Swiss youth choir with major international success
The Swiss youth choir had been invited to the 13th International Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf. Over the Whitsun holidays, it received several awards in Germany.
During his first participation in the most famous choir competition in Europe reached the Swiss Youth Choir (SJC) took second place, while the University Choir of Houston (USA) and the Saarbrücken Chamber Choir came first. As the SJC writes, the interpretation of the varied program not only impressed the jury: the audience even voted the choir into first place. The Swiss Youth Choir was conducted by Andreas Felber (LU) and Dominique Tille (VD), who won a special prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary work (Ilja Panzer: Sometimes I wish). In addition, Carl Rütti's And again my deep life rushes louder premiered. The Saarbrücken Chamber Choir was awarded the special prize of the Carl Orff Foundation Diessen am Ammersee for its interpretation of this work.
The 10 participating choirs from Germany (2), Serbia, USA (2), Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Finland, France and Switzerland gave a total of 13 concerts in the region. The 360 singers thrilled over 5000 listeners and over 100 invited guests from all over the choral world. 150 works were sung during the competition, which was recorded and broadcast by six radio stations.
The Swiss Youth Choir was co-founded in 1994 by its permanent artistic director Hansruedi Kämpfen, music director of the city of Brig, and has over 50 singers from 15 cantons. Auditions for the following year take place every November. The members are between 16 and 26 years old and rehearse a longer concert program over two weekends and a rehearsal week at Easter. Next concerts:
Bern, Nydeggkirche, Saturday June 8, 8 p.m.
Glarus, City Church, Sunday June 9, 5 p.m.
