Name: 37. INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL
Start: 2026-06-12T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-14T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Vranov nad Toplou

Festival overview

Under the patronage of the Mayor of the Town of Vranov n.T., with financial contribution of the Fund for Arts and the Town of Vranov nad Toplou.

Poster of the 37th International Choral Festival, 12–14 June 2026 in Vranov nad Topľou

Non-competitive choral festival with international participation for all age groups.
Choirs from Slovakia and abroad are invited to participate.
Concerts take place in the Culture House, churches in Vranov nad Topľou, a church in Sedliská, and villages in the Vranov region.

Choir members pay for accommodation and full board (100 EUR / person / 3 nights).
Accommodation and board are offered in the hostel of the Middle Vocational School (100 EUR including participation fee).
Twin choirs (reciprocal exchange with the children and youth choir Ozvena) do not pay festival fees.
Within the festival, participants join seminars, workshops, joint choir meetings, and a discussion evening for conductors, managers, and guests, including a museum/castle visit and reception by the Mayor of Vranov nad Topľou.
Choirs should prepare the joint gala-concert composition by Eugen Suchoň: “Aká si mi krásna” (scores can be downloaded below or sent by email).
Deadline for registration: February 10, 2026. Application form is available in the downloadable files.

Photos from previous editions

Arrival
morning — arrival of Slovak and international choirs.
14.00
Reception of guests by the Mayor in the meeting hall of the Vranov nad Topľou City Hall.
15.30
Procession of ensembles, choirs and guests from Námestie slobody to the House of Culture, Vranov nad Topľou.
16.00
Opening of the Days of the Town of Vranov nad Topľou.
- Girls' choir AMABILE at the Ľ. Fulla Music School, Ružomberok
- Girls' choir of the school centre, Postojna, Slovenia
- Choir GLORIA DEO, Bytča
- Women's choir of the Czech Society in Košice
- Mixed choir Hegyalja Paedagogica Szerencs, Hungary
- Mixed choir ARS VOCALIS, Banská Bystrica
19.00
Festival concert, Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Humenné.
- Choir of the town of Humenné
- Chamber choir YOUNG VOICES, Humenné
- Women's choir of the Czech Society Košice
- Ferenc Liszt Choir, Baja, Hungary
19.00
Festival concert, Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist, Sedliská.
- Girls' choir of the school centre, Postojna, Slovenia
- Mixed choir Hegyalja Paedagogica Szerencs, Hungary
- Mixed choir ARS VOCALIS, Banská Bystrica
19.00
Festival concert, Greek Catholic Church of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Vranov nad Topľou — South.
- Children's choir „Lúčne zvončeky“ at Lúčna Elementary School, Vranov nad Topľou
- Girls' choir AMABILE at the Ľ. Fulla Music School, Ružomberok
- Mixed choir GLORIA DEO, Bytča

9.30
Workshop „Choir warm-up can be more than mimamemomu“. led by Mgr. art. et Mgr. art. Andrea Bošeľová Kirschová, choirmaster, Banská Bystrica. Rehearsal of the joint piece — Eugen Suchoň „Aká si mi krásna“ in the cinema hall of the House of Culture, Vranov nad Topľou.
12.00
Trip to Čičva castle and visit to the Barkóczy family crypt exhibition — singing by the choirs at the castle and possibly inside the crypt.
18.00
Gala concert — Greek Catholic Church of the Most Holy Eucharist, Vranov nad Topľou.
- Girls' choir OZVENA, Vranov nad Topľou
- Youth choir OZVENA, Vranov nad Topľou
- Girls' choir AMABILE at the Ľ. Fulla Music School, Ružomberok
- Girls' choir of the school centre, Postojna, Slovenia
- Choir GLORIA DEO, Bytča
- Women's choir of the Czech Society in Košice
- Mixed choir Hegyalja Paedagogica Szerencs, Hungary
- Mixed choir ARS VOCALIS, Banská Bystrica
- Joint piece — all choirs, Eugen Suchoň „Aká si mi krásna“
20.30
Social gathering at the Secondary Vocational School of Woodworking, Vranov nad Topľou.

9.30
Holy Mass, Basilica Minor, Vranov nad Topľou.
- Children's choir AMABILE at the Ľ. Fulla Music School, Ružomberok
9.30
Service, Evangelical Church, Soľ.
- Women's choir of the Czech Society in Košice
10.30
Holy Mass, Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Martyrs of Košice, Humenné.
- Mixed choir ARS VOCALIS, Banská Bystrica

Záujmové združenie speváckych zborov OZVENA, Mrs. Vilma Krauspeová
Dobrianskeho 1651, 093 01 Vranov nad Toplou, Slovakia