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European youth project choir
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The European Youth Choir (EYC, formerly known as EuroChoir[1]) is an international European choir, organised by the European Choral Association (ECA). The choir was founded in 1982 by the Federation of European Choral Associations (AGEC). The AGEC merged in 2011 to form the European Choral Association, which has organized it since in collaboration with local partners[2]. From 2025, the choir was renamed to European Youth Choir.
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Federation of European Choral Associations (until 2010)
| European Youth Choir | |
|---|---|
| Choir | |
| Also known as | EYC |
| Former name | EuroChoir, EuroChor |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Affiliation | European Choral Association (from 2011) Federation of European Choral Associations (until 2010) |
The EYC is a project choir, composed of around 60 young adults[3] (aged between 18 and 30)[4] from various different European countries. They are led by two conductors and a vocal coach. Each year they rehearse for a week during the summer holidays in one of the participating countries, ending with a series of concerts.
Editions
| Year | City / cities | Countries | Conductor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Innsbruck | Austria | |
| 1983 | Hamburg | Germany | |
| 1984 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | |
| 1985 | Bolzano | Italy | |
| 1986 | Did not take place | ||
| 1987 | Arnhem | Netherlands | |
| 1988 | Berlin | Germany | |
| 1989 | Warschau | Poland | |
| 1990 | Zeillern / Linz | Austria | |
| 1991 | Arnhem | Netherlands | |
| 1992 | Poeldijk | Netherlands | |
| 1993 | Koksijde | Belgium | Vic Nees, Wolfgang Michaël Scheck and Juliaan Wilmots[5] |
| 1994 | Gwatt / Interlaken | Switzerland | |
| 1995 | Trossingen / Freiburg | Germany | |
| 1996 | Budapest | Hungary | |
| 1997 | Bolzano | Italy | |
| 1998 | Graz | Austria | |
| 1999 | Waldfischbach | Germany | Fritz ter Wey[6] |
| 2000 | Budapest / Visegrád | Hungary | |
| 2001 | Olsztyn | Poland | Benedykt Błoński[7] |
| 2002 | Brugge | Belgium | Kaspar Putnins[8] |
| 2003 | Berlin | Germany | Luc Anthonis and Kaspar Putnins |
| 2004 | Lucerne | Switzerland | Rainer Held and Kaspar Putnins |
| 2005 | Vienna | Austria | Markus Obereder and Maria Goundorina |
| 2006 | Dresden | Germany | Gunter Berger and Kaspar Putnins |
| 2007 | Mechelen | Belgium | Kurt Bikkembergs and Lone Larsen[9] |
| 2008 | Brixen | Italy | Erwin Ortner[10] |
| 2009 | Pomáz | Hungary | Kurt Bikkembergs and Éva Kollár[11] |
| 2010 | Niš | Serbia | Kurt Bikkembergs and Božidar Crnjanski[12] |
| 2011 | Arco | Italy | Gary Graden and Enrico Miaroma[13] |
| 2012 | Lomnice nad Popelkou | Czech Republic | Franz M. Herzog and Jaroslav Brych[14] |
| 2013 | Pécs | Hungary | Tamás Lakner and Alessandro Cadario[15] |
| 2014 | Saintes | France | Lone Larsen and Geoffroy Jourdain[16] |
| 2015 | Did not take place | ||
| 2016 | San Vito al Tagliamento | Italy | Mikko Sidoroff and Lorenzo Donati |
| 2017 | Utrecht | Netherlands | Maria van Nieukerken and Lorenzo Donati[2] |
| 2018 | Helsinki / Tallinn | Finland / Estonia | Maria van Nieukerken and Mikko Sidoroff |
| 2019 | Vaison-la-Romaine | France | Yuval Weinberg |
| 2020 | Limerick | Ireland; cancelled due to COVID-19 | Yuval Weinberg and Bernie Sherlock[17] |
| 2021 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | |
| 2022 | Basel / Flims / Rheinau | Switzerland | Yuval Weinberg and Marco Amherd |
| 2023 | Did not take place | ||
| 2024 | Varna / Sozopol / Sofia | Bulgaria | Donka Miteva and Marco Amherd |
| 2025 | Valencia | Spain | Donka Miteva and Francesc Valldecabres Sanmartín[1] |
| 2026 | Montpellier | France | Donka Miteva and Pierre-Louis Delaporte[18] |
European Youth Choir (1994-2001)
Besides the EuroChoir organised by the AGEC at the time, there was also an earlier European Youth Choir organized by Europa Cantat – European Federation of Young Choirs (the other predecessor of the ECA). In 2002 it was eventually decided that the overlap of interest in it and the World Youth Choir was too big, so it was stopped that year.[19]
| Year | Session | Tour | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Ghent, Belgium | Belgium, Germany and Denmark | Johan Duijck |
| 1995 | Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, France | France and Luxembourg | Johan Duijck |
| 1996 | Marktoberdorf, Germany | Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy | Johan Duijck |
| 1997 | Veszprém, Hungary | Hungary, Slovenia and Austria | Jordi Casas i Bayer |
| 1998 | Vitoria, Spain | Spain and France | Johannes Prinz |
| 1999 | Trossingen, Germany | Germany, Switzerland and France | Fred Sjöberg |
| 2000 | Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, France | France, Belgium and Germany (at World Expo in Hanover) | Frieder Bernius |
| 2001 | Hamar, Norway | Norway and Sweden | Carl Høgset |
