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The European Grand Prix for Choral Singing (in French, Grand Prix Européen de Chant Choral, commonly abbreviated as European Choral Grand Prix or GPE) is an annual choral competition between the winners of six European choral competitions. It was inaugurated in 1989. Despite its name, the GPE is not limited to European choirs; this is because choirs from any country can join the choral competitions in any of the GPE's member-cities. , one choir from Japan and three choirs from the United States have won the GPE, while a choir from the Philippines has won the GPE twice. In addition, the contest is not limited to adult choirs; two of the grand prize-winning choirs are children's choirs. As of 2015, four choirs have won the EGP twice: the Philippine Madrigal Singers〔() List of winners at the 2007 Arezzo competition, including the GPE〕〔() "Madrigal Singers win European Grand Prix for the second time". The Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 27, 2007.〕 (1997 and 2007), APZ Tone Tomšič (2002 and 2008),〔(List of winners at the 2008 EGP. ) From the official EGP website〕 (Jauniesu koris "Kamer..." ) (2004 and 2013)〔(Latvian Institute News page )〕 and University of Utah Chamber Choir (renamed from the University of Utah Singers) (2006 and 2015). As of 2010 only one conductor won the EGP twice: Stojan Kuret (2002 and 2010). ==Organizing committee and member cities== The GPE is organized by the organizing committees of the following choral competitions, from which the GPE contenders are selected: :# Concorso Polifónico Guido d'Arezzo (''International Guido d'Arezzo Polyphonic Contest'') - Arezzo, Province of Arezzo, Italy :# Béla Bartók International Choir Competition - Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar county, Hungary :# International Choral Competition Gallus Maribor - Maribor, Slovenia :# Certamen Coral de Tolosa (''Tolosa Choral Competition'') - Tolosa, Basque Country, Spain :# Florilège Vocal de Tours (''Tours Vocal Competition'') - Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France :# International May Choir Competition «Prof. G. Dimitrov» - Varna, Varna Province, Bulgaria Each individual contest is usually referred to by the name of its host city instead of the competition's official title. The grand prize winners of each contest are automatically eligible to compete at the GPE. The hosting of each annual GPE competition is rotated among the six member cities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European Grand Prix for Choral Singing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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