HISTORY
2016
SUMMARY
The International Baltic Sea Choir Competition was held for the first time in 2016, when 11 choirs from 8 countries took part: female choir TIMOTEI and chamber choir AUDITE from Finland, male choir VÄRLDSKLASS from Sweden, youth choir ONDRAŠEK from the Czech Republic, mixed choir NOORUS from Estonia, vocal ensemble SEQUANA VOCE from France, female choir GRUDNOVE ŠMIKLE from Slovenia, Kaunas Academic Youth Choir from Lithuania, Latvian Culture Academy Choir SOLA, youth choir BALSIS and female choir BALTA from Latvia.
The compulsory piece “Hail O Star of the Ocean” was composed by Rihards Dubra.
Grand Prix winner of the 1st International Baltic Sea Choir Competition was Mixed Choir of the Latvian Academy of Culture SÕLA (conductor Kaspars Ādamsons).
The chairman of the jury was Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks and jury members were Toomas Voll (Estonia), Vytautas Miškinis (Lithuania), Alexander Beneteau (France) and John Galea (Malta).
Special guests of the Closing concert – vocal group Latvian Voices.
RESULTS 2016
POINTS
97.80 points, GRAND PRIX and 3500 EUR monetary award: Latvian Culture Academy mixed choir SÕLA, conductor Kaspars Ādamsons, Latvia
95.20 points, 2nd place and 2000 EUR monetary award: Youth Choir BALSIS, conductor Ints Teterovskis, Latvia
93.80 points, 3rd place and 1000 EUR monetary award: Female choir BALTA, conductor, conductor Māra Marnauza, Latvia
92.40 points: Female choir TIMOTEI, conductor Anneli Julén, Finland
91.40 points: Czech youth choir ONDRAŠEK, conductor Josef Zajíček, Czech Republic
86.75 points: Mixed Choir NOORUS, conductors Maarja Helstein, Markus Leppoja, Estonia
86.75 points: Kaunas Academic Youth Choir, conductor Adelė Mikalkėnienė, Lithuania
86.58 points: Female Choir GRUDNOVE ŠMIKLE, conductor Marjeta Naglič, Slovenia
86.24 points: Male Choir VÄRLDSKLASS, conductor Christoffer Nobin, Sweden
83.43 points: Chamber Choir AUDITE, conductor Jani Sivén, Finland
77.47 points: Vocal ensemble SEQUANA VOCE, conductor Laurent Brack, France
SPECIAL PRIZES:
The best conductor and 500 EUR: Kaspars Ādamsons, Mixed Choir of the Latvian Academy of Culture SÕLA
The best performance of the compulsory composition by Rihards Dubra HAIL, O STAR OF THE OCEAN and 250 EUR: Czech Youth Choir ONDRAŠEK, conductor Josef Zajíček
Dzintari Concert Hall Special Prize for the best choir from Latvia: Mixed Choir of the Latvian Academy of Culture SÕLA, conductor Kaspars Ādamsons
JURY 2016
Chairman of the Jury
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
France
Malta
PARTICIPANTS 2016
MIXED CHOIRS
AUDITE Chamber Choir (Kamarikuoro Audite), Conductor Jani Sivén, Finland
Youth choir BALSIS, conductor Ints Teterovskis, Latvia
KAUNAS ACADEMIC YOUTH CHOIR, conductor Adelė Mikalkėnienė, Lithuania
Mixed choir NOORUS, conductor Maarja Helstein, Estonia
ONDRAŠEK Czech Youth Choir, conductor Josef Zajíček, Czech Republic
Mixed choir of the Latvian Academy of Culture SŌLA, conductor Kaspars Ādamsons, Latvia
Ensemble vocal SEQUANA VOCE, conductor Laurent Brack, France
MALE CHOIRS
Male choir VÄRLDSKLASS, conductor B. Nobin, Sweden
FEMALE CHOIRS
Female choir BALTA, conductor Māra Marnauza, Latvia
Female choir NAISKUORO TIMOTEI, conductor Anneli Julén, Finland
Female choir GRUDNOVE ŠMIKLE, conductor Marjeta Naglic, Slovenia