Special Awards and Monetary Prizes of the Youth Choir Festival 25

With the conclusion of the competition concerts, special awards and monetary prizes were announced, recognizing exceptional performances, outstanding conducting, and artistic excellence.

🏅 Recipients of Special Awards:

– Best performance of a composition written after 2010:

Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino (Riva del Garda – Trento, Italy) for the piece
Pietro Ferrario (1967): Faragubin (2020)

Best performance of a composition written within one year before the competition:
Youth Choir of France Bevk Primary School, Tolmin (Slovenia) for the piece
Anej Černe (1994): Uspavanka (Gregor Strniša) (2024)

Best performance of a Slovenian composition:
Youth Choir of Alojzij Šuštar Primary School, Ljubljana Šentvid (Slovenia) for the piece
Tadeja Vulc (1978): Velikani Ajdi (2023)

Most convincing overall performance:
Youth Choir of France Bevk Primary School, Tolmin (Slovenia)

Best accompanist:
Antonio Vicentini, Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino (Italy)

Best Slovenian choir:
Youth Choir of France Bevk Primary School, Tolmin (Slovenia)

💰 Monetary Prize Winners

Four choirs received monetary prizes as top scorers among gold diploma recipients in their respective categories:

  1. Pražská kantiléna, Prague, Czechia
  2. Mixed Youth Choir of the First Gymnasium in Celje, Slovenia
  3. Youth Choir of France Bevk Primary School, Tolmin, Slovenia

– Best conducting performance:
Nadja Janežič, Youth Choir of Alojzij Šuštar Primary School, Ljubljana Šentvid, Slovenia

🎖 Audience Award

At each competition concert, the audience voted for their favorite choir:

  1. Youth Choir of Alojzij Šuštar Primary School, Ljubljana Šentvid, Slovenia
  2. Pražská kantiléna, Prague, Czechia