Sofia Vokalensemble
International tours and competitions
Sofia Vokalensemble has toured extensively both in Sweden and abroad. The following is a list of the choir's international tours:

Sofia Vokalensemble

Section Title: International tours and competitions
Table Section Text: Sofia Vokalensemble has toured extensively both in Sweden and abroad. The following is a list of the choir's international tours:

Year	Country	Description	Competition result / notes

1996	Russia	Tour with concerts in western Russia

1998	Venezuela	Tour

1999	Greece	International Competition of Sacred Music in Preveza	Received gold medal in the category Chamber Choirs – Mixed Voices, silver medal in the category Chamber Choirs – Women Section, silver medal in the category Chamber Choirs – Male Section, special prize for "Best Performance of Orthodox Chant”.

1999	Italy	Tour on Sicily	Received Special International Award of the Jury,

2000	Ireland	Cork International Choral Festival in Cork	Fleischmann International Trophy Competition: 3rd with 90.9 points, 0.8 points behind the winner

2000	Hong Kong	Tour

2000	Italy	Tour on Sicily

2001	Italy	Tour on Sicily

2003	Slovenia	Tour

2004	Germany	3rd Choir Olympics in Bremen	Gold medals and best European Choir in the classes Mixed Chamber Choirs, Musica Sacra a capella and Musica Contemporanea.

2006	Finland	II International Harald Andersén Chamber Choir Competition in Helsinki	Shared podium with the Hungarian Victoria Chamber Choir

2007	South Africa	Tour

2008	Italy	47th International Choral Competition "C.A. Seghizzi" in Gorizia	Winner of two categories, 2nd prize in the Grand Prix final

2009	Norway	Grieg International Choir Festival in Bergen	Grand Prix winner and elected the best choir of the competition; 1st prize in the category Contemporary music

2010	Poland	Szczecin Choir Festival

2011	Slovenia	11th International Choral Competition in Maribor	Winner of the Grand Prix, 1st prize in both the compulsory and in the free program, qualified for the final of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in April 2012; conductor Bengt Ollén also took home two special awards for the conductor of the best performance of a composition by Jacobus Handl Gallus and the best performance of the contemporary compulsory Slovenian composition

2012	Slovenia	24th European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Maribor	Winner of the final against four other winners of major 2011 international choral competitions

2012	Italy	La Fabbrica del Canto in Legnano

2013	Czech Republic	Czech Choir Festival in Hradec Kralove

2014	South Korea	10th World Symposium on Choral Music in Seoul; also separate concerts in Seoul and Busan

2015	France	Festival des Choeurs Lauréats in Provence	Tour received as a price for winning the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in 2012

2016	France	Opera festival in Aix-en-Provence	Ladies only

2016	United Kingdom	Consert in the Royal Festival Hall, London	Ladies only

2016	Latvia Lithuania	Tour to Riga and Vilnius	Men only

2018	Lithuania	Festival Birštonas Cantat 2018 in Vilnius

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In 2012 Sofia Vokalensemble won the 24th European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Maribor, Slovenia, competing in the final against four other winners of major 2011 international choral competitions.

final_sentence: In 2012 Sofia Vokalensemble won the 24th European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Maribor, Slovenia, competing in the final against four other winners of major 2011 international choral competitions.