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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 [de] (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.



Also known asEYC
Former nameEuroChoir, EuroChor
Founded1982
AffiliationEuropean Choral Association (from 2011)
Federation of European Choral Associations [de] (until 2010)
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European Youth Choir
Choir
Also known asEYC
Former nameEuroChoir, EuroChor
Founded1982
AffiliationEuropean Choral Association (from 2011)
Federation of European Choral Associations [de] (until 2010)
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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.

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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 [nl] and Juliaan Wilmots [nl][5]
1994 Gwatt [de] / Interlaken Switzerland
1995 Trossingen / Freiburg Germany
1996 Budapest Hungary
1997 Bolzano Italy
1998 Graz Austria
1999 Waldfischbach Germany Fritz ter Wey [de][6]
2000 Budapest / Visegrád Hungary
2001 Olsztyn Poland Benedykt Błoński[7]
2002 Brugge Belgium Kaspar Putnins [lv][8]
2003 Berlin Germany Luc Anthonis and Kaspar Putnins [lv]
2004 Lucerne Switzerland Rainer Held and Kaspar Putnins [lv]
2005 Vienna Austria Markus Obereder [de] and Maria Goundorina [sv]
2006 Dresden Germany Gunter Berger and Kaspar Putnins [lv]
2007 Mechelen Belgium Kurt Bikkembergs [nl] and Lone Larsen [sv][9]
2008 Brixen Italy Erwin Ortner[10]
2009 Pomáz Hungary Kurt Bikkembergs [nl] and Éva Kollár[11]
2010 Niš Serbia Kurt Bikkembergs [nl] and Božidar Crnjanski[12]
2011 Arco Italy Gary Graden [sv] and Enrico Miaroma [it][13]
2012 Lomnice nad Popelkou Czech Republic Franz M. Herzog [de] and Jaroslav Brych [cs][14]
2013 Pécs Hungary Tamás Lakner [hu] and Alessandro Cadario[15]
2014 Saintes France Lone Larsen [sv] and Geoffroy Jourdain[16]
2015 Did not take place
2016 San Vito al Tagliamento Italy Mikko Sidoroff [fi] and Lorenzo Donati [it]
2017 Utrecht Netherlands Maria van Nieukerken [nl] and Lorenzo Donati [it][2]
2018 Helsinki / Tallinn Finland / Estonia Maria van Nieukerken [nl] and Mikko Sidoroff [fi]
2019 Vaison-la-Romaine France Yuval Weinberg [de]
2020 Limerick Ireland; cancelled due to COVID-19 Yuval Weinberg [de] and Bernie Sherlock[17]
2021 Ljubljana Slovenia
2022 Basel / Flims / Rheinau Switzerland Yuval Weinberg [de] and Marco Amherd [de]
2023 Did not take place
2024 Varna / Sozopol / Sofia Bulgaria Donka Miteva and Marco Amherd [de]
2025 Valencia Spain Donka Miteva and Francesc Valldecabres Sanmartín[1]
2026 Montpellier France Donka Miteva and Pierre-Louis Delaporte[18]
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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]

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