{"id":8007,"date":"2023-04-25T00:42:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallusmaribor.si\/uncategorized\/svedskemu-moskemu-zboru-zero8-velika-nagrada-tekmovanja-gallus-maribor-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T23:14:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T22:14:16","slug":"swedish-male-choir-zero8-wins-the-grand-prix-of-the-gallus-maribor-2023-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallusmaribor.si\/en\/news-en\/swedish-male-choir-zero8-wins-the-grand-prix-of-the-gallus-maribor-2023-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish male choir Zero8 wins the Grand Prix of the Gallus \u2013 Maribor 2023 Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two male choirs provoke standing ovation from professional and amateur audiences<\/em><\/h3>\n

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MARIBOR \u2013 Last weekend in Maribor was marked by choral singing, this time again more intensively represented by men. After a break of four years, the Union Hall was the venue of the famous 17th Gallus \u2013 Maribor International Choral Competition, renowned as one of the most demanding in the world, which was attended this year by eight choirs from Europe, Asia and the Americas, including six mixed choirs and two men\u2019s choirs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After the competition part of the performances, which took place on Saturday, 22 April, and the final on Sunday, in which five ensembles qualified, a jury of internationally renowned choral experts announced the recipients of the Gallus \u2013 Maribor Grand Prize among the choirs from Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Puerto Rico, the Basque Country \u2013 Spain, Sweden and Slovenia. The prize was awarded to the\u00a0Swedish male choir Zero8<\/strong>, under the direction of\u00a0Rasmus Krigstr\u00f6m<\/strong>, which is now\u00a0one of the finalists for the European Choir Grand Prix<\/strong>, scheduled for\u00a0September 2024 in Varna, Bulgaria<\/strong>. The Basque male choir\u00a0Suhar<\/strong>, conducted by\u00a0Esteban Urzelai<\/strong>, was just behind them.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s jury was chaired by\u00a0Karmina \u0160ilec<\/strong>, a Slovenian conductor and author of music-scene projects, and included\u00a0Avip Priatna<\/strong>, one of Asia\u2019s most prominent conductors,\u00a0J\u0101nis Liepi\u0146\u0161<\/strong>, an award-winning Latvian conductor and artistic director,\u00a0Jordan \u0160r\u00e1mek<\/strong>, the Czech-American founder and artistic director of the internationally acclaimed ensemble The Rose Ensemble, and\u00a0Tadeja Vulc<\/strong>, a Slovenian conductor and composer.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s finalists were also\u00a0Coralia of the University of Puerto Rico<\/strong>, San Juan, Puerto Rico, conductor\u00a0Carmen Acevedo-Luc\u00edo<\/strong>,\u00a0Megaron Chamber Choir<\/strong>, Ljubljana, Slovenia, conductor\u00a0Damijan Mo\u010dnik<\/strong>, and\u00a0University of Latvia Mixed Choir Juventus<\/strong>, Riga, Latvia, conductor\u00a0Valdis Tomsons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Janez Er\u017een<\/p>\n<\/div>

See PHOTOGALLERY<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

See all the RESULTS<\/a> of the 17th International Choral Competition Gallus \u2013 Maribor 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>