competition 2019

15TH INTERNATIONAL CHORAL COMPETITION GALLUS – MARIBOR 2019, SLOVENIA

RESULTS OF THE 15th INTERNATIONAL CHORAL COMPETITION GALLUS – MARIBOR 2019

1st place  - the Grand Prix: 95,3 points
JĀZEPA VĪTOLA LATVIJAS MŪZIKAS AKADĒMIJAS JAUKTAIS KORIS, Riga, Latvia, conductor Jānis Ozols

2nd place, finalist of the competition:  93,9 points
KUP TALDEA conductor Gabriel Baltes

3rd place ex aequo, finalists of the competition:  93,3 points
KAMMERCHOR DER MUSIKHOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM, Germany, conductor Harald Jers
AKADEMSKI MEŠANI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia, conductor Tadeja Vulc

5th place, finalist of the competition: 92,5 points
MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS, USA, conductor Bruce Rogers

6th place: 91 points
MLADA, Russia, conductor Olga Viguzova

7th place ex aequo: 90,2 points
NEW DUBLIN VOICES, Ireland, conductor Bernie Sherlock
WAH YAN COLLEGE KOWLOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, :China, conductor Lesley Ka-Hei Chan

9th place: 89 points
EMBLA, Norway, conductor Norunn Illevold Giske

10th place: 88,9 points
LAUTITIA CHAMBER CHOIR, Hungary, conductor József Nemes

11th place: 88,1 points
GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italia, artistic director Roberta Paraninfo

12th place: 85,9 points
ACAPELLART SINGERS, Hungary

13th place: 85,5 points
B2, Lithuania, artistic director Vaidas Baratušas

SPECIAL PRIZES:

The award for the best vocal group:
GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italy, artistic director Roberta Paraninfo

The award for the best equal voices group:
WAH YAN COLLEGE KOWLOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, Hong Kong, China, conductor Lesley Ka-Hei Chan

The award for the best performance of the composition by Iacobus Handl-Gallus:
TADEJA VULC, Akademski pevski zbor Maribor, Slovenia

The award for the best performance of compulsory contemporary Slovenian composition (Damijan Močnik: ZARJA/Slovenian folksongs):
JĀNIS OZOLS, Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas mūzikas akadēmijas jauktais koris, Latvia,

The awards of public for the best choir at the opening concert:
1st prize: AKADEMSKI PEVSKI ZBOR MARIBOR, Slovenia, conductor Tadeja Vulc
2nd prize: B2, Lithuania, artistic director Vaidas Bartušas
3rd prize: WAH YAN COLLEGE KOELOON BOYS‘ CHOIR, Hong Kong, China, conductor Lesley Ka-Hei Chen

The prize of the panel of selected Slovene conductors for the most original concept and convincing performance at the opening concert:
GENOVA VOCAL ENSEMBLE, Italy, artistic director Roberta Paraninfo