Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival
The Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival is a biennial music festival for Nordic and Baltic choirs organised by a national association of one of the Nordic or Baltic countries. Launched by Latvian conductor Imants Kokars in 1995, every edition so far has gathered several thousands of singers.
Editions
- I Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival - Riga, Latvia - July 1995
- II Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival - Visby, Sweden - 1997
- III Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival - Skien, Norway - 2000
- IV Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival - Klaipeda, Lithuania - 2002
- V Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival - Tartu, Estonia - 5 to 10 August 2008
- VI Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival - Reykjavík, Iceland - 17 to 22 August 2010
- VII Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival - Helsinki, Finland - 22 to 25 August 2012
- VIII Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival - Riga, Latvia - 25 to 28 June 2015
Inspired by the festival, the Nordic Singers Association organises its own all-male choral festival about every five years, the Nordic-Baltic Male Choir Festival which took place twice so far, with the third edition being held in May 2016 in Reykjavík.
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