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Fleischmann International Trophy Competitors
Selected choirs for this year's Fleischmann International Trophy Competition will join us from all corners of the world. Representing Germany, Ireland, The Philippines, Sweden, Slovenia, Singapore, England and Wales, this year's competitors are sure to turn up the heat for thisinternationally renowned award. The Competition will be held in two sessions - an afternoon session at 3pm, Saturday 5th May at City Hall, and the second at 8pm the same night.
Saturday 5th May, 3pm Presenters: Seán Ó Callanáin & Eva O'Mahony
Female Chamber Choir "Divina", Russia (Guest performance) Conductor: Galina Igumnova
Vocal Ensemble of Risbergska High School, Sweden Conductor: Björn Johansson
Hwa Chong Choir, Singapore Conductor: Lim Ai Hooi
Cork Irish Dance Company, Ireland (Guest Performance) Senior Section of Kiely-Walsh Academy of Irish Dancing
Tickets: €25 / €20 / €15 (Combined Entry to 3pm & 8pm sessions) / €5 afternoon only + Booking Fee
Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club, The Philippines
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Established in 1921, the Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club (ACGC) has distinguished itself as the oldest university chorale in the Philippines. The choir has since pioneered many firsts as a Filipino choral group; triumphing in numerous national and international competitions such as Miltenberg in Germany and Arezzo, Italy.
The choir have both toured and competed extensively throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the USA; celebrating their 90th year in 2011 with a win at the International May Choir Competition in Varna, Bulgaria. Drawing from a rich tradition of musical excellence, the choir focus primarily on liturgical music, with two commercial recordings released to date.
Accomplished conductor, Professor Maria Lourdes Venida-Hermo, has led the choir since 2002. Professor Hermo is a regular adjudicator at national competitions, as well as Vice President of the Philippine Choral Directors Association.
Cantemus Chamber Choir, Ireland
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Based in East Cork, and under the direction of Tomás Ó Tuama, Cantemus Chamber Choir’s eight year history has seen the choir grow to become one of the region’s top vocal ensembles. The choir’s impressive repertoire features shorter choral works of various styles, ranging from the 15th to 21st century. The ensemble has also premiered a number of new choral works by Cork composers.
With multiple successes in Cork in national competitions over the past five years, the choir was awarded National Choi r of the Festival in 2008, took top honours for Sacred Musical and Madrigal Singing at Sligo International Choral Festival in 2007 and 2009, and is the current holder of the National Choir of the Year award from the Navan Festival.
Codetta, Ireland
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Founded in 2001 by Dónal Doherty, Codetta is an internationally acclaimed choir with a variety of national and international performances and appearances recorded in the last number of years. Originally all from Derry, Northern Ireland, but now living, working and studying throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe, Codetta’s members meet in Derry for monthly rehearsals throughout the year.
Their extensive and wide-ranging repertoire has brought the choir much success in international competition, notably reaching the final of the Grand Prix in Maribor in 2008 and winning awards at the Sligo and Cork festivals in 2008/2009.
In addition to an Italian tour in 2010 the choir participated in the Montreux Choral Festival in April 2011, were featured in an episode of the award-winning TV series ‘Seacht’, and held a recent performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor.
Cois Cladaigh, Ireland
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Founded in 1982, Cois Cladaigh specialises in contemporary choral and European music from the late 15th and early 16th century. The choir has performed and toured extensively throughout Ireland and Europe and the USA.
The choir skilfully blend a mix of both European and Irish choral music with traditional Irish song and dance music. Recent tours have brought the choir to Estonia in 2007, to Essen in 2010, where the choir represented Ireland at the city’s European City of Culture celebrations, and most recently to Seville, Spain in October 2011.
Cois Cladaigh has enjoyed much success in competition, winning the Premier National Award on four occasions in Cork, as well as other accolades. The choir takes an active role in commissioning new works with past commissions including works by John Buckley, Micheál Ó Súilleabháin and Javier Busto.
Cor CF1, Wales
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Cardiff has been the home of this energetic and spirited choir since they formed in 2002. With members originating from all over Wales, Cor CF1 originated as a successful youth choir, and have since gone on to form a mixed choir. Among the ensemble’s accomplishments are performances at the official opening of the Welsh Millennium Centre in 2004, a performance of Carmina Burana at St. David’s Hall in 2009, and their collaboration in the world premiere of Karl Jenkins’ ‘O Beata Trinitas’.
Under the direction of accomplished conductor and composer Eilir Owen Griffiths, the choir has taken first place in various categories at the National Eisteddfod and Eisteddfod Pontrhydfendigaid, as well as reaching the finals of the BBC Choir of the Year in 2010.
