{"id":9486,"date":"2026-02-20T10:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallusmaribor.si\/uncategorized\/pet-zborov-finalistov-tekmovanja-za-veliko-zborovsko-nagrado-evrope-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:23:01","slug":"five-choirs-competing-in-the-2026-european-grand-prix-for-choral-singing-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallusmaribor.si\/en\/news-en\/five-choirs-competing-in-the-2026-european-grand-prix-for-choral-singing-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Choirs Competing in the 2026 European Grand Prix for Choral Singing Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:hsla(var(--awb-color3-h),var(--awb-color3-s),var(--awb-color3-l),var(--awb-color3-a));border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1170px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>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.<br \/>\nThe choirs will perform in the following order:<br \/>\nSt. Nicholas Choir Litija (Slovenia)<br \/>\nConductor: Helena Fojkar Zupan\u010di\u010d<br \/>\nWinner of the Gallus \u2013 Maribor International Choral Competition (Slovenia)<br \/>\nTone Tom\u0161i\u010d Academic Choir of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)<br \/>\nConductor: Rahela Duri\u010d<br \/>\nWinner of the Baltic Sea Choir Competition, J\u016brmala (Latvia)<br \/>\nDelaware Choral Scholars (USA)<br \/>\nConductor: Paul Head<br \/>\nWinner of the Tolosa International Choral Competition, Basque Country \/ Spain<br \/>\nGratia Choir \u2013 Soegijapranata Catholic University (Indonesia)<br \/>\nConductor: Alfonso Wiratma<br \/>\nWinner of the International Choir Competition Prof. Georgi Dimitrov, Varna (Bulgaria)<br \/>\nSibi Consoni (Italy)<br \/>\nConductor: Roberta Paraninfo<br \/>\nWinner of the Concorso Polifonico Guido d\u2019Arezzo (Italy)<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>FOLLOW US ON:<br \/>\n<\/strong>W:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallusmaribor.si\/\">www.gallusmaribor.si<\/a><br \/>\nFB:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/galluscompetition\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/galluscompetition<\/a><br \/>\nIG:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/galluscompetition\/?fbclid=IwAR0ugWvpDxIF53IttGy-2zahriBi0KRga_bk5UU4TcpDzloVKcXQYrDFtYA\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/galluscompetition\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:50% !important;margin-top : 50px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : calc( 0.04 * calc( 100% - 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