A Cuban group participates in the celebration of a concert Choral Olympics

By Ilsa Rodríguez Santana

Pretoria, Jul 13 (PL) The Cuban women's group Ensemble Vocal Luna delighted the audience last night with a celebratory concert for the 10th anniversary of the Olympic Choral Games and the thirtieth anniversary of its organizers, the German company Interkultur.

The Cuban choir, conducted by Wilmia Verrier and composed of fourteen singers, shared the scene of Universiteitsoord, in this capital city, with the groups Altro Coro, of Russia, of the University of Stellenbosch, of South Africa, and Jeugdkoor Waelrant, from Belgium

Vocal Luna's performance in this concert took place hours after her successful debut on the inaugural day of the Olympic Games Choral competitions, in the category of contemporary music for female choirs, held at the Musaion Hall of the University of Pretoria, whose 1200 abilities were insufficient for both interested audiences

The group of Cuban women won the recognition and acceptance of participants , who applauded each of their performances for their freshness, their choreography and their music sung with extraordinarily coupled voices.

Last night, Vocal Luna offered a different program than the one previously presented in the competition of these Cor Games On this occasion, they performed for the first time in Cuba the Nigerian folk song Kaki Lambe, Ave Regina Coelorum, of Venezuelan composer and pianist Carlos Pérez Tabares, and I Got Rhythm, emblematic work of the American musician.

George Gershwin with the words of his brother Ira.

The program also included the lullaby Drume Negrito, immortalized by Bola de Nieve, and Murmullo, from Electo Chepín Rosell, both authors of Cuba.

the second day of these special Olympics in the category of the female choir with four other works: Cement, brick and sand, by Cubans José Antonio Méndez and Yanier Hechavarría; Without words, by the Cuban composer Wilma Alba; A pentatonic Hallelujah, by the American Ross Whitney, and Hamba Lulu, a traditional song in the weddings of the South African Zulu people.

This presentation will be organized by the Great Hall ZK Matthews of the University of South Africa (Unisa), located in this capital

At night, the results of the competition held the day before at the University of Pretoria are expected, where most of this international competition takes place in which some 300 choirs from more than 60 countries participate.

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