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THE SAINT NICHOLAS CHOIR LITIJA, Slovenia Conductor Helena Fojkar Zupančič CONGRATULATIONS! Photo: Marjan Laznik

Flip through the program booklet, which includes all schedules, descriptions of choirs, jurors, guests and partnerships for the EGP 2026 competition. https://www.gallusmaribor.si/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EGP_booklet-knjizica26-web.pdf FOLLOW US: W: www.gallusmaribor.si FB: https://www.facebook.com/galluscompetition IG: https://www.instagram.com/galluscompetition/

The final of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing (EGP), taking place on 18 April 2026 in Maribor, will also be available via live stream. The broadcast will be accessible on the MMC TV platform: https://365.rtvslo.si/programi/mmctv Five choirs, winners of prestigious international choral competitions, will compete in the final for the title of [...]

Choirs from Slovenia, Italy, the USA and Indonesia, competing for the title of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing 2026 winner, will present diverse programmes ranging from 22 to 26 minutes of pure music. The programmes include works from different historical periods and styles, carefully shaped by the conductors into cohesive artistic concepts. [...]

The winner of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing 2026 will be decided by a distinguished international jury. Seven renowned choral conductors and educators from different parts of Europe bring with them extensive experience from leading international stages, competitions and festivals. The members of the jury are: Marco Antonio García de Paz (Španija), [...]

Five choirs will compete for the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing 2026 on Saturday, 18 April 2026 in Maribor. These ensembles are the winners of the most recent editions of competitions that are full members of the EGP association and were held in Latvia, the Basque Country (Spain), Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovenia. The [...]

The winners of the last Maribor Grand Prix in 2018 were The Resonanz Children’s Choir. Photo: Janez Erže The year 2026 will mark a special chapter in the history of the competition. After eight years, the Slovenian national choral competition Naša pesem will once again – for the third time – be complemented by [...]

The next International Choral Competition Gallus – Maribor will take place from 16 – 18 April 2027. The call for applications is now open: https://www.gallusmaribor.si/en/competition-2027/application-and-rules/ The winner of the competition will be selected for the final of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing, which will be hosted in 2028 in Jurmala, Latvia. SPREMLJAJTE NAS NA: [...]

Speech of the President of the Jury Karmina Šilec at the Closing Ceremony of the International Choir Competition Gallus – Maribor 2025   A village in Sumatra during WW2. Women of various nationalities have been interned without explanation: The Dutch, British, Irish, Portuguese, Chinese, Australian … Twenty nationalities of all social classes are forced [...]