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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,

https://youtu.be/nRWvYro0E2Q

 

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

https://youtu.be/h9AoGY-zBes

 

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

https://youtu.be/ICKVH4ZRc3s

 

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

     https://youtu.be/CuNoQV7Xq_8
 

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

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