From October 27 to November 3, the choir “Contrast” under the direction of Doctor of Pedagogy Olga Gribkova and the choir “Artefact” under the direction of Associate Professor Olga Ushakova of the Institute of Culture and Arts were in Istanbul at the Forum of Choirs.
Forum of Choirs is an annual international event with a unique educational concept. Under the guidance of Maestro Sasho Tatarchevski, professor at the Faculty of Musical Arts of the Cyril and Methodius State University (Macedonia), participants went to daily four-hour rehearsals, familiarised themselves with the rich singing traditions of the South Slavs, and took part in master classes and live practical work with the choral group from Macedonia “Dragan Shuplevski”.
The educational program of the forum also included master classes of the famous contemporary choral conductor of Turkey – Masis Aram Gözbek – artistic director and conductor of the Turkish Philharmonic Choir, head of the Jazz Choir “Boğaziçi”. Participants of mixed choirs studied works written in Turkish.
In the Gala Concert, all choral groups performed their original program and also performed in a big concert in Macedonian and Turkish. All choral conductors received international certificates of advanced training, and the ensembles received a great experience of international creative communication and excellent cooperation with other conductors in two languages.
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