Tolosa

The organization is satisfied for the great success of attendance, with all the sessions in competition sold out within a few hours of putting the tickets on sale. Among the public, as well as Basques, there were people not only from all over Spain but also people who came from the Philippines, France, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Portugal, etc. In the artistic chapter, it has been a huge success with the most spectacular participation in the history of the competition. The jury ratings were very high, not only for the four choirs ranked first, but for all the others. Only [...]

Wednesday, 31 November At 19:30, in the Leidor Theatre, Opening Concert by: “Vokalna Akademija Ljubljana”, Breda Zakotnik (piano), Martina Burger (soprano), Aco Aleksander Bišćević (tenor), Tine Bec, Teja Udovic Kovacic (accordion), Urša Kržič (cello), Stojan Kuret (Conductor) Thursday, 1 November At 16:00, in the Leidor Theatre, 1st performance of the choirs participating in the 50 Tolosa Choral Contest. At 19:30, in the Leidor Theatre, 2nd performance of the choirs participating in the 50 Tolosa Choral Contest. Friday, 2 November At 19:00, in the Leidor Theatre, 3rd performance of the choirs participating in the 50 Tolosa Choral Contest. Saturday, 3 [...]

In 2018 the Tolosa Choral Contest - one of the oldest choir competitions in Europe - is celebrating its 50th anniversary! To celebrate this anniversary, we would like to organize a special contest bringing together some of those choirs and artistic personalities that left an indelible memory in previous years. Tolosa 2018 full programme:

This year's contest has been one of the best in recent years given the extraordinary level of each and every one of the choirs that have competed. Indonesia again prevailed and Avip Priatna, the director of The Resonanz Children's Choir, winner of the contest, repeated the triumph last year with the adult choir Batavia Madrigal Singers. The Indonesians got the best score in the Children's Choir category and won the Audience Award and the Grand Prize of the 49th Tolosa Choral Contest, so they will represent Tolosa in the 30th European Grand Prix that will be held next year in [...]

Ponomarev Children's Choir »Vesna« from Moscow, conductor Nadezhda Averina, is the winner of the 29th European Grand Prix for Choral Singing that was held today in Tolosa. The five participating choirs have offered performances of the highest quality making the 29th edition unforgettable. Congratulations to all! Photos >>

29 OCT: BATAVIA MADRIGAL SINGERS (Indonesia) 8pm 30 OCT: THE PHILIPPINE MADRIGAL SINGERS (Philippines) 8pm 31 OCT: CHOIR “SOLA” (Latvia) 8pm   Tickets of the contest on sale at the following link: https://ticket.kutxabank.es/janto/main.php?idProvincia=20   Video about last year's edition: