JSFest competition
THE WINNERS OF THE XII INTERNATIONAL JSFest 2024 CHORAL COMPETITION
The winners of I, II, III, IV, V and VI degrees in each age group will receive diplomas.
Ist place:
Paideia Choir, Conductor Ho Jea Kim
https://youtu.be/smu06HiDYsg https://youtu.be/1cZPJB-quP4 https://youtu.be/ecR4QISdI-4
IInd place:
Bupyeong-gu Women's Choir, Conductor Sung-min Lim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rZMXBe_1g8
IIIrd place:
Cool Choir, Conductor Yu Jin Cho
https://youtu.be/ojX4YCJ0DUY https://youtu.be/Q_70CDCMG0s https://youtu.be/PDYjbIkkxt0
Semanja Chorale, Conductor Le Roy Clovito Julius
https://youtu.be/XQcHR0y_8GM https://youtu.be/YJbwBTO1Mpw
https://youtu.be/l63QgaqByoE https://youtu.be/fUmMcjPWshQ
IVth place:
Kong Halmae Choir
https://youtu.be/ykLRGuUUn3Q https://youtu.be/6Rk8XVr7GlM https://youtu.be/c2GJzTVT0Ic
THE WINNERS OF THE XI INTERNATIONAL JSFest 2023 CHORAL COMPETITION
The winners of I, II, III, IV, V and VI degrees in each age group will receive diplomas.
Children's and youth choral groups
Category A1 Children choirs up to 16
Ist place - Senior Choir of the Galina Vishnevskaya College, Conductor Diana Degtyareva,
IInd place - Tonal Children & Youth Choir, Conductor: Leila Najafoushani
https://youtu.be/FnWq0s1BRr8 https://youtu.be/WcnqxaulsRo
https://youtu.be/wadj9zyStyc https://youtu.be/HKA9_ajApXE
IIIrd place - Yamuger Music School Children Choir, Conductor Dona Sirait
https://youtu.be/zWbHEGEqxf8 https://youtu.be/Z2gqZryajEg
https://youtu.be/VpNjI4Pj1Vs https://youtu.be/MFj-kH02V1g
A2 Homogeneous youth choirs (youth female up to 25, youth male up to 25)
IInd place - Boys' and youth' choir named after I.A.Zhuravlenko, Conductor Siamion Klimanau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ZxCWjsdII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJe67tBuG0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb4B4ZOOXQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyNDdnNPeVk
Category С: Folk music
IInd place - University of Puerto Rico at Ponce Concert Choir, Conductor: Brandon Torres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vedn89hdhNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pouj1UlXhsY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ibIQKTLEb0
Category E: Virtual Choir
IInd place - Calmore Children & Youth Choir, Conductor: Fitri Intendia
Adult choral groups (over 25 years old)
Category B: Without compulsory compositions
IInd place - Manado Catholic Choir, Conductor Kevin Bosco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvJagVXjOGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMkpcOu5Ch8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSy3JBNl1pE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9FKWqNqavU
IIIrd place - Voci di Gesù Chamber Singers, Conductor Daniel Dumas
https://youtu.be/6V9enLdNx70 https://youtu.be/3LBl8hqfYXQ
https://youtu.be/iOhA2-wfuGA https://youtu.be/Z9zw0tbj52Q
Category D: Folk music
IInd place - Sibenik singing group "Kolo", Conductor Ivo Lise
https://youtu.be/RQ3BEta6ySY https://youtu.be/3Lx8j8wsQDk?si=BzA_paUAyCA2r1NX
IInd place - Voci di Gesù Chamber Singers, Conductor Daniel Dumas
https://youtu.be/bvSbhfKK0Bs https://youtu.be/cEQ-qWTGZ_M https://youtu.be/jJBmGAtZQf8
IIIrd place - Nibun Chorus, Conductor: Chun-Chih Chen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJgDtM76u7o
Category F: Seniors (age category 50+ years)
IIIrd place - The Korea Women's Evangelism Association Praise Choir, Conductor Seunghwan Oh
https://youtu.be/JCQn1aU8-j4 https://youtu.be/V3puTMW5eB0
https://youtu.be/_RiRnHh8A3A https://youtu.be/x5Yjuy5nRN4
THE WINNERS OF THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL JSFest 2022 CHORAL COMPETITION
Youth and Children’s choral categories.
