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63rd International
 Choral Singing Competition

The “C. A. Seghizzi” Gorizia Choral Association is pleased to present the 63rd edition of the “Seghizzi” International Choral Singing Competition, which will be held in Gorizia from July 9 to 13, 2026.

Following the significant participation and success of the previous edition, the competition returns with updated regulations and the unchanged goal of promoting a high-level competition, conducted in a spirit of fairness and respect, and dedicated to friendship and cultural exchange between choirs.

The deadline for submitting applications is midnight on March 31, 2026.


All registration materials must be sent via email to the following address: info@seghizzi.it

Candidates are invited to consult this official announcement for the complete competition regulations and to contact the Secretariat for any further information or specific requests.

Choral Singing Competition

Competition
 Materials

In this section, you can download all the materials necessary to participate in the competition.

Regulations

View and download the complete announcement and regulations of the 63rd International Choral Singing Competition

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Registration Form

Download the registration form for the 63rd International Choral Singing Competition.

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Category 3 - Scores

Download the official scores for Category 3 of the 63rd International Choral Singing Competition

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Discover the event
 Programme

Below is the programme of the event; further details will be made available in due course.
Due to logistical reasons, the organising committee reserves the right to change the venue and the timetable for categories 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3, 4 and 5. New venues will still be within the city of Gorizia.

Thursday 9th of July 2026

12:00 — Official Presentation of the Choirs to the Authorities and the Jury
📍 Venue: Gorizia Town Hall (Internal Courtyard)

10:30 — Category 2b (Secular Polyphony), Category 3 (Spirituals & Jazz), Category 5 (Contemporary Music)
📍 Venue: Teatro G. Verdi, Gorizia

Evening — 22nd Seghizzinregione – Choral Concert Festival in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, and Slovenia

10:30 — Category 1a (Sacred Polyphony), Category 1b (Sacred Polyphony)
📍 Venue:Gorizia Cathedral (Duomo)


16:00 — Category 4 (Folk / National Music)
📍 Venue: Teatro G. Verdi, Gorizia

11:00 — “Seghizzinregione” Festival Concert
📍 Venue: Gorizia Cathedral (Duomo)


15:00 — 36th SEGHIZZI GRAND PRIX
📍 Venue: Teatro G. Verdi, Gorizia


20:45 — Official Awards Ceremony
📍 Venue: Teatro G. Verdi, Gorizia


21:15 — WINNERS’ GALA CONCERT
📍 Venue: Teatro G. Verdi, Gorizia

Competition
Jury

In this section, you can find information about the members of the competition jury.

Bernarda Fink

Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano, specialist in Baroque and Lieder repertoire.

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Eva Hess Thaysen

Internationally acclaimed soprano, teacher and Head of the Vocal Department at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen.

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Pierangelo Conte

Artistic Director of the Teatro Carlo Felice Foundation in Genoa.

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Gabriele Ribis

Internationally acclaimed baritone, Artistic Director of the Piccolo Opera Festival of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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Eddi De Nadai

Pianist and conductor, specialist in Lieder repertoire, Artistic Director of the “Seghizzi” International Chamber Singing Competition in Gorizia.

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Awarded the Medal of the
 Presidency of the Republic

In 2025, the international activities promoted by the Associazione Corale Goriziana C. A. Seghizzi were awarded the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic, granted to initiatives of particular cultural significance.

Under the
 Patronage of:

The Association is pleased to announce that the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Milan has granted its patronage for the Seghizzi 2024 International Events.

Under the
 Support of:

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Christoph Prégardien

Christoph Prégardien is considered one of the most important lyric tenors in the world. Particularly acclaimed as a Lieder performer, he opens the 2025/26 season alongside Julius Drake at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg/Hohenems, before performing, among other works, Die schöne Müllerin/These Fevered Days by Johannes Maria Staud: an extraordinary project that combines Schubert's cycle in a new orchestrated version with seven new songs based on texts by Emily Dickinson.

Christoph Prégardien performs regularly with world-renowned orchestras. He has collaborated with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, as well as the Boston and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, alongside conductors of the caliber of Barenboim, Metzmacher, and Thielemann. His vast orchestral repertoire includes the great Baroque, Classical, and Romantic oratorios and passions, as well as works from the 17th and 20th centuries. In the operatic field, he has performed roles such as Tamino, Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Fenton (Falstaff), Don Ottavio, Tito, Ulisse, and Idomeneo.

