Step into the spirit of the festival through the lens of our talented photographers, who captured the joy, energy, and unforgettable moments of this 2025's edition.
Relive the magic — one beautiful moment at a time.
El completo galería de fotos for the 2025 festival is now available! At este enlace, podrá explorar las impresionantes imágenes capturadas por nuestros brillantes fotógrafos, quienes han documentado maravillosamente los momentos inolvidables del festival de este año.
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The Cork International Choral Festival came to a climactic penultimate close with its Awards Ceremony at 5.45pm, Sunday 4th May 2025 in Cork City Hall. Following a hugely successful Festival, the Jury results were finally announced for all sections of the Festival’s varied and prestigious categories. International and national choirs from near and far waited nervously for the announcements. The following are the results for all categories:
Photography by Darragh Kane
Ganadores de los premios del Concurso Internacional de Trofeos Fleischmann
1er premio
Coro: Chamber Choir of the Collegium Musicum Berlin, GERMANY
Conductor: Donka Miteva
93.17%
2do premio
Coro: Kammerkoret NOVA, NORWAY
Conductor: Julia Selina Blank
92.33%
3er premio
Coro: Stockholms Musikgymnasium Youth Choir, SWEDEN
Conductor: Maria Goundorina
92.17%
Premios Internacionales
Trofeo en memoria de Lady Dorothy Mayer
Donado por Chris Mahon
Premio Especial por la interpretación de una pieza en el Concurso Internacional de Trofeos Fleischmann.
Adjudicado a:
Coro: McMaster University Choir - Mixed Chorus, Canada
Conductor: Prof. Melanie Tellez
Para el desempeño de: Rauði riddarinn - Hreiðar Ingi Þorsteinsson
Trofeo Schuman/Europa
En memoria de Moira Pyne (1916 – 2009)
Premio especial por la interpretación de una pieza de un compositor europeo vivo en el Concurso Internacional de Trofeos Fleischmann.
Adjudicado a:
Coro: Coro Sinfonía, SPAIN
Conductor: Selena Cancino
Para el desempeño de: Verde mar - Bernadet Kühne
Trofeo Perpetuo Heinrich Schütz
En memoria de Hans Waldemar Rosen
Premio Especial por la interpretación de una obra coral de Heinrich Schütz en los Concursos Nacionales o Internacionales.
Adjudicado a:
Coro: Junges Consortium Berlin [GERMANY]
Conductor: Vinzenz Weissenburger
Trofeo en memoria de McCurtain y McSwiney
Donado por el Consejo de Sindicatos de Cork
Premio Especial, otorgado por los miembros del Jurado Internacional, a un director del Concurso Internacional por la ejecución de un programa imaginativo y artístico. El ganador de este Trofeo también recibe un premio especial, amablemente donado por Musica International, que les ofrece acceso completo al sitio web de Musica International y su biblioteca coral virtual. Musica International es un gran proyecto de la Federación Internacional de Música Coral.
Adjudicado a:
Conductor: Maria Goundorina
From: Stockholms Musikgymnasium Youth Choir [SWEDEN]
Trofeo PAZ
Donado por el Movimiento PEACE Cork
Otorgado al coro que mejor adopta el espíritu del Festival y cumple con las intenciones de los benefactores del trofeo, el Movimiento PEACE, Cork.
