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Tampere Vocal Music Festival Brings Joyous Reunion of Singers
Over five days, the Tampere Vocal Music Festival brought 1,400 singers in 70 choirs and vocal ensembles to the city.
Grand Prix of the Contest for Vocal Ensembles goes to France
The winners of the acoustic category and the overall Grand Prix at this year’s Contest for Vocal Ensembles at the Tampere Vocal Music Festival are Les Itinérantes from France.
Tampere Vocal Music Festival – a Celebration of the Human Voice
Bringing together choirs and vocal ensembles, the Tampere Vocal Music Festival serves up a five-day treat for friends of singing from 14 to 18 June 2023. Held online two years ago, the biennial festival is back with live events, with more than a thousand singers coming to town.
Feel the Festival! Programme Published
From Wednesday to Sunday, groups participating in the Chorus Review and Contest for Vocal Ensembles perform all around Tampere.
Singing brings people together
Helsinki-based choir conductor and educator Saara Ruuska talks about the ‘Ukrainian voices’ project.
The Land of Song in the Future: Choral Finland 30 years from now
What can you do to promote children’s singing in Finland? Spread the word about MunKuoro groups.
Honouring copyright: A Small Thing to Do Out of a Great Love of Art
Sulasol (the Finnish Amateur Musicians’ Association) and its partners created a project titled Lauletaan! Soitetaan! Puhtaasti (Let’s Make Pure Music) designed to make copyright issues easy to handle.
Gender Diversity in Choirs
Gender diversity has recently been much talked about in multiple contexts, and the choral world is no exception.
47 Choirs Participating in the Chorus Review
Choirs from six countries will perform at the 2023 edition of the International Chorus Review.
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