His extensive experience as a singer in the roles of the Evangelists, combined with close collaboration with conductors such as Nagano, Chailly, Herreweghe, Harnoncourt, Luisi, and Gardiner, has provided the ideal foundation for his increasing dedication to conducting the works of Bach. Following his successful conducting debut in 2012 leading Le Concert Lorrain and the Nederlands Kammerkoor, he regularly conducts internationally renowned ensembles such as the Balthasar Neumann Choir, the Dresdner Kammerchor, Collegium Vocale Gent, and the RIAS Kammerchor. In the spring of 2024, he conducted Bach's St Matthew Passion with Vespres d’Arnadí and the Palau de la Música Catalana Chamber Choir in Barcelona. In December 2025, he will conduct Bach's Christmas Oratorio on tour with the Belgian ensemble Il Gardellino and the Palau de la Música Catalana chamber choir.

He has recorded much of his repertoire in a discography of over 150 albums, which have received prestigious awards such as the Orphée d’Or from the Académie du Disque Lyrique, the Edison Award, the Cannes Classical Award, and the Diapason d’Or. For the Challenge Classics label, he recorded Schubert's Schwanengesang with Andreas Staier and Die schöne Müllerin with Michael Gees, the latter selected as Editor's Choice by Gramophone magazine and awarded the MIDEM Record of the Year. Shortly after followed recordings of Hugo Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch with Julia Kleiter, "Between Life and Death", "Wanderer", and the Grammy-nominated Winterreise disc, all with Michael Gees, as well as "Father and Son" with his son Julian Prégardien. His Schubert CD "Poetisches Tagebuch", with Julius Drake, won the German Record Critics' Award in 2016. In 2023, the Etcetera label released an album of Bach cantatas recorded with Stephan Schultz and Le Concert Lorrain, featuring Christoph Prégardien as a baritone.

Teaching remains an important part of Christoph Prégardien's musical life. After many years at the Zurich University of the Arts and a professorship at the Cologne Academy of Music, he continues to lead masterclasses for young singers worldwide.

Christoph Prégardien

Christoph Prégardien is considered one of the most important lyric tenors in the world. Particularly acclaimed as a Lieder performer, he opens the 2025/26 season alongside Julius Drake at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg/Hohenems, before performing, among other works, Die schöne Müllerin/These Fevered Days by Johannes Maria Staud: an extraordinary project that combines Schubert's cycle in a new orchestrated version with seven new songs based on texts by Emily Dickinson.

Christoph Prégardien performs regularly with world-renowned orchestras. He has collaborated with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, as well as the Boston and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, alongside conductors of the caliber of Barenboim, Metzmacher, and Thielemann. His vast orchestral repertoire includes the great Baroque, Classical, and Romantic oratorios and passions, as well as works from the 17th and 20th centuries. In the operatic field, he has performed roles such as Tamino, Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Fenton (Falstaff), Don Ottavio, Tito, Ulisse, and Idomeneo.

His extensive experience as a singer in the roles of the Evangelists, combined with close collaboration with conductors such as Nagano, Chailly, Herreweghe, Harnoncourt, Luisi, and Gardiner, has provided the ideal foundation for his increasing dedication to conducting the works of Bach. Following his successful conducting debut in 2012 leading Le Concert Lorrain and the Nederlands Kammerkoor, he regularly conducts internationally renowned ensembles such as the Balthasar Neumann Choir, the Dresdner Kammerchor, Collegium Vocale Gent, and the RIAS Kammerchor. In the spring of 2024, he conducted Bach's St Matthew Passion with Vespres d’Arnadí and the Palau de la Música Catalana Chamber Choir in Barcelona. In December 2025, he will conduct Bach's Christmas Oratorio on tour with the Belgian ensemble Il Gardellino and the Palau de la Música Catalana chamber choir.

He has recorded much of his repertoire in a discography of over 150 albums, which have received prestigious awards such as the Orphée d’Or from the Académie du Disque Lyrique, the Edison Award, the Cannes Classical Award, and the Diapason d’Or. For the Challenge Classics label, he recorded Schubert's Schwanengesang with Andreas Staier and Die schöne Müllerin with Michael Gees, the latter selected as Editor's Choice by Gramophone magazine and awarded the MIDEM Record of the Year. Shortly after followed recordings of Hugo Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch with Julia Kleiter, "Between Life and Death", "Wanderer", and the Grammy-nominated Winterreise disc, all with Michael Gees, as well as "Father and Son" with his son Julian Prégardien. His Schubert CD "Poetisches Tagebuch", with Julius Drake, won the German Record Critics' Award in 2016. In 2023, the Etcetera label released an album of Bach cantatas recorded with Stephan Schultz and Le Concert Lorrain, featuring Christoph Prégardien as a baritone.

Teaching remains an important part of Christoph Prégardien's musical life. After many years at the Zurich University of the Arts and a professorship at the Cologne Academy of Music, he continues to lead masterclasses for young singers worldwide.