Category A: Children and Youth Choirs
A1 Children choirs up to 16
Ist place - St. Paul's Co-educational College Treble Choir, conductor: Anne Chu
https://youtu.be/Q0fF6-Xw6Ww https://youtu.be/5eA4R9tOO0s
https://youtu.be/kB0kH8QCOKE https://youtu.be/PB4Vg66ZXwU
Ist place - Guangzhou Children's Choir, conductor: Zhanbi Zhang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZPbp4F_dHU
Ist place - China Welfare Institute Children's Palace Little Companion Art Troupe, conductor: Fang Lin
IInd place - Purwa Caraka Music Studio Choir, conductor: Jessica Fedora Amadea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQrnn7g7Jvg
IInd place - Panyu Xinghai Childrens’ Choir, conductor: Wei QIN https://youtu.be/qhmt1XRBnAw
IInd place - Angelus Domini Choir, conductor: Seonha Jeon https://youtu.be/266PQcRiQiA
IIIrd place - DSZ DÚHA, conductor: Ivana Lacková
https://youtu.be/51qIrG8BcLI https://youtu.be/L14EAwCmcPE
https://youtu.be/cjmNvIdGrOI https://youtu.be/y7UqFujQRmY
IIIrd place - Exemplary choir "Parus", conductor: Galina Bobkova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eypeF-yP9rY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HscVcojTFYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVuSyUcV_OA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNDW67okz48
A2 Youth female choirs
IInd place - Choir Academy, conductor: Ludmila Shvetsova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j9mzpcnXcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvXy3QHImtg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93iDQOYPDfI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzDPKY0ep6c
A3 Mixed youth choirs (from 16 to 25 years old)
Ist place - Youth choir "Polyhymnia", conductor: Ivan Chekodanov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAiAy2aKizs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdz3eAhn_i4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Raf_OS4Hc https://youtu.be/TlLLTrOOVaw https://youtu.be/TlLLTrOOVaw
Ist place - Guangzhou Children's Choir, conductor: Zhanbi Zhang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBXCbpg3Yhg
IInd place - The Mad Singers, conductor: Christien WONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI7mPrlG5pI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WMgLajphx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6SqvY4VL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_x5J5HEWz0
Category B: Sacred Music
B3 Mixed youth choirs (from 16 to 25 years old)
IInd place - The Mad Singers, conductor: Christien WONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7nCSaxDsDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F2vdG-0qrU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoiLv7NzHFU
Category С: Folk music
С1: Children choirs up to 16
Ist place - China Welfare Institute Children's Palace Little Companion Art Troupe, conductor: Chengchao Zhou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTMljGjGf6Y
IInd place - Panyu Xinghai Childrens’ Choir, conductor: Wei QIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0D5eSaRFTg
IInd place - Hangzhou Philharmonic Angel Choir, conductor: WeiPing Zhou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKM-Nr0mfu8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eipglRILN0Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwqvVfB3GLw
IVth place - Puhua Chorale Banyumas, conductor: John Rensius Kembaren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orSb_YDiNyc
С3 Mixed youth choirs (from 16 to 25 years old)
IInd place - Paduan Suara Mahasiswa Universitas Gadjah Mada, conductor: Athitya Dyah Nathalia Monica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEuVD5OzZWU
Category D: Vocal and Choral Ensembles
D1 Homogeneous vocal and choral ensembles up to 12 people (under 16 years)
IIIrd place - St. Paul's Co-educational College Treble Choir, conductor: Anne Chu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esZf4489JVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD-gJWN6TSM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moVPhnWBZgU
D3 Mixed vocal and choral ensembles up to 16 people (up to 16 years)
IIIrd place - Folk choir NUMTI Dobrin Petkov, conductor: Yavor Taskov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm2JtzCTUdg
D4 Mixed vocal and choral ensembles up to 16 people (16 - 25 years)
IVth place - Assumption College Thonburi Choir, conductor: Methawee Hirankham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ8qiE3W3XQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BdjTjgUXAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpptNLuaYtg
Category Virtual Choir: E3 Female Choirs
IInd place - PENABUR Children Choir, conductor: Jessica Fedora Amadea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szQ1xu20ILs
Adult choral groups (over 25 years old)
Category A: with a compulsory composition
A1 Mixed choirs
IInd place - Terra Voce, conductor: Mirta Hartono
https://youtu.be/bSvlXVlsXxQ https://youtu.be/FHrxPeLzpYM
https://youtu.be/4Tn2pp42Sxs https://youtu.be/wJ-9hCylXk8
Category B: Without compulsory compositions
B1 Mixed choirs
Ist place - Ensamble Vocal Quodlibet, conductor: Emilio Espinoza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB5Pdh3nbLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwGXg3YDbKE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOajVMfNWiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0maIA99qoLI
Ist place - PETRA CHORALE, conductor: Onny Prihantono https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWuoIZGacK4
Ist place - Chamber choir "Ars Longa", conductor: Fedor Aleksandrov
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnyLN901QgQUOnnjzUbFJq9B5aom5chMl
IIIrd place - Blue Cloud Yeon-Cheon Union Choir, conductor: Sunny Kim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4CoeFTJAjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLf5W67Y0SM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o2orvGTPos
B3 Female choirs
IIIrd place - Incheon Female Christian Choir, conductor: Jae-Young Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ub9zSwp9A8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF_TFeM28QU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNq7ZLi5GS8
Category C: Sacred Music
C3 Female choirs
IIIrd place - Agados Singers, conductor: Sunmi Hwang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LBT19P3MOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS33Gse2pp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ7459Rp_X8
Category E: Vocal and Choral Ensembles
E2 mixed vocal and choral ensembles up to 16 people
IIIrd place - VHK Õpetajate ja lapsevanemate SK, conductor: Ayaka Ueda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFHrGW-9E0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7V5Sir0y80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqnkAc3jZrA
Category G: Virtual Choir
G1 Mixed Choirs
IInd place - Mapúa Cardinal Singers, conductor: Angelito E. Ayran Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSTVJhO_s5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXUJxG4x-h0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDz9wBFZmq0
G3 Female Choirs
IInd place - Agados Singers, conductor: Sunmi Hwang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9f_Qu0R_7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC6SQHwz954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ejSMlPqmc
Category F: Seniors (age category 50+ years)
Ist place - Bongdam Female Choir, conductor: Boksoon Kim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yar0eQo-Qo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTc32Mv9TIc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlnjfXhE3AU
THE WINNERS OF THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL JSFest 2021 CHORAL COMPETITION
Youth and Children’s choral categories.
