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2026 World Choir Festival  – Hong Kong
 

Choral Competition 

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The 14-category competition will be adjudicated by a Jury of more than 30 choral experts from all around the world. The competition comprises two rounds, Category Competitions and Finalists Night. Outstanding choirs may be nominated by the jury to enter the Finalists Night to compete for the Grand Prizes and Cash Awards, which will be voted upon by the entire jury of the festival.

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 International Jury 

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Prof. Leon Tong (Hong Kong, China) 

Prof. CHAN Wing-wah (Hong Kong, China)   

Prof. Federico Bardazzi (Italy) 

Prof. Martin Berger (Germany/South Africa)   

Ms. Julia Selina BLANK (Germany)

Prof. CAO Guanyu (China) 

Mr. DIAO Zhijun (China) 

Ms. Kathy Fok (Hong Kong, China)    

Dr. YuChung Johnny Ku (Taiwan, China)  

Prof. Patricia A. González-Moreno (Mexico)  

Mr. Masis Aram Gözbek (Turkey) 

Dr. Steve Ho (Hong Kong, China) 

Ms. Vivian Ip (Hong Kong, China) 

Prof. Milan Kolena (Slovakia) 

Prof. Urša Lah (Slovenia) 

Mr. Sanders Lau (Hong Kong, China)   

Prof. LEUNG Bo-wah (Hong Kong, China)   

Mr. Kelvin Lo (Hong Kong, China) 

Ms. LIU Mei (China) 

Prof. Luigi Marzola (Italy)   

Mr. Jánis Ozols (Latvia) 

Dr. Xingzimin Pan (China)   

Prof. Zimfira Poloz (Canada) 

Prof. Ragnar Rasmussen (Norway)   

Ms. Susanna Saw (Malaysia) 

Dr. SUN Lei (China) 

Ms. Kaie Tanner (Estonia)   

Mr. Tommyanto Kandisaputra (Indonesia)

Prof. Wong Jun (China)

Prof. Nancy Yuen (Hong Kong, China)   

Prof. ZHU Jinming (China)

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Category Competition

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  • Each performance will be judged by 7 jury members against a range of artistic criteria.

  • The highest and the lowest marks among the 7 jury members will be eliminated. The average of the 5 remaining marks will be the final score of the performance.

  • Each performance will be awarded either a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award according to the final score. (Gold: 79.5 points or above; Silver: 69.5-79.4 points; Bronze 59.5-69.4 points. 

  • Each choir will receive a Marksheet which states the marks given to their  performance by the 7 jury members.

 

 

Competition Category

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Note

  • Each choir can enrol in a maximum of 2 categories.

  • If a choir enrols in 2 categories, one category must be within categories A to D; the other within E1 to E3.

  • For categories A - D, 10% of  the number of choir members may be under or over the age requirement.

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Final Round

  • Choirs receiving outstanding marks in the Category Competition may be considered for the Final Round. In this round, each choir will perform one piece of their own choice.

  • The entire panel of jury will decide the winners of the highest prizes of Festival - “Choir of the World” Award (including a cash prize), Jury’s Prize (including a cash prize) and some other Grand Prizes and Cash Awards. 

  • The list of Finalists will be announced at the “Prize-giving Ceremony”.

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