"We had a wonderful time in Linz! What with this having been our first larger competition, the help and guidance you offered was extremely important to us. I allheartedly thank you and hope we'll see each other again."

SOUND WAVES Linz
International Choir Competition and Festival
New name, established host: In 2023 the city of Bruckner, Linz in Austria welcomes choirs from all over the world to the International Choir Competition and Festival "SOUND WAVES Linz" at the Danube river.
In addition to special competition categories for Children's, Youth and Young Adult choirs, a new Folklore category has been added to the program, which will give an exciting insight into the special choir traditions of the world.
Venues like the Brucknerhaus, the first address in the cultural and concert life of the city of Linz, the Linz Cathedral and the St. Florian Monastery provide a top-class setting for the event.
The festival of choral music offers participating choirs the opportunity to take part in competitions as well as in Friendship and Gala Concerts and to sing in a large international festival choir together with fellow singers from all over the world.


INVITATION
With a new name and an exciting program, we welcome you to our new choir competition and festival "Sound Waves Linz" this year. In addition to the well-known competition for the Anton Bruckner Choir Prize, many other great artistic and educational elements await the participating choirs as part of the festival.
Be a part of "Sound Waves Linz" and enjoy singing from all over the world in front of a dreamlike scenery at the river Danube. We look forward to seeing you!
Participation opportunities
This event provides you the opportunity to choose from the following options of participation:
Non-competitive Participation | Competitive Participation |
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Festival Participation** | Competition Categories* |
Evaluation Performance* | Evaluation Performance* |
Individual Coaching* | Individual Coaching* |
Festival Stage Choir | Festival Stage Choir |
friendship concert performance included
*at least two performances included
Registration Information
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Event Details
Audience tickets for the Friendship Concerts at St. Florian Monastery and for Grand Prize Competition & Award Ceremony at the Brucknerhaus can be purchased at www.brucknerhaus.at. The various category competitions are open to spectators and free of charge.
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DESTINATION
There are several ways to get to Linz by plane:
Linz Airport (LNZ) is located 16 km away from the center of Linz and is regularly approached by the following airlines: Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, SunExpress, Ryanair, Air Berlin, NIKI.
Salzburg Airport (SZG) is located 138 km away from the center of Linz and is regularly approached by the following airlines: Air Berlin, British Airways, Ryanair, NIKI, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Intersky, Turkish Airlines, easyJet.
Vienna Airport (VIE) is located 169 km away from the center of Linz and is regularly approached by the following airlines: germanwings, Air Berlin, Air Canada, Air France, NIKI, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, Turkish Airlines, easyJet, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Air One, Jet2.com.