Category A: Children and Youth Choirs
A1 Children choirs up to 16
1st place - Angelus Domini Choir, Cheong-ju, South Korea, conductor Seon-ha Jeon
2nd place - Concert Choir Echo, Moscow, Russia, conductor Irina Ruvinskaia
2nd place - Raffles Voices, Singapore, Singapore, conductor Toh Ban Sheng
2nd place - Gita Maizan Children's Choir, Yogyakarta, Indonezia, conductor Odhi Pratama Maizan
3rd place - Gapyeong Children's Choir, Gapyeong, South Korea, conductor Minhee Jeong
4th place - Music and choral studio "Crescendo" concert choir, SPb, Russia, conductor Marina Masalskaya
5th place -"Mandragora", Klin, Russia, conductor Elena Umanskaya
A2 Homogeneous youth choirs (youth female up to 25, youth male up to 25)
2nd place - Student Choir of the Kamchatka Colledg of Art, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, Russia, conductor Viktoriya Bychkova
A3 Mixed youth choirs (from 16 to 25 years old)
1st place - The Academic Choir of For Eastern Federat University, Vladivostok, Russia, conductor Elena Petukhova
2nd place - Paramabira, Jakarta, Indonesia, conductor Rainer Revireino
2nd place - ITS STUDENT CHOIR GOES TO JSFCC, Surabaya, Indonesia, conductor Wasis Setiawan
Category B2: Homogeneous youth choirs (youth female up to 25, youth male up to 25)
1st place - Choir Detstvo, Blagoveschensk, Russia, conductor Tatiana Bederina
Category С1: Children choirs up to 16
1st place - Voice of Purwokerto, Indonesia, conductor John Rensius Kembaren
1st place - Angelus Domini Choir, Cheong-ju, South Korea, conductor Seon-ha Jeon
3rd place - Choir Constellation, Tyumen, Russia, conductor Angelica Lvovna Talanceva,
Category D4 Mixed vocal and choral ensembles up to 16 people (16 - 25 years)
2nd place - Ivolga, Cheboksary, Russia, conductor Irina Medvedeva
2nd place - Coro Semplice, Surabaya, Indonesia, conductor Bagus Syafrieza Paradhika
Category Virtual Choir: E3 Female Choirs
2nd place - Chung Ling Private High School Choir, Georgetoun, Malaysia, conductor Ms. Ong Geok Cheng
3rd place - Dames of Harmonia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, conductor Shi En Tan
Adult choral groups (over 25 years old)
Category B: Without compulsory compositions
B1 Mixed choirs
3rd place - Consolatio Choir Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, conductor Tony Siagian
B3 Female choirs
3rd place - Female Choir of Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia, conductor Ekaterina Nikitina
4th place - Krasnoyarsk Female Choir of Teachers, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, conductor German Shakhramanyan
Category C: Sacred Music
C1 Mixed choirs
2nd place - Chamber Choir Encore, Tallinn, Estonia, Conductor Karin Kuulpak
2nd place - Northwest Samar State University Singers, Calbayog, Philippines, conductor - Jonathan Theo Robles
Category E: Vocal and Choral Ensembles
E2 mixed vocal and choral ensembles up to 16 people
3rd place - Coro Semplice, Surabaya, Indonesia, conductor Bagus Syafrieza Paradhika
3rd place - Ottophony Vocal Ensemble, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, conductor Darrel Chan
THE WINNERS OF THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL JSFest 2020 CHORAL COMPETITION
Children’s and youth choruses:
Category A1 Children choirs up to 16
1 place - Children's Choir of the Bulgarian National Radio, Sofia, Bulgaria, Conductor Venecia Karamanova
5 place - Pohjolan sointtu, Tampere, Finland, Conductor Julia Kovrigina-Famba
Category A2 Homogeneous youth choirs
1 place - UiTM Women's Chorale, Malaysia, Conductor Masashi Dr. Kishimoto
Category A3 Mixed youth choirs
1 place - UiTM Chamber Choir, Malaysia, Conductor Masashi Dr. Kishimoto
Category B3 Mixed youth choirs
