April 28^th – April 29^th 2012

The winners of the competition are:

1^st prize: Chamber Choir of Detmold University of Music, conductor: Anne Kohler

2^nd prize: Mannheim Chamber Choir, conductor: Georg Grün

3^rd prize: University of Guelph Chamber Singers, conductor: Marta McCarthy

Audience Award: Chamber Choir of Detmold University of Music, conductor: Anne Kohler

We congratulate the winners!

The jury has decided on the participants of the final round. The following choirs will perform in the final (in this order):

1. University of Guelph chamber singers
2. Kammerchor der Musikhochschule Detmold
3. Mannheim Chamber choir

The final round will take place at 19:30 in the Stiftskirche Mosbach. Tickets are available for 8€/5€ (red.).

More than 150 singers have arrived at Mosbach and have been welcomed by Michael Jann, the lord mayor of Mosbach, the organizational team, and Jury member Frieder Bernius. The competition will start on Saturday, 28^th April.

The choirs will be performing in the following order:

1. Mannheim Chamber Choir
2. ClaritasVocalis
3. University of Guelph Chamber Singers
4. Kamertonas
5. Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik Detmold

You can find information about participating choirs and their competition programmes as well as press releases. The programme of the competition and ticket information are available.

  You can also download the printed programme of the competition (in German).

The International Competition for Chamber Choirs Mosbach will be held in April 2012. It is organized by the non-profit organization “International Competition for Chamber Choirs Mosbach/Baden (Germany)” and the municipality of Mosbach. The competition is sponsored by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung. The organization committee has the goal to round up some of the finest international choirs in an intimate yet professional atmosphere, combined with the romantic setting of Mosbach’s historic city centre.

In the Stiftskirche – collegiate church – of Mosbach, the participating choirs will face two internationally renowned experts of choral music, Mr. Frieder Bernius and Mr. Marcus Creed, as well as a friendly and enthusiastic audience. The church has been characterised as an ideal place for choral singing both acoustically and optically. The little historic town of Mosbach (25.000 inhabitants) is situated between Heidelberg and Würzburg, within a lovely and hospitable region.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming you here with us in Mosbach as a visitor of the public competition rounds and the concert gala.