Ensemble vocal, Germany
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Founded in 1994 Ensemble vocal is a mixed chamber choir, which has developed to become one of Germany’s leading ensembles in recent years. With almost 200 performances to date, the choir has achieved much success in both national and international competition, taking top prize at Deutscher Chorwettbewerb Choral Competition in 2006, and enjoying success at Marktoberdorf, Germany and Tolosa in Spain.
The choir’s repertoire covers all epochs of choral music, from ancient texts, to romantic choral literature, to vocal jazz. Ensemble vocal maintain a broad range of 20th century works, taking in classical modernist, avant-garde and contemporary musical works from Scandinavia, Hungary and the Baltic nations.The choir is conducted by Director Cornelius Trantow, who has been Professor of Choral Conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg, since 1999.
Hwa Chong Choir, Singapore
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The choir have competed extensively in Europe, with successes at the 39th Florilege Vocal de Tours in France in 2010, as well as taking several top prizes at Olomouc, Czech Republic.
The Hwa Chong Choir is composed of a passionate group of choristers from Hwa Chong Institution, one of Singapore’s top schools. Since its inception in 1974, the choir has successfully performed in numerous concerts and events including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010.
Under the baton of Ms Lim Ai Hooi, the choir has achieved excellent results in various local and international choral competitions, with an impressive gold awards at World Choir Games in Germany, China and Austria.The choir was also crowned World Champion for Mixed Choirs at the 2008 Games in Austria.
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Founded in 1953 by a group of students from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, the Primorska Academic Choir Vinko Vodopivec originally came under the direction of acclaimed conductor Anton Nanut. The choir has enjoyed many successes in international competition over the years and has won various prestigious awards from Italy, Czech Republic and Croatia. Recent performances and tours by the choir have included Stockholm, Vienna, Strasbourg and Split.
In 2009, the choir appeared as a special guest at the Croatian National Choral Competition in Novigrad, also undertaking a tour of South Africa under the invite of the prestigious institute, Hilton College. The choir have amassed a large collection of recordings, their most recent release being in 2008.
Vocal Ensemble of Risbergska High School, Sweden
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One of Sweden’s foremost mixed youth choirs, Vocal Ensemble of Risbergska High School comprises a large mixed chamber choir of members ranging in age from 16 to 19 years. Founded in 1996 by current Choir Director, Björn Johansson, the ensemble performs a wide a cappella repertoire from many languages and countries, moving from renaissance and classical styles through to pop, contemporary and jazz arrangements.
The choir has toured and competed extensively, with appearances at major international festivals in Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, and Estonia, as well as numerous appearances in their native Sweden. Competing in Cork for the third time in 2012, the ensemble has recorded three albums, with the most recent being a studio recording in 2010.
The Chanterelles, England
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Formed by a group of friends who were all once part of the Chanterelle Youth Choir in Leicestershire in the early 1990’s, this all female ensemble recently reunited in 2009 due to a common love of singing in an engaging, disciplined and professional manner.
Since reforming, the choir has performed concerts locally with the Bath Male Voice Choir and the popular male quartet ‘Blake’. July 2010 saw the choir’s most impressive success to date, taking gold in the Female Choir category at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in Wales, an outstanding achievement, particularly poignant also having won the Youth Choir section in 1998. Recent performances saw the choir take part in the Radio Leicester Charity Gala, and 2012 will see the choir compete for the first time in Cork.
The Park Singers, Ireland
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Founded in 1970 by Seán Creamer, the choir takes its name from the Phoenix Park School where it was founded and based in its early years. The choir has more recently come under the direction of conductor Orla Gillan, who has led The Park Singers to success in performances at home and abroad, including Best Female Choir at the North Wales Festival in 2011, and National Choir of the Festival in Cork in 2011.
The choir has also picked up numerous accolades at the ESB Féis Ceoil, coming first in the Female Competition in 2011, and Female and Irish Music Competition in 2010. With a repertoire that includes a wide range of styles, the ensemble give particular focus to works by contemporary Irish composers. 2008 saw the choir record their first album, ‘Regardez le Chef’, as well as collaborate on the score for independent Irish film, ‘On Christmas Eve’.
Vӓrmlands Nations Choir, Sweden
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With roots in the 1820’s, this long-established student choir is a mixed group comprising approximately 50 members.The group originally formed from a ‘nation’ or student society set up in Uppsala as a gathering point for students from the Vӓrmlands region of Sweden.
The choir performs a wide-ranging repertoire and in recent years has grown to encompass everything from hymns, popular, folk, classical, and world music genres, with a few student friendly drinking songs included for good measure. The broad spectrum of songs is a natural consequence of the members’ diverse background and natural progression of old to new students.
Regarded as one of the best choirs in Uppsala, a region well famed for the quality of its choral tradition, Vӓrmlands Nations Choir has increased its ambitions in recent years with regards to both its repertoire as well as musical and artistic execution. Sara Hjort, a student of choral conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, has conducted the choir since 2011.
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