The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände (AGEC), a European umbrella organisation for national choir federations, is the driving force behind an impressive series of international exchange projects in the field of vocal music. AGEC was founded in 1955 in Strasbourg aiming to improve and stimulate cultural activity and relations between singing Europeans.
AGEC focuses in the first place on the co-operation between the member choir federations on a musical, pedagogical and organisation level.
This many-sided interaction contributes to the promotion of choir activities with national renown in the different countries.
Each year, one of the member choir federations hosts the EuroChor, a choir training for young singers from all over Europe with choir music from the host country as leading theme.
In addition, each year the famous composition prize the Golden Diapason is awarded to a new choir composition that can be considered as a qualitative contribution to modern choir literature.

Contact

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände (AGEC)
Zirkstraat 36
B-2000 Antwerpen
Belgien
tel. +32 3 237 96 43
fax +32 3 248 16 05
e-mail: info@agec.eu
www.agec.eu