Chorale senior du CEAO of Canada, conducted by Maxime Bégin, won the Hoi An Choir Prize 2025 at the 8th International Choir Competition after four-day challenge in the central province of Quang Nam.
Chorale senior du CEAO from Canada team, conducted by Maxime Bégin, perform at the awards. (Photo: VNA)
Quang Nam (VNS/VNA) – Chorale senior du CEAO of Canada, conducted by Maxime Bégin, won the Hoi An Choir Prize 2025 at the 8th International Choir Competition after four-day challenge in the central province of Quang Nam.
The Canadian team won golds in the Folklore F category and Youth Choirs of Mixed Voice category G3 and took the overall Grand Prize at the competition.
Conductor Maxime Bégin said he was so happy with the team as a lot of the works had been performed by younger singers.
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Novo Concertante Manila of the Philippines won gold in the mixed choirs (difficulty level I) and Sacred choral music with management of the conductor Arwin Tan, while Voice of Singapore Ladies Choir took the top prize for Choirs of equal voices (difficulty level II).
Sta. Teresa College Children’s choir of the Philippines, conducted by Aurelio Malano Jr. won gold in the children’s Choirs category and sacred choral music.
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Dang Chau Anh, a member of the event’s jury, said teams enjoyed the music performances and the time spent in Hoi An town.
The event witnessed amazing performances from 1,200 international artists by 29 choirs from nine countries./.
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