The second edition of RIGA SINGS has come to a successful close! On Saturday afternoon a total of seven choirs from six nations were selected by the international jury to compete again in the final Grand Prize Competition for the Imants Kokars Choral Award.

After the competition, where each choir performed two pieces of own choice, which were not performed in the choir competition before, the jury decided to give the Grand Prize to the choir Youth Choir of Tallinn Music High School from Estonia. Congratulations! 

In the Awards Ceremony, a total of 14 Golden and 3 Silver Diplomas were awarded to the participating choirs.

The winners of the categories are: 

Category A1 Mixed Choirs - Difficulty Level I

Akademicki Chór Politechniki Gdańskiej (Poland)
conducted by: Mariusz Mróz

Category A2 Choirs of Equal Voices - Difficulty Level I

Latvia University Male Choir DZIEDONIS (Latvia)
conducted by: Uldis Kokars

Category B1 Mixed Choirs - Difficulty Level II

Vanema (Latvia)
conducted by: Tālivaldis Gulbis

Category C2 Chamber Choirs & Vocal Ensembles of Equal Voices

Peterborough Voices (Great Britain)
conducted by:William Prideaux

Category G2 Youth Choirs of Equal Voices

Youth Choir of Tallinn Music High School (Estonia)
conducted by:Ingrid Körvits

Category G3 Youth Choirs of Mixed Voices

Continuum Youth Choir (Ireland)
conducted by:Blanaid Murphy

Category S1 Sacred Choral Music - Difficulty Level I

Continuum Youth Choir (Ireland)
conducted by: Blanaid Murphy

Category F Folklore

Ohana (Bulgaria)
conducted by: Dimitar Kostantzaliev

Category P Pop & Jazz

Riga Cathedral Choir School Gospel Choir (Latvia)
conducted by: Una Stade

A Special Prize was given to Youth Choir of Tallinn Music High School from Estonia for the best artistic performance. Julianna Tīruma, soloist in Riga Cathedral Choir School Gospel Choir was awarded a Special Prize for the best solo performance.

The full list of results is available for download here: 

RIGA SINGS 2022