On Sunday, July 21, 2024, at 8:45 PM, the awards ceremony and winners’ concert of the 61st C.A. Seghizzi International Choral Singing Competition took place at the Verdi Theater in Gorizia.
First of all, we would like to remind everyone that the Seghizzi Events have been awarded the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic and are held under the patronage of Feniarco, Usci FVG, and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, with the support of the following: the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the Municipality of Gorizia, and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia.
Our heartfelt thanks go to the international jury for their meticulous work, particularly to the President, Maestro Ambrož Čopi (Slovenia), and the jurors Silvana Noschese (Italy), Alexandre Benéteau (France), Jānis Ozols (Latvia), Pietro Ferrario (Italy), and the artistic committee composed of Andrea Venturini, Artistic Director, Adriano Cirillo, Cristina Cristancig, and Arianna Figallo.
We also thank the ANA section of Gorizia – Lucinico group.
Finally, a sincere thank you to all the collaborators who, in various ways, contributed to the success of this edition.
Results
Category 1a – Sacred polyphony (a cappella) from Renaissance to Baroque (1400 – 1750)
- Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Amburgo, Germania)
dir. Cornelius Trantow
Category 1b – Sacred polyphony from Romanticism to the Present (1800 – present day)
- Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Amburgo, Germania)
dir. Cornelius Trantow - Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice (Katowice, Polonia)
dir. Michał Brożek - Coro Regina Coeli (Cavite, Filippine)
dir. Renalie Dela Cruz Aquino
Category 1d – Profane polyphony from Classicism to the Present (1751 – present day)
- Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice (Katowice, Polonia)
dir. Michał Brożek - Not Assigned
- Coro Regina Coeli (Cavite, Filippine)
dir. Renalie Dela Cruz Aquino
Category 2a – Choral arrangements of folk and traditional songs
- Coro Regina Coeli (Cavite, Filippine)
dir. Renalie Dela Cruz Aquino
Category 2b – Choral arrangements of spirituals and gospels, pop and jazz music
- Coro Regina Coeli (Cavite, Filippine)
dir. Renalie Dela Cruz Aquino
Category 3 – Contemporary music – for the best performance of “Hope” by Paolo Orlandi
- Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Amburgo, Germania)
dir. Cornelius Trantow
International Composition Trophy
- Paolo Orlandi with “Hope”, winner of the 20th “Seghizzi” International Composition Contest
Special Prizes
“MALE/FEMALE/MIXED VOICES” PRIZE
- Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Amburgo, Germania)
dir. Cornelius Trantow
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST TRADITIONAL COSTUMES
- Coro Regina Coeli (Cavite, Filippine)
dir. Renalie Dela Cruz Aquino
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST CHOREOGRAPHIES
- Coro Regina Coeli (Cavite, Filippine)
dir. Renalie Dela Cruz Aquino
AUDIENCE AWARD
- Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice (Katowice, Polonia)
dir. Michał Brożek
“DOMENICO CIERI” PRIZE For the ensemble’s conductor for the programme of highest artistic interest
- Cornelius Trantow, Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Amburgo, Germania)
“ANREA GIORGI” PRIZE to the best conductor of choirs performing in Categories 1 and Grand Prix.
- Michał Brożek, Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice (Katowice, Polonia)
“MAURO CHIOCCI” PRIZE to the most talented emergent conductor
- Stanislav Klian Multicultural choir “Jednym Glosem” (Kraków, Polonia)
34° GRAND PRIX SEGHIZZI
Admission to the 62nd “Seghizzi” International Choral Competition – Nova Gorica – Gorizia European Capital of Culture 2025
- Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice (Katowice, Polonia)