Second church music festival Cantars starts in Basel
Around 8,000 amateurs in choirs, orchestras and ensembles, 2,000 professionals and 2,000 children and young people will take part in Cantars, the second Swiss "festival of church music", next year. It will kick off on March 14, 2015 with a festival in Basel.
Cantars 2015 brings together sacred music, cultural exchange, cabaret, readings, encounters and much more in 13 cantons. The program includes a total of around 440 events over 36 days in the cantons of Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Graubünden, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Valais and Zurich. The final event will take place on June 7 in St. Gallen.
Throughout Switzerland, amateurs and professionals, vocal ensembles, church choirs, concert choirs, instrumental ensembles, children's choirs, authors, gospel choirs, slam poets, singers, musicians, artists and cultural workers prepare for their performance. They are backed by around 50 church music and church associations, organizations and institutions. They are locally responsible for the program and implementation at the 36 venues.
Around 100,000 visitors are expected to attend. The overall organizer of this major church cultural event is the Swiss Catholic Church Music Association SKMV in close cooperation with the Swiss Church Choral Federation SKGB. The 36 local organizing committees are supported by a national organizing committee.
More info: www.cantars.org