Adjudicado a:
Coro: Mount Royal Kantorei, Canada
Conductor: John Morgan
Coro del año de Irlanda
CORO DEL AÑO DE IRLANDA
y
Destinatario del Trofeo Perpetuo Victor Leeson
Donado por The Guinness Choir en memoria de su fundador Victor Leeson
1er premio
Coro: UCC Singers [CO. CORK]
Conductor: benjacob
88%
2do premio
Coro: MTU Glór Choral Society [CO. CORK]
Conductor: Dylan Tierney
82.56%
3rd Premio
Coro: Alma Choir [CO. CORK]
Conductor: Grace Bergin
82.44%
Coro del año en el lugar de trabajo del IBEC
1calle Lugar
Coro: The Musgrave Workplace Choir [MUSGRAVE, CORK]
Conductor: Saoirse Daly
86.17%
2Dakota del Norte Lugar
Coro: City Hall Singers [CORK CITY COUNCIL, CORK]
Conductor: Lorna Moore
85.33%
3rd Lugar
Coro: Liberty IT Choir [LIBERTY IT, ANTRIM]
Conductor: Donal McCrisken
84.83%
Competiciones Nacionales de Adultos
Concurso Nacional de Coros de Cámara
1er premio
Coro: Dynamics Vocal Ensemble [CO. WICKLOW]
Conductor: Jennifer Lee
88.33%
2do premio
Coro: Calliope [CORK]
Conductor: Sam Guisinger
85.33%
National Competition for Equal Voice Choirs
1er premio
Coro: Réalta Chamber Choir [CO. MEATH]
Conductor: Claire Grogan
90.83%
2do premio
Coro: The Wilcollane Singers [CO. CORK]
Conductor: Anne Dunphy
87.67%
3er premio
Coro: Inver Singers [CO. WICKLOW]
Conductor: Frank Kelly
84.67%
Concurso Nacional de Coros Mixtos de Voces
1er premio
Coro: Trinity College Singers [CO. DUBLIN]
Conductor: Donncha McDonagh
88.40%
2Dakota del Norte Premio
Coro: Millicent Singers [CO. KILDARE]
Conductor: Alan Kelly
86.00%
3er premio
Coro: Lumina [CO. WATERFORD]
Conductor: Niall Crowley
83.70%
Concurso Nacional de Coros Juveniles
1er premio
Choir: SETU Youth Choirs [CO. WATERFORD]
Director: Niall Crowley
86%
Concurso Nacional de Luz, Jazz y Música Popular
1er premio
Choir: Belle Harmonics [CO. DUBLIN]
Conductor: Sharon Heron
90.67%
2do premio
Choir: The Wilcollane Singers [CO. CORK]
Directora: Anne Dunphy
89.50%
Concurso Nacional de Música de Iglesia
1er premio
Choir: UCC Singers, CO. CORK
Director: Ben Jacobs
89.50%
2do premio
Choir: Réalta Chamber Choir CO. MEATH
Conductor: Claire Grogan
87.00%
Premios Especiales – Concursos Nacionales de Adultos y Jóvenes
Trofeo de la Federación Irlandesa de Músicos y Profesiones Asociadas
Premio especial por la interpretación de una obra coral en irlandés.
Adjudicado a:
Coro: Coro de la escuela Ashton
Conductor: Mary G. O'Brien
Para el desempeño de: Óre; sé do bheatha ‘bhalile
Trofeo perpetuo a la interpretación de música coral contemporánea irlandesa
Donado por el Centro de Música Contemporánea
Premio especial por la interpretación de una obra coral original de un compositor irlandés escrita después de 1975 y elegida de la colección de la biblioteca del Centro de Música Contemporánea.
Adjudicado a:
Coro: Réalta Chamber Choir
Conductor: Claire Grogan
Para el desempeño de: Cast a cold eye by Micheal Holohan in the Equal Voices Competition
Trofeo John Mannion
Donado por la familia de John Mannion
Premio Especial a un Coro de Cámara por la interpretación de una obra en los Concursos Nacionales.
Adjudicado a:
Coro: Trinity College Singers
Conductor: Donncha McDonagh
Para el desempeño de: Tykus tykus by Vaclovas Augustinas in the Mixed Voices competition
Concurso de Composición Seán Ó Riada
El Sean Trofeo Ó Riada
Awarded to Composer, Donnchadh Mac Aodha, for his work Babel
Concursos Nacionales para Escuelas
National Competition for Schools: (Primary School Choirs)
1er premio
Coro: Cór Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh Cailíní [CO. CORK]
Conductor: Maeve-Ann O'Brien
91%
2do premio
Coro: Cratloe National School [CO. CLARE]
Conductor: Bernadette Kennedy
90%
National Competition for Schools: (Equal Voice Post-Primary School Choirs)
1er premio
Coro: Regina Mundi College Chamber Choir [CO. CORK]
Conductor: Gráinne O'Neill
93%
2do premio
Coro: Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles. [CO. TIPPERARY]
Conductor: Joan Mayordomo
92.50%
National Competition for Schools: (Mixed Voice Post-Primary School Choirs)
1er premio
Coro: Glanmire Community College [CO. CORK]
Conductor: Ana Mannix
93.50%
2Dakota del Norte Premio
Coro: St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School Choir [CO. DUBLIN]
Conductor: Judith Lyons
92.50%
Premios Especiales – Concursos Nacionales para Escuelas
CORO ESCOLAR DEL FESTIVAL
y el ganador del trofeo John Cunningham.
