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1st AlpenChor festival - Brig

1st AlpenChor festival took place in the Swiss city Brig and the surrounding area from 10th to 12th October 2008. 20 choirs from Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, France and Switzerland presented various programmes on single concerts in churches, halls and city centre. Judging by quality, the most outstanding choirs were Mainzer Domchor, La Cigale de Lyon, Kammerchor Innsbruck, Männerchor Brumm Net, Cantus Firmus Surselva and Zbor sv. Nikolaja choir, who also performed in the special gala concert.



Zbor sv. Nikolaja choir performed 7 times in three days and each time left the large audience thrilled of joy. There were many praises and nice words and the Swiss soon recognised the singers on the streets and congratulated them. This was one of the most successful visits that the choir has made in the last few years and through this Slovenia became much more known in Switzerland.



This festival also organised a competition of composers, who wrote over 60 new works for this occasion. The winning works were for the first time performed by the choirs on the special gala concert.

1st AlpenChor festival was marked by numerous excellent choirs and wonderful organisation and the enthusiasm of organizers shows a very bright future for this festival.

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