WORKSHOP → Young European composers get the chance to present their compositions to a broad public during the AGEC workshop. An ‘ambassador choir’ will present the new choral works. After the performance, the young composers will get feedback from the choir, its conductor and widely renowned European composers.→ SAT 30.10 2010, 2.00 p.m. – 3.20 p.m. & SUN 31.10 2010, 10.20 a.m. – 11.35 a.m.
During these presentations, the composers work together with the conductors and choirs and exchange experiences and ideas about all aspects of the work: its difficulties, its form and its interpretation, etc. What’s more, experienced composers of choral music are invited to comment on the work and give their young colleagues good advice. For the young composers this is a very valuable and, for some, even sets new challenges!
Pärt Uusberg (Estland) : Psalm 121
Simon De Poorter (Belgium) : Kabbelen aan het plafond
Pernille Louise Sejlund (Denmark) : The Sea
Benjamin Scheur (Germany) : Wolkenspiele (part 4 & 5)
AGEC
The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände is the European umbrella organisation of national choir federations with a membership of 16 choral federations. AGEC focuses primarily on the cooperation between its members on a musical, pedagogical and organisational level. Among AGEC’s key activities are EuroChor, a choral training programme for young singers from all over Europe with choral music from the host country as leading theme, and the Golden Diapason composition prize. AGEC was also co-organiser of the first International Convention for Conductors and Composers.
