Conductor: Puro Paju (FI)
Global Music students from the Sibelius Academy invite you to a hands-on atelier where you can explore music from different traditions around the world.
Level:
B - for good sight readers and singers who come prepared
Conductors: Sofia Gioldasi (GR), Çiğdem Aytepe (TR)
In this atelier, Sofia and Çiğdem will introduce you to beautiful songs from Türkiye and Greece that talk about love, the joy of life, the pain of migration... and also correspond to a dance!
Conductors: Lynsey Callaghan (IE), Patrick Barrett (IE)
Join us to explore music that singers respond to immediately and that lies comfortably in the voice. Through composers like Michael McGlynn, David Mooney, Rhona Clarke, and Desmond Early, singers and conductors can access lesser-known repertoire inspired by the richness of the Irish folk tradition, take it back to their homes, and perform it with confidence!
Level:
B - for good sight readers and singers who come prepared
Conductor: Petra Grassi (IT/SI)
Explore the rich heritage of the Alpe-Adria region through contemporary choral works inspired by traditional melodies. Folk music is not a relic of the past, but a living source of inspiration. Discover how contemporary choral writing can breathe new life into ancient melodies, and explore the dialogue between tradition and innovation.
Conductor: Federico Trindade (BR)
Explore the connection between voice, body, and performance! Integrating music with movement, performance awareness, and collective expression, Federico Trindade draws on the rhythmic vitality and expressive richness of Brazilian and Latin American musical practices.
Conductor: Jean Alexis Bakond (CM)
Discover the richness and diversity of Cameroonian choral music through energetic rhythms and expressive body movements. Some of Cameroon's 200 spoken languages will be used to show various authentic colors of the country's choral traditions.
Level:
B - for good sight readers and singers who come prepared
Conductor: Alessandro Cadario (IT)
Opera and Symphonic Choruses is designed for passionate singers who want to master the monumental repertoire of the lyrical stage and the symphonic concert hall.
Conductors: Håvard Gravdal (NO), Elisabeth Anvik (NO)
Come and experience Norwegian folk music! Håvard Gravdal and Elisabeth Anvik from the vocal group PUST have a special fondness for Norwegian folk songs, integrating them into their ensemble music in diverse ways. Håvard and Elisabeth's arrangements combine traditional and contemporary expressions of folk music. Håvard also specialises in kveding, the traditional folk singing style.
Level:
B - for good sight readers and singers who come prepared
Conductor: Patriks Kārlis Stepe (LV)
For choral singers worldwide, the Latvian Song Festival is a bucket-list dream. Now you can experience it firsthand! Through the 2028 Festival repertoire, you will sing the exact music that thousands of Latvians will perform the following year.
Level:
B - for good sight readers and singers who come prepared
Conductor: Povilas Vanžodis (LT)
What does Lithuanian choral music sound like today? Find out through a living chain of composers, singers and conductors!
Level:
C - choir and singers who audition and come prepared (need to upload a recording of the choir or the singer during registration)
Conductors: Stephan Lutermann (DE), Lars Scheibner (DE)
Four contemporary works by female composers from different musical worlds unite in this shared search for support, connection, and inner strength.
Level:
B - for good sight readers and singers who come prepared
Conductor: Ēriks Ešenvalds (LV)
Join internationally-acclaimed Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds in discovering how he distills nature into music. This inspiring workshop explores how stories, landscape, imagination, and human experience can be transformed into powerful choral expression.
Level:
C - choir and singers who audition and come prepared (need to upload a recording of the choir or the singer during registration)
Conductor: Hans Leenders (NL)
The 16th century is the golden era of the polyphonic style. The horizontal lines, built on imitation, form the most beautiful vertical harmonies.
Level:
B - for good sight readers and singers who come prepared
Conductors: Ozan Karagöz (TR), Jaan-Eik Tulve (EE)
How does Gregorian chant influence 20th and 21st century music? Come and sing Gregorian melodies and works directly inspired by Gregorian chant, and explore the connections between ancient chant and contemporary music, including music by Pärt, Duruflé, Ødegaard, and Kaumann.
Level:
C - choir and singers who audition and come prepared (need to upload a recording of the choir or the singer during registration)
Conductor: Cyrille Nanchen (CH)
Join us to explore rest! From the nostalgia of untouchable love in Antognini’s Come to Me, we will move to the first part of Martin’s Songs of Ariel, reflecting the unrest of Shakespeare’s spirit. Afterwards, Burkhard’s piece is mankind’s plea for rest. In response, rest comes from Andriessen, calming a lover’s longing.
Level:
B - for good sight readers and singers who come prepared
Conductor: Oleksii Shamrytskyi (DE/UA)
In this workshop, you will explore Ukrainian choral music composed between 2014 and the present day. Through both sacred and secular works, we will discover music that reflects on the challenges of our time, addressing themes of memory, hope, freedom, and human dignity.
Level:
C - choir and singers who audition and come prepared (need to upload a recording of the choir or the singer during registration)
Conductor: Sofi Jeannin (SE)
From Romantic lyricism to more recent compositions, come and immerse yourself in the ethereal beauty of Scandinavian choral music!
Conductor: Laura Leontjeva (LV)
Rock has always been more than music. It gives people a voice, inspires generations to stand up for freedom, and unites them in times of change. Today, it reminds us that freedom is something we must protect.
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