INTERKULTUR World Rankings
as of December 2024
[will be updated several times a year]
INTERKULTUR competitions are known for using the MUSICA MUNDI quality seal, which ensures that all choirs are judged on the basis of the same evaluation criteria. This allows for an impressive overall comparison of all participating choirs.
The World Rankings have been in existence since 2000 and provide a comprehensive overview of the best choirs in the world, based on their performance at INTERKULTUR competitions. Beyond the list of the Top 1000, there are individual lists reflecting the ranking in different categories, such as mixed choirs, male choirs, female choirs and others.
The INTERKULTUR World Rankings are updated regularly to ensure that they always reflect the current rankings of INTERKULTUR events.
A ranking among the best choirs in the world is a testament to a choir's hard work, dedication and talent. It can also serve as motivation for choirs to continue to improve and achieve excellence in their performances. The INTERKULTUR World Choir Rankings is a tribute to the diversity of choral music and the countless talented choirs from around the world.
TOP 1000
| Pos. | Choir | Conductor | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Delaware Choral Scholars | Paul D. Head & Arreon Harley-Emerson | USA | 1271 |
| 2. | Tygerberg Children's Choir | Hendrik D. Loock | South Africa | 1214 |
| 3. | Amaranthe | Johannes Dewilde | Belgium | 1206 |
| 3. | University of Oregon Chamber Choirs | Sharon Paul | USA | 1206 |
| 5. | Guangzhou Little Petrel Children's Choir | Diao Zhijun & Meng Fei Liu | China | 1193 |
| 6. | Gnesins' Ensemble of Contemporary Music "Altro coro" | Aleksandr Ryzhinskiy | Russia | 1183 |
| 7. | Festival Statesmen Chorus | Jonathan Bligh | Australia | 1173 |
| 8. | Children's Choir "Alye Parusa" | Elena Volodina | Russia | 1169 |
| 9. | Akademisk Kor Århus | Jonas Rasmussen | Denmark | 1166 |
| 10. | Diocesan Boys' School Choir | Felix Tsi Shing Shuen | China/Hong Kong SAR | 1159 |
| 10. | Vocal Ensemble "Fortissimo" | Milena Dobreva | Bulgaria | 1159 |
| 12. | Emīla Dārziņa Jauktais Koris | Artūrs Ancāns | Latvia | 1157 |
| 13. | Jeugdkoor Waelrant | Marleen De Boo | Belgium | 1155 |
| 13. | Youth Choir Aarhus U | Jonas Rasmussen | Denmark | 1155 |
| 13. | Young People's Chorus of New York City - Cantare | Elizabeth Núñez & Francisco J. Núñez | USA | 1155 |
| 16. | Shenzhen Senior High School Lily Girls Choir | Man Xue Hu | China | 1151 |
| 17. | Dekoor Close Harmony | Christoph Mac-Carty | Netherlands | 1150 |
| 18. | Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening Oslo | Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde | Norway | 1149 |
| 18. | Akustika Chamber Singers | Christo Burger | South Africa | 1149 |
| 18. | Seisen High School Choir | Mikiko Sato | Japan | 1149 |
| 18. | Chengdu Philharmonic Children’s Choir | Xi Zhu | China | 1149 |
| 22. | Cantica Collegium musicum | Štefan Sedlický | Slovakia | 1146 |
| 23. | UngKlang | Denmark | 1143 | |
| 24. | UiTM Chamber Choir | Masashi Kishimoto | Malaysia | 1142 |
| 25. | iSing Silicon Valley Girlchoir | Jennah Delp Somers | USA | 1138 |
| 26. | Little Skylark Children's Choir | Qun Deng | China | 1137 |
| 27. | Carmen manet | Primož Kerštanj | Slovenia | 1134 |
| 27. | Kärntner Landesjugendchor | Bernhard Wolfsgruber & Florian Pirolt | Austria | 1134 |
| 27. | Vocal Formation "Morski Pesachinki" | Milena Dobreva | Bulgaria | 1134 |
| 30. | Cantamus Girls' Choir | Pamela Cook & Ann Irons | Great Britain | 1126 |
| 31. | Vocal Chamber Ensemble Vox pUNT | Patrik Sebastian Unt | Estonia | 1124 |
| 32. | Diocesan Schools Choral Society | Ronnie Kay Yen Cheng | China/Hong Kong SAR | 1123 |
| 33. | Young People's Chorus of New York City - Chorale | Francisco J. Núñez | USA | 1121 |
| 34. | Giocoso | Rita Scheffers | Netherlands | 1117 |
| 34. | Gitabumi Shine Voices | Tedy Eka Supriyandi | Indonesia | 1117 |
| 36. | Akademitchesky Khor Musikalnogo Uchilishcha RAM imeni Gnessin | Elena Kolmakova | Russia | 1113 |
| 37. | Vokalensemble incantanti | Christian Klucker | Switzerland | 1106 |
| 37. | Quezon City Performing Arts Development Foundation Inc. Concert Chorus | Nicanor Castro Infante | Philippines | 1106 |
| 39. | St. Paul's Co-educational College Senior Mixed Voice Choir | Yet Hang Apollo Wong | China/Hong Kong SAR | 1104 |
| 40. | La Cappella | Tony Margeta | Sweden | 1101 |
| 41. | VIVA | Ina Cecilie Hjelmervik Olufsen | Norway | 1100 |
| 41. | Kammerchor des Collegium Musicum Berlin | Donka Miteva | Germany | 1100 |
