Girls’ Choir P r o t e c t o r a t e Her Royal Highness Prinsesse Benedikte

Switzerland concert tour March 7-11 2018

Geneva: 7 March 19.30 – Centre Œcuménique 150, Route de Ferney

10 March 17.00 – Temple de la Madeleine Geneva Old Town, 20, Rue de Toutes Ames

Bern: 8 March 18.00 – Heiliggeistkirche Spitalgasse 44

The Copenhagen Girls’ Choir rates among the best of its kind in as well as abroad. The choir was founded in 1973 and is under the privileged patronage of H.R.H. Princess Benedikte. The repertoire for this Switzerland concert tour includes pieces by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Franck, Stroope and Schubert as well as the Danish composers Windekilde, Raasted, Bojesen & Laub.

The Copenhagen Girls' Choir is characterized by its homogenous sound resulting from the careful voice- training in the school of Sankt Annæ Gymnasium and the choir has won several gold medals during competitions in Europe recently in Prague, Linz and Lissabon. The choir has a broad repertoire with focus on contemporary as well as classical music. Many composers of stature have composed for the choir, among them Bent Sørensen, Knut Nystedt and Michael Bojesen. Copenhagen Girls’ Choir has recorded numerous CDs and travels internationally every year to great acclaim. Most recently in Finland, USA and Spain. In 2015, the choir visited Geneva and we are thrilled to be back.

Chief conductor ANNE MARIE GRANAU studied at the Royal College of Music, London and at the conductors’ class of the Royal Danish Academy of Music. She has been assistant conductor and chorus master at the Royal Danish Theatre, and has also worked with Copenhagen Phil, The and Opera Chorus, Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Ars Nova Copenhagen and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble.

Accompanist METTE JULIANE CHRISTENSEN holds the position as accompanist and repetitor at Sankt Annæ Choir School. She studied with prof. John Damgaard at the Jutland Conservatory with a diploma and furthermore she studied accompaniment at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has since accompanied numerous lied- and opera soloists in Denmark, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and more.

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