2 place - Mahidol University Choir, Nakornpatom, Thailand, Conductor Rit Subsomboon
Adult choral groups (over 25 years old) are divided into the following categories:
Category A1 Mixed choirs
4 place - Russian choir of Tampere, Tampere, Finland , Conductor or Artistic Director Julia Kovrigina-Famba
THE WINNERS OF THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL JSFest 2019 CHORAL COMPETITION
1. Adult category
I, II and III places are awarded diplomas and cups, IV, V and VI places are awarded diplomas
GRAND PRIX diploma and a cash prize of 500€:
Choir ”Moskovskiye Pevchie”
Moscow, Russia, conductor Ilya Myakishev
I place - Choral Ensemble KvaMu, Riihikoski, Finland,
Conductor Pekka Nebelung
2. Children and youth category
I, II and III places are awarded diplomas and cups, IV, V and VI places are awarded diplomas
GRAND PRIX diploma and a cash prize of 300€:
Choir “Veselie Golosa”
St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor Natalia Mazko
The best choir conductor will be awarded with a diploma and a cash prize of 100€:
Pekka Nebelung, Riihikoski, Finland
Special prizes:
Приз от Союза композиторов России - за лучшее исполнение произведения российского композитора
Prize from the Union of Russian Composers - for the best performance by Russian Composer:
Хор ”Весёлые голоса”, Россия, руководитель Наталья Мазько
Choir “Veselie Golosa”, St. Petersburg, Russia, Conductor Natalia Mazko,
I place - Children's choir "Vdokhnovenie", Moscow, Russia
Conductor Olga Kuznetsova, accompanist Ekaterina Linnik
I place - Choir KaMu sekakuoro, Riihikoski, Finland
Conductor or Artistic Director Pekka Nebelung
II place - Choir Childhood, Chelyabinsk, Russia II
Conductor Olga Balitskaya, accompanist Katrin Sand
II place - Choir KaMu tyttökuoro, Riihikoski, Finland
Conductor Pekka Nebelung
III place - Choir studii "Yunost`", Lyubercy, Russia
Conductor Svetlana Leporg, accompanist Turaeva Elena
THE WINNER OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL JSFest 2018 CHORAL COMPETITION
Diploma of Grand-Prix and money award of 800€:
Children’s choir "Tellervo", Petrozavodsk, Russia
Children’s and youth choruses:
Category A:
I place - KaMu Girls Choir, Kaarina, Finland
Category C: Folklore
I place - KaMu Youth Choir, Riihikoski, Finland
Category D: Vocal ensembles
II place - KVaMu Vocal Ensemble, Riihikoski, Finland
The best conductor Diploma and money award of 300€: Pekka Nebelung, Finland
The winners of the fifth international Jean Sibelius choral competition 2017, Turku, Finland.
Grand-Prix was not awarded by the decision of jury.
Children’s and youth choruses:
Category A1:
I place - Children’s choir " Ugnele ", Lithuania, Vilnius
II place - Children’s choir "Piоnеria", Russia, Bаlаshihа
III place - Children’s choir «Рreobrazhenie», Russia, Moscow
Category A3 - Mixed youth choruses (from 16 till 25)
I place - Children’s choir " FEST ", Belarus, Minsk
Category B1 - Mixed choruses
I place - Children’s choir "Piоnеria", Russia, Bаlаshihа
Category D2 - Single gender vocally-choral ensembles consisting of no more than 12 persons
I place - Quartet AURA Finland, Kaarina
Category D3 - mixed vocally-choral ensembles consisting of no more than 16 persons up to age 16
I place - Children’s choir " КАРУНКІ ", Belarus, Minsk
Category D4 - mixed vocally-choral ensembles consisting of no more than 16 persons age from 16 till 25
I place - St John's College Choir, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Adult’s choral:
Category B1 - Mixed choruses
II place - Academic chorus of fans of singing of St.-Petersburg, Russia, Saint Petersburg
Category A3 - Single gender vocally-choral ensembles consisting of no more than 12 persons
I place - Choir CCL. Finland, Kaarina