RESULTS AND AWARDS OF THE 15th INTERNATIONAL CHORAL COMPETITION GALLUS – MARIBOR 2019

1st place  – the Grand Prix: 95,3 points
JĀZEPA VĪTOLA LATVIJAS MŪZIKAS AKADĒMIJAS JAUKTAIS KORIS, Riga, Latvia, conductor Jānis Ozols

2nd place, finalist of the competition:  93,9 points
KUP TALDEA conductor Gabriel Baltes

3rd place ex aequo, finalists of the competition:  93,3 points
KAMMERCHOR DER MUSIKHOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Germany, conductor Harald Jers
AKADEMSKI MEŠANI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia, conductor Tadeja Vulc

5th place, finalist of the competition: 92,5 points
MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS, USA, conductor Bruce Rogers

6th place: 91 points
MLADA, Russia, conductor Olga Viguzova

7th place ex aequo: 90,2 points
NEW DUBLIN VOICES, Ireland, conductor Bernie Sherlock
WAH YAN COLLEGE KOWLOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, :China, conductor Lesley Ka-Hei Chan

9th place: 89 points
EMBLA, Norway, conductor Norunn Illevold Giske

10th place: 88,9 points
LAUTITIA CHAMBER CHOIR, Hungary, conductor József Nemes

11th place: 88,1 points
GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italia, artistic director Roberta Paraninfo

12th place: 85,9 points
ACAPELLART SINGERS, Hungary

13th place: 85,5 points
B2, Lithuania, artistic director Vaidas Baratušas

SPECIAL PRIZES:

The award for the best vocal group:
GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italy, artistic director Roberta Paraninfo

The award for the best equal voices group:
WAH YAN COLLEGE KOWLOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, Hong Kong, China, conductor Lesley Ka-Hei Chan

The award for the best performance of the composition by Iacobus Handl-Gallus:
TADEJA VULC, Akademski pevski zbor Maribor, Slovenia

The award for the best performance of compulsory contemporary Slovenian composition (Damijan Močnik: ZARJA/Slovenian folksongs):
JĀNIS OZOLS, Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas mūzikas akadēmijas jauktais koris, Latvia,

The awards of public for the best choir at the opening concert:
1st prize: AKADEMSKI PEVSKI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia, conductor Tadeja Vulc
2nd prize: B2, Lithuania, artistic director Vaidas Bartušas
3rd prize: WAH YAN COLLEGE KOELOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, Hong Kong, China, conductor Lesley Ka-Hei Chen

The prize of the panel of selected Slovene conductors for the most original concept and convincing performance at the opening concert:
GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italy, artistic director Roberta Paraninfo

RESULTS:

COMPULSORY PROGRAM SCORE
1.    JĀZEPA VĪTOLA LATVIJAS MŪZIKAS AKADĒMIJAS JAUKTAIS KORIS, Latvia 93,4
2.    AKADEMSKI MEŠANI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia 93,0
3.    MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS, USA 91,6
4.    KAMMERCHOR DER MUSIKHOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Germany 91,4
5.    KUP TALDEA, Basque Country, Spain 91,4
6.    MLADA, Russia 90,4
7.    NEW DUBLIN VOICES, Ireland 90,0
8.    WAH YAN COLLEGE KOELOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, China 89,4
9.    EMBLA, Norway 88,0
10.  GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italia 87,2
11.  LAUTITIA CHAMBER CHOIR, Hungary 86,2
12.  ACAPELLART SINGERS, Hungary 84,2
13.  B2, Lithuania 83,4
 FREE PROGRAM SCORE
1. JĀZEPA VĪTOLA LATVIJAS MŪZIKAS AKADĒMIJAS JAUKTAIS KORIS, Latvia 96,4
2. KUP TALDEA, Basque Country, Spain 95,4
3. KAMMERCHOR DER MUSIKHOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Germany 94,8
4. AKADEMSKI MEŠANI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia 93,6
5. MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS, USA 93,0
6. LAUTITIA CHAMBER CHOIR, Hungary 91,6
6. MLADA, Russia 91,6
8. WAH YAN COLLEGE KOELOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, China 91,0
9. NEW DUBLIN VOICES, Ireland 90,4
10. EMBLA, Norway 90,0
11. GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italia 89,0 (90,0 – 1)
12. B2, Lithuania 87,6
12. ACAPELLART SINGERS, Hungary 87,6
GRAND PRIX SCORE
1.    JĀZEPA VĪTOLA LATVIJAS MŪZIKAS AKADĒMIJAS JAUKTAIS KORIS, Latvia 96,0 (97,0 – 1)
2.    KUP TALDEA, Basque Country, Spain 94,8
3.    KAMMERCHOR DER MUSIKHOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Germany 93,8
4.    AKADEMSKI MEŠANI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia 93,2
5.    MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS, USA 92,8
AVERAGE: compulsory + free COMP. FREE Average
SCORE
1.    JĀZEPA VĪTOLA LATVIJAS MŪZIKAS AKADĒMIJAS JAUKTAIS KORIS, Latvia 93,4 96,4 94,9
2.    KUP TALDEA, Basque Country, Spain 91,4 95,4 93,4
3.    AKADEMSKI MEŠANI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia 93,0 93,6 93,3
4.    KAMMERCHOR DER MUSIKHOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Germany 91,4 94,8 93,1
5.    MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS, USA 91,6 93,0 92,3
6.    MLADA, Russia 90,4 91,6 91,0
7.    NEW DUBLIN VOICES, Ireland 90,0 90,4 90,2
7.    WAH YAN COLLEGE KOWLOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, China 89,4 91,0 90,2
9.    EMBLA, Norway 88,0 90,0 89,0
10.  LAUTITIA CHAMBER CHOIR, Hungary 86,2 91,6 88,9
11.  GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italia 87,2 89,0 88,1
12.  ACAPELLART SINGERS, Hungary 84,2 87,6 85,9
13.  B2, Lithuania 83,4 87,6 85,5
AVERAGE: comp. + free + GP COMP. FREE GP Average
SCORE
1.   JĀZEPA VĪTOLA LATVIJAS MŪZIKAS AKADĒMIJAS JAUKTAIS KORIS, Latvia 93,4 96,4 96,0 95,3
2.   KUP TALDEA, Basque Country, Spain 91,4 95,4 94,8 93,9
3.   KAMMERCHOR DER MUSIKHOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Germany 91,4 94,8 93,8 93,3
3.   AKADEMSKI MEŠANI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia 93 93,6 93,2 93,3
5.   MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS, USA 91,6 93 92,8 92,5