Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir — Awards, Prizes and Tours |
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Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir has been awarded innumerable prizes in the most prestigious choral competitions all round Europe and has given guest performances at many international choir festivals. Here some mile stones: • In 1979 the choir was awarded the first prize in “The Nordic Children Competition” in Iceland. • In 1981 and 1983 Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir won the first prize in “The Competitions Kodály Zoltán” in Komlo, Hungary. • In 1986 the choir won the two first prizes in the “Concours International de Choeures d'enfants” in Nantes, France; the same year they also participated in the “International Choir Festival SYMPAATTI” in Finland. • In the beginning of 1988 Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir did a concert tour in France and later on the same year they toured Belgium. • In 1989 Adolf Fredrik’s Girls Choir won the first prize in the BBC choir competition “Let the peoples sing”. • In 1991 the choir toured Finland and Norway and was awarded the first prize at the international choir competitions in Tolosa, Spain; this year the choir also performed a special Christmas concert in the well-known cathedral Notre Dame in Paris. • In 1992 the choir was engaged as “Artists in Residence” at The International Choir Festival “KATHAUMIXW” in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. In the same year the choir also was engaged for recordings for the Swedish Television. • In 1993 Adolf Fredrik’s Girls’ Choir did several concert tours throughout Sweden. • In 1994 the choir toured in Belgium and Sweden. • In 1995 the choir was engaged for a reference CD recording - “Cantemus 2” - at the request of The International Federation for Choral Music (this CD recording is widely spread amongst children choir leaders throughout the world). • In 1996 Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir toured Denmark, and performed among other things a successful concert for “The Federation of Choral Conductors”, Denmark. • In 1997 the choir toured Sweden, did another CD recording, TV performances, concerts and participated in several workshops at the international festival for children choirs, “Friendship”, in Stockholm, Sweden. • In 1998 Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir made a grand tour to Hongkong and China, invited by the World Conference for Children’s Choral Music ’98. After four days with concerts and work-shops in Hongkong, the choir toured the cities Shenzhen, Guilin and Guangzhou in the southern parts of China. (In December 1998/January 1999 The Guangzhou Children’s Choir with their conductor Leon Tong visited Stockholm with concerts together with Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir). • In spring 1999 the choir made a tour to Finland. In May Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir was engaged at the Polar Musice Prize event (this year the prize winners were Stevie Wonder and Iannis Xenakis). In August the choir toured Latvia and Riga and participated in The First International Girls’ Choir Festival. • In December 1999 Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir visited Warszawa in Poland, invited by the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Swedish embassy. • In August 2000 the choir joined the Royal Stockholm Opera in their tour to Hannover, Germany. • In December the choir was invited to Paris, France, by The Swedish Chamber of Commerce, The Trade Council and The Swedish Embassy to perform traditional Lucia concerts at The Church of Madeleine in Paris with the soprano Gitta-Maria Sjöberg from the Royal Danish Opera. • In July 2001 the choir was invited to the 50th anniversary of The Little Singers of Tokyo, Japan, and their grand jubilee concert at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. The tour to Japan also included concerts in the cities Ichinoseki, Shiraishi, Kohriyama and Yokusuka. • In August 2001 The European Federation of Choirs of the Union chosed Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir as ”A Choir of the Federation and Cultural Ambassador” for the coming three years. • In October 2001 the choir was selected the exclusive Swedish distinction ”Choir of the Year 2001-02”. |
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Polar Prize Award Concert, Stockholm (1999)
Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan (2001)
The Madeleine Church, Paris, France (2000)
Warszaw, Poland (1999)
Riga, Latvia (1999)
Guangzhou, China (1998)
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