Experience Europe's largest choir festival. European Choir Games gather thousands of choir singers from around the world in Aarhus.
Aarhus will host the sixth edition of the European Choir Games in 2025. From June 28th to July 6th up to 8,000 choir singers will fill the city with beautiful singing. The program includes plenty of concerts, competitions, workshops, and cultural exchanges between choirs from all around the world.
Take a look at our musical welcome to you below!
Are you intrigued and want to participate in one of the greatest choir events? Then sign up via the link below.
Choirs of all ages, genres, and levels are welcome. There is the opportunity to participate in whatever suits your choir, whether it be friendship concerts, workshops, competitions, or something else. The festival is divided into two periods: June 28th to July 1st and July 3rd to July 6th, so you can participate in either one of the two periods or in the entire festival period. You register together as a choir.
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The preparations have begun
We have already started preparing to welcome all of you enthusiastic choir members in 2025. We do this, among other things, by practicing our group singing skills, as you can hear in the video below, where we sing the popular Danish pop song Flyvende Faduma.
The Danish language is known to be one of the more challenging languages to learn. You can practice the pronunciation of the words in Stille Mirakler by listening to the song here - sung by Kor-Danmark.
Stille Mirakler (Quiet Miracles) - A song from the choir organizations Kor72 to all of you!
In 2018, the choir organizations Kor72 and Syng had a song written about all the magic that happens when people come together and sing. The song was originally used in connection with the project 'Voices build bridges' in Aarhus Festuge 2018 and has been used many times since then.
In collaboration with Kor72 and Syng, we use the song here to warmly welcome all our international guests to Aarhus with plenty of singing and music.
Sing the song Stille Mirakler and look forward to the European Choir Games & Grand Prix of Nations Aarhus 2025.
Lyrics: Iben Krogsdal - music and arrangements: Niels Nørgaard - translation: Lene Juul
Stille mirakler (Tekst: Iben Krogsdal., 2018)
Hænder der rækker og hænder der griber
og hænder der mødes og hænder der bygger
en verden med plads til at vove og falde
og dele de nære og daglige lykker.
Når hænderne rører hinanden, blir mennesker to,
så bærer vi dem, der skal bæres, på hændernes bro.
Tusinde drømme der drømmes i byen
og fletter sig sammen i levende tanker
og bliver til stærkere tro på i morgen
og bliver til hjertet i byen der banker.
Hvis bare vi giver hinanden en drøm at bebo,
så rejser vi sammen - vi rejser på drømmenes bro.
Lukkede døre der åbner mod verden
og pludselig ser vi en fremmed og tør det:
Slå bro mellem alt det der skiller og stopper.
Vi ser på hinanden: Vi kan godt! Vi gør det!
Så kæmper vi sammen med kræfter der kommer af tro
og er der en afgrund – så bygger vi menneskebro
Nye og gamle der mødes i sange
og bliver et kor af utallige stemmer
der synger om livet, vi deler i grunden,
det pulsslag i byen vi hver dag fornemmer.
Når sprogene mødes i byen kan nye ting gro,
så løfter vi livssangen sammen på stemmernes bro
Word to word translation – not singable
Quiet Miracles (text: Iben Krogsdal, 2018, translation Lene Juul, 2023)
Hands reaching out, hands grasping tight,
hands intertwining, hands forging something right.
A world with room for venture and fall
and sharing immediate and daily happiness.
With a touch of our hands, two souls unite,
and we carry those burdened on the bridge of hands.
A thousand dreams flourish in the vibrant cityscape,
intertwining as a tapestry of hope and vivid thoughts.
Fueling a stronger faith in the days that lay ahead,
becoming the heartbeat of the city.
If only we share dreams to reside,
together we journey on the bridge of dreams.
Closed doors open ajar and expose,
and suddenly we meet a stranger and find the courage:
Bridging all that divides and stops.
We unite: We can! We do it!
We fight together with faith as our means
and overcome any abyss with a bridge of humanity.
New and old, meeting in songs
a chorus of countless voices
singing of shared existence, our profound connection,
the city's heartbeat echoing, a collective reflection.
When languages converge, possibilities unfold,
we raise the anthem of life unified on the bridge of voices.
See the many beautiful pictures of the city of Aarhus and the numerous choirs that have participated in the previous European Choir Games & Grand Prix of Nations and other choir activities in the image gallery here.
INTERKULTUR, The City of Aarhus, Aarhus Events, MIDT - Central Denmark Region, Musikhuset Aarhus and the choir environment work closely together to make the European Choir Games & Grand Prix of Nations Aarhus 2025 extraordinary.
The entire city awaits to welcome you all to Aarhus!
"Aarhus is internationally known for hosting major cultural events, and therefore we are delighted to welcome choir participants from all over the world. Music has a special ability to unite and create communities across cultures and borders - and it undoubtedly brings life to the city, to the delight of its residents and guests. We are already looking forward to it."