2023 in the amount of 2000 €.

• Program: two freely chosen a cappella pieces which may not be the ones the choir had already performed in their whole competition program. Those two pieces must be confirmed by the artistic committee.
• Singing time: the maximum actual singing time is 8 minutes.

For the participation in this event the payment of the Registration Fee (per choir) as well as the Event Package (per person) is required. Choirs that come from a radius of up to 150 km around Linz and therefore do not need an overnight stay, pay a Participant Fee (per person) instead of the Event Package. The prices of the Event Packages and the Participant Fee can be downloaded below (if available) or requested using our contact form.

REGISTRATION FEE

To participate in the event the following registration fees have to be paid per choir/ensemble and category in addition to the costs for the event package:

• For Early Bird registration the fee for the first activity* amounts to EUR 100. Any additional activity amounts to EUR 200.
• For registration until the regular deadline the fee for each activity* is EUR 200.

Activities refer to competition participation (1 category = 1 activity) and Festival Participation (only concerts). For choirs participating in the competitions the performance in a concert is free of charge.

EVENT PACKAGE

Here you will soon find information about the event package and the participant fee. Please send us a request and we will send you the prices by email as soon as they are available.

Information about participation and competition rules

Participant Information(1.6 MB)

Registration Form

Please send the completed registration form via email to mail(at)interkultur.com. Additionally please print it, sign it and send it via post with the other registration documents to our office.

Registration Form(680 KB)

IMPORTANT: To open the form the current version of Adobe Reader is required. You can download it at www.adobe.com.

Dear friends of choral music,

the issue of visas generally takes a long time. Therefore please make sure to apply for your visa as soon as possible. It is in your own interest. In case you apply too late, you risk a rejection of your visa registration!

Please contact the embassy of the host country in your country to get detailed information what restrictions and regulations apply to you!

Please keep also in mind that you might need transit visas, depending on your itinerary to the competition country.

If you do not have a valid passport yet, please apply for this immediately!

Participants of some countries need an invitation letter as well as a stamped list of participants to apply for a visa. INTERKULTUR can issue these documents.

Information on travel and health regulations of the destination country can be found on the website of the tourism partner agency M&C Music Contact GmbH.

Important Information

INTERKULTUR can issue the invitation letter for the duration of the event and can stamp your list of participants to apply for visas only if you have fulfilled all the following conditions:

• you have successfully applied for the event and paid the registration fee to INTERKULTUR
• you have paid the down payment for the event package to our partner agency M&C Music Contact GmbH
• you have sent us the completed list of participants (no handwriting!)

Please send the list only once and try to avoid changes of participants, as changes may delay the issue of your visa. We recommend adding 3 or 4 alternative names as a reserve for participants who may cancel the travel.

As soon as you have complied with those three conditions we will send the invitation letter including the confirmed list of participants by email and the original documents by airmail directly to the responsible person of the choir. This person shall bring the documents to the embassy personally.

Please keep in mind that if you comply with the conditions too late so that we have to send the original invitation letter per international express delivery, you have to take over the additional costs (approx. 100 – 300 EUR).

List of Participants

Please download the document, fill it in completely and send it to us as soon as possible.

To open the file the current version of Adobe Reader is required. You can download it at www.adobe.com.

You can send the file

- by sending an email, the list of participants attached, to visa(at)interkultur.com
- by printing it (after filling it in at your computer – no handwriting!) and sending it to us by fax (+49 6404 69749 29)

We assume no liability regarding the application and granting for visas. We do not offer this service but we gladly assist you when you apply for visa at the respective embassy in your country.

List of Participants(515 KB)