Otorgado al coro escolar que obtuvo la mejor nota global en los Concursos Nacionales para Escuelas.
Adjudicado a:
School: Glanmire Community Choir, CORK
Conductor: Ann Mannix
El canta irlanda Trofeo
Premio Especial por la interpretación de una pieza en los Concursos Nacionales para Escuelas.
Para el desempeño de: Himno del ajedrez, en el Concurso Nacional de Escuelas: Sección 2: Post Primaria Voz Igual
Coro: Coro Mayor del Colegio La Salle
Conductor: ben hanlon
El canta irlanda Beca para Conductores
Beca especial otorgada a un director de orquesta en las competencias escolares para asistir a la Escuela Anual de Verano de Sing Ireland.
Adjudicado a:
Lorna Ní Bhroin
Director de orquesta Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, LIMERICK
El Festival Coral Internacional de Cork cuenta con el apoyo del Arts Council, Fáilte Ireland, el Ayuntamiento de Cork y el Consejo del Condado de Cork, con el Irish Examiner, The Echo y 96FM de Cork como socios de medios.
Tickets for the Chamber Choir Ireland on Friday 2nd May at 7:30pm, St Fin Barre's Cathedral, are sold out.
¡Estamos encantados nuevamente este año con el enorme interés! Gracias a todos y esperamos verlos allí.
2025 Gala Concerts Schedule:
Wednesday, 30th April, 8pm: Opening Gala, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
East Cork Choral Society, Guinness Choir & Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra, Cork City Hall. Tickets: €25/€30/€35 (back parterre/front parterre/gallery) – Book now
Thursday, 1st May, 8pm: Syng Selected (Denmark)
Cork City Hall. Tickets: €25/€30/€35 (back parterre/front parterre/gallery) – Book now
Friday, 2nd May, 10pm: Cappella Pratensis (The Netherlands), Josquin in Rome
St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork. Tickets: €25 – Book now
Saturday, 3rd May, 3pm & 8pm: Fleischmann International Gala
Cork City Hall. Tickets: €20/€25/€30 (back parterre/front parterre/gallery) – Book now
Sunday, 4th May, 8pm: Closing Gala Concert
Cork City Hall. Tickets: €25/€30/€35 (back parterre/front parterre/gallery) – Book now
The Cork International Choral Festival has officially launched its 70th anniversary programme, promising a spectacular celebration of choral music this May bank holiday weekend.
Now in its 70th year, Cork’s longest-running festival will welcome over 117 performing groups, including 20 international choirs, who will fill venues across the city with music, colour, and culture. With more than 700 international visitors and thousands more local participants and audiences expected, this year's event is shaping up to be one of the biggest yet.
Speaking, with Irish Examiner, at the launch in Cork City Hall, Artistic Director Pedro Stobart shared his excitement about this milestone year:
“We’ve got 20 international choirs visiting – they’ve got to be the highlight. They bring a variety of colourful costumes, different languages, and unique choral styles. All of that being brought into Cork is such a significant thing.”
At the heart of the festival is the Concurso Internacional de Trofeos Fleischmann, which draws world-class amateur choirs from around the globe to compete at the highest level. Events will take place across a variety of iconic venues, including Cork City Hall, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, St Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh, y the Marina Market, with choral pop-ups also expected to bring music to the streets of Cork.
🎟️ The full festival schedule is now available online
La composición ganadora se estrenará en el Festival Coral Internacional de Cork
Donnchadh Mac Aodha has been announced as this year’s winner of the prestigious Seán Ó Riada composition competition. The annual competition celebrates new works from Irish composers and is held in collaboration with the Cork International Choral Festival and Chamber Choir Ireland. Donnchadh Mac Aodha's winning composition, ‘Babel’, will have its world premiere at St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral Cork on Friday, May 2Dakota del Norte, at 7.30pm.
