El León de Oro

“El León de Oro” mixed choir entered the 56th International Polyphonic Contest ‘Guido d’Arezzo’, held in the Italian city of Arezzo from the 15th to the 21st September 2008. It was awarded the ‘Città di Arezzo’ Grand Prix, thus becoming the most outstanding choir of the competition. This award qualifies the Asturian choir for the European Gran Prix of Choral Singing, to be held within the “Florilège Vocal de Tours” in Tours (France) in May 2009.

Undoubtedly, this is the greatest achievement of the “El León de Oro” so far, since in one single competition it won First Prize in all of the participating categories: romantic music, contemporary music, polyphony, folklore, audience prize, and the special prize to the best performance of the compulsory piece.

Press release (in Spanish and Italian):
- La Nueva España 22/09/08
- La Voz de Asturias 22/09/08
- El Comercio 22/09/08
- AREZZO NOTIZIE
- Web Oficial del certamen
- Blog de Los Peques del León de Oro
- La Nueva España 23/09/08
- La Nueva España 24/09/08
- La Voz de Asturias 26/09/08
- Web Oficial del Certamen - ACTAS del Jurado
- La Nueva España 28/09/08 (1)
- La Nueva España 28/09/08 (2)

The mixed choir “El León de Oro” has just participated in the 38rd International Choral Competition held in Tolosa from 1st to 5th November, 2006. The Asturian choir won Second Prize in Folklore, just behind the first prize won by the Puerto Rican choir. This is a great achievement for “El León de Oro”, especially in the year of our tenth anniversary.

Last April 23th, the “El León de Oro” Choir won first prize at the VIII National Choral Competition held in Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza).

Last April 3rd, the “El León de Oro” Choir won first prize at the XXXVI Choral Competition held in Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza). The Jury granted the choir from Luanco a really high mark for its performance, 91 points, at a considerable distance from the “Kodaly” Choir, from Molina de Segura (Murcia); this group was placed second with 76 points.

Thanks to this award, “El León de Oro” qualifies for next year’s National Choral Contest, representing Ejea de los Caballeros.

Coming soon...