| 43. | Hotumese Choir | Michael Mailuhu | Indonesia | 1099 |
| 44. | Norrlands Nations Kammarkör | Francesco Acquista | Sweden | 1098 |
| 45. | Vocalista Angels | Yason Christy Pranowo | Indonesia | 1096 |
| 46. | Paduan Suara Mahasiswa Universitas Hasanuddin | Anshari Sanusi | Indonesia | 1094 |
| 47. | Calling Choir | Mina Gye | Republic of Korea | 1093 |
| 48. | KYN | Kaija Viitasalo | Finland | 1092 |
| 48. | 4x4 Frauenchor der Pädagogischen Hochschule HD | Heike Kiefner-Jesatko | Germany | 1092 |
| 50. | Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble | Katalin Kiss | Hungary | 1090 |
| 51. | Canzone | Ulrika Grauberg & Eneken Viitmaa | Estonia | 1089 |
| 51. | Diocesan School Old Boys' Association Choir | Ronnie Kay Yen Cheng | China/Hong Kong SAR | 1089 |
| 53. | Adolf Fredriks Flickkör | Karin Bäckström | Sweden | 1087 |
| 54. | Classicus | Yang Jaehoon | Republic of Korea | 1085 |
| 55. | China Welfare Institute Children's Palace Little Companion Art Troupe Choir | Fang Lin | China | 1080 |
| 56. | Bohemiachor | Igor Karpilovskij, Vit Novotny & Jaroslav Šindler | Czech Republic | 1077 |
| 57. | Chengdu Sweet Psalmist Children's Choir | Jie Gao | China | 1076 |
| 58. | Diocesan Girls' School Choir | Dorothy Hui | China/Hong Kong SAR | 1072 |
| 59. | Wenqin Chorus of Zhejiang University | Zhenyu Zhou | China | 1068 |
| 60. | John P. Stevens High School Chamber Choir | Matthew Lee | USA | 1067 |
| 60. | Singakademie Graz | Maria Fürntratt | Austria | 1067 |
| 60. | Roganova Youth Capella "Harmony" | Eugene Ivanov | Russia | 1067 |
| 60. | consonus vokalensemble | Mauro Ursprung | Switzerland | 1067 |
| 64. | South China Normal University Female Choir | YanHui Su | China | 1066 |
| 65. | Young People's Chorus of New York City | Francisco J. Núñez & Elizabeth Núñez | USA | 1060 |
| 66. | Den Norske Studentersangforening | Marit Tøndel Bodsberg | Norway | 1055 |
| 67. | Maîtrise de Seine-Maritime | Caroline Dercourt, Maria Antiome & Gaël Vincent, Dylan Levesque | France | 1054 |
| 68. | Bokamoso Arts Institute | Mohau Mogale | South Africa | 1052 |
| 69. | Vocal FX | Charlotte Murray | New Zealand | 1047 |
| 70. | Ellerhein Girls Choir Tallinn | Ingrid Kõrvits | Estonia | 1044 |
| 70. | Youth Choir of Tallinn Music High School | Ingrid Körvits | Estonia | 1044 |
| 70. | Seongbuk District Women's Choir | Jungsoo Park | Republic of Korea | 1044 |
| 73. | Abbellimento | Jarmila Novenková | Czech Republic | 1043 |
| 74. | Knabenkantorei Basel | Oliver Rudin | Switzerland | 1039 |
| 74. | Santos Productions Academy | Christian Santos | Gibraltar | 1039 |
| 76. | Karangturi Choir | Petrus Wahyu | Indonesia | 1038 |
| 77. | Estonian National Girls' Choir LEELO | Külli Kiivet | Estonia | 1037 |
| 77. | Exaudio | Hanna Kronqvist | Finland | 1037 |
| 79. | Choir of Gangzhou Liwan Children's Palace | Huikun Li | China | 1036 |
| 80. | Sibelius High School Chamber Choir | Reijo Aittakumpu | Finland | 1035 |
| 81. | Detski Khor Cantilena | Irena Sarnatskaya & Helena Salyuk | Russia | 1034 |
| 82. | Female Choir "Venda" of Ventspils Culture Centre | Rudīte Tālberga & Anitra Niedre | Latvia | 1033 |
| 82. | Senza Rigore Chamber Choir | Jolanta Szybalska-Matczak | Poland | 1033 |
| 82. | Con Cuore Waregem | Jan Vuye | Belgium | 1033 |
| 85. | Les Voix Boréales | Philippe Ostiguy | Canada | 1032 |
| 85. | Young Voices of Engelbrekt | Karin Bäckström | Sweden | 1032 |
| 87. | Coro Juvenil do Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa | Filipa Palhares | Portugal | 1025 |
| 88. | Mješoviti Kamerni Hor Srbadija | Desanka Trakilović & Jelena Trakilović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1024 |
| 88. | Valmiera Music School Choir "Sollare" | Irena Zelca | Latvia | 1024 |
| 90. | KIVI Children's Choir | Danguolė Aukselienė | Lithuania | 1023 |
| 90. | Chamber Choir of Gnessins College | Petr Savinkov | Russia | 1023 |
| 90. | Exaudi | Juliana Kay & Mark O'Leary | Australia | 1023 |
| 90. | Toraya Choir Jakarta | Rainier Revireino | Indonesia | 1023 |
| 90. | Kamarikuoro Värinä | Noora Hirn | Finland | 1023 |
| 95. | Kamarikuoro Kaamos | Visa Yrjölä | Finland | 1021 |
| 95. | Värmlands Nations Kör | Hanna Ohlson Nordh | Sweden | 1021 |
| 95. | E Stuudio Girls' Choir | Külli Lokko | Estonia | 1021 |
| 98. | Voices of Unity | Marshall White | USA | 1020 |
| 99. | Hedvig Eleonora Ungdomskör | Natalia Edvall | Sweden | 1018 |
| 100. | Chamber Choir of the Lomonosov Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies | Ivan Samoilov | Russia | 1013 |
Delaware Choral Scholars (USA)