The Ukrainian Culture Network is a platform to coordinate different cultural initiatives related to Ukrainian Culture.
In cooperation with the Mission of the European Union in Bern, the Ukrainian Ambassador in Switzerland (to be confirmed), the Ukrainian-Swiss society and the European Center of Music in Paris, we offer the coordination of a special choir concert dedicated to Ukraine. We invite you to celebrate in Bern on 9th May the European Day with a choir concert.
As we know, in different places of Switzerland qualified professional choir conductors are living as refugees in Switzerland. They started different types of choirs with other Ukrainian refugees and/or with people also living in Switzerland and enjoying singing together.
We present here the draft of concept for this event:
Where? Thursday 9th May 2024, 17:00 on the stairs behind the Historic Museum.
The concert will be open air if the weather is fine, otherwise in the Yehudi Menuhin Forum Bern.
Address: Helvetiaplaz 6, 3005 Bern
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What? Each participating choir can contribute to the program parts with their own program and at the end, all singers sing together the Anthem of Europe (Ode to Joy, based on Beethoven's 9th Symphony)
Rehearsal: at 14:00 at the Yehudi Menuhin Forum Bern.
Address: Helvetiaplaz 6, 3005 Bern
https://maps.app.goo.gl/phDDpEzhxM65D9cT9
Travel costs: We will reimburse you the travel costs from your city to Bern and back.
The anthem of Europe will be conducted by Tetiana Yakovchuk, choir conductor from Odesa and teacher at the Music-Academy for methodology of choir conducting / conductor of the student’s choir of the academy.
Inscription: Please send an E-mail with the information about your choir and musical skills to
Deadline for Inscriptions is 1st April 2024
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