A Dundalk native and UCC student, Donnchadh’s current compositional work draws inspiration from his roots in traditional music and the Irish language, seamlessly blended with his training in contemporary composition, led primarily by John Godfrey at UCC. Through his work, Donnchadh looks to push and remold apparent boundary lines between music genres to create a unique blend of old and new. The inaugural performance of ‘Babel’ will be part of the Cork International Choral Festival’s annual collaborative concert with choir-in-residence, Chamber Choir Ireland, led by their Guest Director Gabriel Crouch. This promises to be a night of exceptional musical talent.
El concurso Seán Ó Riada, que lleva más de 50 años funcionando, proporciona una plataforma para que los compositores irlandeses puedan juzgar y recompensar su trabajo únicamente por sus propios méritos. Las presentaciones se realizan bajo seudónimos, lo que garantiza el anonimato hasta que se haya tomado la decisión de los jueces. El concurso tiene como objetivo presentar a los coros irlandeses material fresco y auténtico para sus programas y ha atraído a compositores de renombre a lo largo de su historia.
Chamber Choir Ireland member and composer Eoghan Desmond, conductor Orla Flanagan, and Guest Conductor of Chamber Choir Ireland, Gabriel Crouch, who evaluated McDonnell's winning piece, summarised their reaction, stating, 'Babel' makes a rich contribution to Irish choral literature. The contemporary relevance of Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh's Irish-language poem is striking, with an unsettling sense of lofty ideals soured by arrogance and pride. The composer's musical setting reflects this and is both sensitive and expressively impactful. The phrases inflect upwards, yearning for something, but falter in the (quite deliberate) absence of harmonic stability. The effect is sobering, and captivating. It has a distinct musical identity, and shows great fluency in its approach to choral writing.
With more than 250 compositions being submitted in the past 10 years of the new format, the Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition illustrates the number of composers now working and living in Ireland, and further demonstrates the Cork International Choral Festival’s continuing commitment to encourage the composition and performance of contemporary music. Past winners include Solfa Carlisle, Rhona Clarke, Patrick Connolly, Frank Corcoran, Séamas de Barra, Eoghan Desmond, Michael Holohan, Marian Ingoldsby, Donal MacErlaine, Simon MacHale, Kevin O’Connell, Amanda Feery, Criostóir Ó Loingsigh, Donal Sarsfield, James May, Peter Leavy, Norah Constance Walsh, Darragh Black Hynes, Laura Heneghan and last year’s winner Anselm McDonnell
This year’s Cork International Choral Festival which is set to bring Cork to life with song takes place from 30el April – 4el May 2025.
Más sobre el compositor:
Donnchadh Mac Aodha is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Dundalk, Co.Louth. In 2024, he graduated from UCC with a 1calle-class honours degree in Music and Irish, where he was a Quercus Creative & Performing Arts Scholar.
Donnchadh’s current compositional work draws inspiration from his grounding in traditional music and the Irish language, intermingled with his training in contemporary composition, led primarily by John Godfrey at UCC. His pieces have been performed at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, Ostrava Days Festival, West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival, The Irish Composers Collective Festival and the New Ross Piano Festival. In 2024 he was commissioned to write a suite for Consairtín, premiered in Glór, Ennis. Donnchadh’s final-year Major Study composition project, Éist le Fuaim na hAbhann: Echoing Sean-nós in Contemporary Classical Composition, won the Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Undergraduate Award for Exceptional Innovation in Research.
Donnchadh has performed extensively in Ireland, Europe, and beyond. A four-time All-Ireland Champion at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, he has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Donal ‘Doc’ Gleeson Award, UCC Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann bursary, and the Mícheál Ó hÉidhin medal. He was also a finalist in the Bonn Óir Seán Ó Riada competition three times, and holds an Advanced Recital Certificate in piano from RIAM.
We're looking for passionate volunteers to join us for the 2025 Cork International Choral Festival on Wednesday 30th April - Sunday 4th May 2025!
If you're interested in being part of the 70th Edition of this amazing event that celebrates choral music and brings people together from around the world, then we want you!
