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The Festival of "Voices of the Middle of the World" encourages the interaction of national and international choirs.

"Commercial music has invaded us to die, and the" antimúsica "also," says Juan Carlos Velasco, who organizes the International Festival "Voix du milieu du monde" and demonstrates with this initiative that, despite the adversities and in the midst of them, there is always room to face the difficulties.

This is how 27 choirs, 22 national and 5 international, participate in the fifth edition of this Festival, which proposes to accept the challenge and prove that Ecuador also produces "wonderful choral music".

from the middle of the world, "a meeting organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) and the Didecor Foundation, begins today and will be with a varied program up to the July 28 in seven cities in the Sierra, with Quito as its headquarters.

Communion
The Festival was born when Juan Carlos Velasco noticed that, although in Ecuador there was a large number of choirs, there was no connection between them.

years ago, we realized that this connection, even though it is not perfect, has improved a lot, "says Velasco, for whom the dedication of those who compose the choruses is an inspiration for continue the challenge of the annual Festival

THE FACTS
The individual events will cost $ 5. "How not to pick them up in a week and tell them" show some of your work to the world "? ",

In this meeting, children's choirs, young people, elders, university, women, men, institutional, professional, among others.

In addition to concerts, the meeting will also offer two workshops: Coral Direction ", with the Colombian María Adelaida Mejía, and" Coral Arrangements ", with the Argentine Gil Martínez

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More information: www.festivalvoces.com "One has the myth that the choir will sing only hymns or hymns or semi-formal songs," says Velasco, but ensures that the idea of ​​the meeting is also to demystify the formality of the Gold.

From reggae to rock, the musician is convinced that "in the Choir Festival there is everything", although it warn with laughter that it's better that the public does not expect reggaeton.

Enrique Gil Calderón [1965] 9017] ° The maestro of Guayaquil Enrique Gil Calderón is the winner of the V edition of the International Festival "Voix du milieu du monde". This year marks 10 years of his death and 40 years of his choral festival El Canto Coral Sister of Peoples, which is held every year in Guayaquil.