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Canta al mar in Calella / Barcelona features 42 choirs from 20 nations

Canta al mar - Festival Coral Internacional

Seventh at Canta al mar 2018! This year the INTERKULTUR team and the choral community celebrate already the seventh edition of this popular choral festival & competition at the Spanish coast. 42 choir will represent their 20 home countries in order to celebrate their shared passion for choral singing, to experience new musical impressions and to establish new international friendships. 

Like during past years the traditional Choir Parade, which starts on October 24, 2018 at 16:00 h at the Riera Capaspre, will kick off the current edition of INTERKULTUR‘s Canta al mar – THE opportunity to experience all participating choirs frist hand! This first event day will end with a multinational Opening Concert at 21:00 h at the Esglèsia de Santa Maria i Sant Nicolau in Calella with Swedish, Chinese and Estonian choral sounds.

October 25, 2018 offers the choralholic audience in Calella at the church Esglèsia de Santa Maria i Sant Nicolau at 10:30 h Mixed and Female Choirs from three continents: Asia, Europe and America present the results of their intensive rehearsal work and their skills in front of the international jury.  Barcelona, too, focuses on choirs that day, when 10 ensembles will perform in Sacred Choral Music a cappella and Mixed Chamber Choirs at the breathtaking Gothic basilica Santa Maria del Pi.
This first competition day ends at 22:00 h with a „Music & Light“ concert at the Esglèsia de Santa Maria i Sant Nicolau, where groups from the USA, Finland, Latvia and Serbia will enchant the audience with special atmosphere borne from a mixture of music and light.

Calella and Barcelona also set the stages on October 26, 2018: In Calella the competition for Children’s and Female Choirs will take place at 14:00 at the Sala Mozart and all those who are in for even more choral sounds can enjoy a „Pop & Jazz“ concert at 21:00 at the Sala Mozart with Russian, Hungarian, Finnish and Indonesian choir music.

October 27, 2018 is all about mutual singing and celebrating. Eight choirs enter the stage at the Sala Mozart at 10:30 h for the last categories Jazz and Popular Choral Music, and afterwards one of this day’s highlights, highly anticipated Award Ceremony, will take place at 15:30 h at the Fabrica Llobet. At 19:00 h all singers finally party in the inner city of Calella during „Calella sings“ together with their audience, locals and fellow singers their experiences, their achievements and their emotions, in order to complete the day joyfully with fun and singing.

Further information about Canta al mar 2018 is available in the the official program book or on Facebook!

Want to join in next year?Learn more about the 2019 year's edition of Canta al mar here.

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