Como muestra de nuestro agradecimiento, hay grandes ventajas para los voluntarios, desde entradas gratuitas para espectáculos e invitaciones a la recepción del festival.
We will welcome any volunteers who are willing to lend their hands, hearts and voices.
It's now time to announce the fantastic ten international non-competitive choirs joining us in Cork this May. We can't wait to enjoy their performances! You can find out more about each of them in the 'Coro y oradores' sección de nuestro sitio web.
Southland - Australia
Urdaibai Kantagunea -Basque Country, Spain
Zarautz Abesbatza- Basque Country, Spain
Quinnton - Finland
Voices International - Luxembourg
Sing4Joy - Switzerland
Hart Male Voice Choir - UK
RockavoX - UK
Voce Chamber Choir - UK
Cân Aderyn - Wales
El Cork International Choral Festival se complace en invitar a las escuelas primarias a asistir al taller 'Canto juntos - Ag canadh le chéile' en Tuesday, 4th March 2025 from 10am – 11.45am in Cork City Hall, as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025.
Este taller para niños de primaria ofrece una oportunidad divertida y educativa de aprender música en idioma irlandés. Dirigido por Abby Ni Loingsigh y su conjunto, el evento guiará a las escuelas en el dominio de un arreglo coral simple de una canción popular irlandesa, fomentando una experiencia de canto colaborativo. Además, a los estudiantes se les presentarán varios instrumentos tradicionales irlandeses, explorarán diferentes categorías de melodías y canciones de baile irlandesas y practicarán cantar palabras irlandesas en armonía con otros participantes. El evento tiene como objetivo mejorar la comprensión de la música coral y cultivar el aprecio por la lengua y la tradición musical irlandesas.
Durante el taller, los alumnos profundizarán en la creación de un acorde con su voz, involucrando a grandes grupos cantando tres o más notas diferentes. La sesión también contará con una demostración animada e interactiva de instrumentos y tipos de melodías irlandeses, incorporando ritmos enseñables para identificar las melodías. Se empleará percusión corporal en esta sección del evento para mayor participación.
El costo del taller es 5€/estudiante (La entrada es gratuita para profesores y personal). Para reservar tu plaza por favor complete the registration form below by Friday, 7th February, and send payment either online at este enlace, or by bank transfer or cheque to the following account:
Destinatario: Festival Coral Internacional de Cork
Banco: Allied Irish Banks plc, Patrick's Street, Cork, Irlanda
IBAN: IE85 AIBK 9341 5105 1954 48
BIC: AIBKIE2D
Número de cuenta: 05195448
Código de clasificación: 93 41 51
NOTA: Asegúrese de anotar el nombre de la escuela en la transferencia bancaria.
Las inscripciones se consideran completas al recibir el pago y se garantizarán por orden de llegada.
Si tiene alguna pregunta, no dude en ponerse en contacto por correo electrónico o por teléfono.
Esperamos saber de usted pronto!
We’re thrilled to announce the choirs selected for the 2025 Fleischmann International Trophy Competition. Each year, top amateur choirs from across the globe compete for the honour of winning the prestigious Fleischmann Trophy.
A huge congratulations to the 10 choirs that will be joining us in Cork next year – we can’t wait to welcome you!
Chamber Choir of the Collegium Musicum Berlin, Germany
Coro Sinfonia, Spain
Junges Consortium Berlin, Germany
Kammerkoret NOVA, Norway
McMaster University Choir - Cantemus Treble Ensemble, Canada
McMaster University Choir - Mixed Chorus, Canada
Mixed Choir "Ventspils", Latvia
Mount Royal Kantorei, Canada
St Mary Treblemakers, Canada
Stockholms Musikgymnasium Youth Choir 2025, Sweden
We’re thrilled to announce that tickets for Navidad en la Catedral on Saturday, 23rd November, are now SOLD OUT!
Don’t miss your chance to experience this magical evening—there are just a few tickets remaining for the Sunday, 24th November performance, featuring the exceptional guest soprano, Majella Cullagh.
🎟️ Secure your tickets now aquí.
Join us for an unforgettable musical celebration of the festive season in the stunning surroundings of St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, under the direction of Catherine Mahon Buckley.