{"id":863,"date":"2010-05-15T23:18:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T22:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chor.p.lodz.pl\/?page_id=863"},"modified":"2010-05-15T23:18:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T22:18:13","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ziomciopoziomcio.pl\/index.php\/o-nas\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" Lodz University of Technology Academic Choir (Lodz, Poland) was originally an all male choir founded by Electrical Engineering students in 1968, based on choir existing at TUL intermittently since 1951. Nowadays it is a four-part mixed choir made up of undergraduates and graduates of Lodz universities, mainly of the Lodz University of Technology. During over the 70 years of its existence the choir has participated in numerous festivals and choral music contests in Poland and abroad. The past ten years have been very fruitful and full of artistic achievement. In 1995 the choir took part in Eurotreff Musik workshop in B\u00fchl-Baden (Germany). In 1996 the choir entered, for the second time International Choral Contest in Riva del Garda (Italy) and won the silver and the bronze medal for its performances of secular and sacred music. In October the same year the choristers participated in a workshop in Wetzlar, Germany, devoted to Michael Tippet’s oratorio „A Child of Our Time”,<\/em> which was later performed at three concerts in Giessen, Wetzlar and Bad-Neuheim with Sing Academie Watterau. In May 1997 the choir participated in Schubert Festival in Vienna, one of the largest choral events in Europe, commemorating 200th<\/sup> anniversary of the birth of the composer. In May 1998 the choir performed Paul McCartney’s „Liverpool Oratorio”<\/em> at 1st<\/sup> International Choral Festival in Szczecin (Poland) and only a few months later choir toured in Norway, invited by SkeiVasskoret Choir. In November the choir entered Festival of Polish Choral Music in Katowice. In 1999 the Technical University Choir was one of the best choirs at the Choral Festival in Usti (the Czech Republic). The year 2002 was particularly busy and successful. It began with Tonen Choral Festival in Monster in Holland, followed with International Sacred Music Festival in Rumia in Poland (the third prize) and Cantio Lodziensis Festival in Lodz (the first prize). The choir’s jubilee year 2003 commenced with a tour of France, Germany and Italy and participation in International Choral Workshop in Ariege Region (France). In November the choir was acknowledged as the second best academic choir at Cantio Lodziensis and honoured for the best performance of a Lodz composer. 2004 was devoted solely to developing contacts with Ukraine. The choir hosted a folk chorus from Lvov and afterwards toured twice in Ukraine. The year 2007 began with International Choral Competition in Bydgoszcz (silver diploma) and received a recognition of City of Bydgoszcz Office of International Affairs.<\/p>\n

In recent years Academic Choir of Lodz University of Technology performs during professionally held concerts alongside world famous musicians. In 2012 the choir accompanied Andrea Bocelli during his concert in Atlas Arena, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a for the audience of 9000. Moreover, the choir sings annually at the Night of the Proms concerts, also held in Atlas Arena, as a first non-Belgian choir to regularly participate in the series. In three editions of the concert (2014-2016) the choir appeared onstage with pop artists such as Amy MacDonald, Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark, Coolio, Katie Melua, Kim Wilde, John Miles, Simple Minds, Lisa Stansfield and Zucchero. During the Night of the Proms concerts the choir also performed choral and operatic pieces by C. Orff, W.A. Mozart and G. Verdi to an acclaim of audiences and press critics alike. Academic Choir of Lodz University of Technology also performs with various orchestras on a regular basis. In 2006, together with Fachhochschule Ulm Orchestra (Germany), Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology (Poland) and three other choirs the Academic Choir of Lodz University of Technology toured Poland and Germany with Liverpool Oratorio by Paul McCartney. Since then, the choir also performed Te Deum by A. Dvo\u0159\u00e1k (2007), J. Haydn (2009) and G. Bizet (2011), Magnificat by J. Rutter (2008) and Three Russian Songs by S. Rachmaninoff (2016). In its’ recent history the choir also competed in a multitude of choral festivals in Poland and Europe. The most important accolades obtained by the choir in the recent years are:<\/p>\n