Asia Pacific Choir Games get underway

Colombo’s choral music lovers are in for a treat as the  week-long festival of choral competitions, friendship concerts and gala celebration concerts have got underway as part of the Asia Pacific Choir Games and Grand Prix of Nations and will be on till 28 October. 

The spectacular festival is being hosted by The Colombo Cultural Hub Trust, under the patronage of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and INTERKULTUR of Germany, the world’s leading body for international choral competitions and festivals.

The Colombo Cultural Hub Trust was established as a Public Private Partnership with the objective of developing a South Asian Cultural Hub in Colombo towards fostering visual and performing arts, both international and local. 

This year’s festival will feature three competitions, each of which will have 10 categories for participants to compete under.

Choirs from all over the Asia Pacific region, regardless of their present level of achievement, will have the opportunity to participate in the Open Competition. Choirs with international competitive experience will participate in the Asia Pacific Champions Competition and choirs that have competitive experience in international choral competitions, will compete against each other at the Grand Prix of Nations. All competitions will be judged by a panel of international jurors who are experts in the field of music and choral singing.