• From June 13 to 23, amateur and professional choirs from Aachen, the StädteRegion, NRW, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Latvia and the USA will be performing.
• Demand is high. Remaining tickets for some concerts are still available.
• Anyone who wants to can support the festival by purchasing and wearing the new Chorbiennale button, which is available for two euros.

The excitement is building: The 8th International Choir Biennale is casting its shadow throughout the city and not only the festival management, artistic direction, organization team and participating choirs can hardly wait. Fans and friends of the Chorbiennale are also eagerly awaiting the opening on Friday, June 13. Once again this year, visitors can look forward to a top-class and diverse program that combines regional and international choirs of popular and top-class culture.

The eighth edition of the Chorbiennale is once again a magnet for audiences, and demand for tickets is high. Remaining tickets for some concerts can still be purchased online at https://chorbiennale.de/tickets/ and on site at the box office in Theater Aachen. The box office is open Tuesdays to Fridays from 11 am to 6 pm, Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm.

Two weeks of "Imagine..."
Until June 23, 2025, professional choirs such as the Aachen Opera Choir and the WDR Radio Choir Cologne will be performing alongside children's, youth, senior, church and club choirs. Choral symphonic performances with the Aachen Symphony Orchestra are dedicated to a bombastic work of choral literature. Lunch concerts provide magical moments at lunchtime, satellite concerts and the "Evening of the StädteRegion" provide a glimpse into the region and the "Long Choir Night" with the midnight "Farewell" in front of the town hall brings together more than 70 choirs from all over the region. The singers bring the whole city to life for two weeks. All under the guiding motto "Imagine...".

A top-class program
Further highlights in the festival calendar are the four major international choir concerts: on 13 June in St. Jakob with the "Mikroskomos" choir from France and the Aachen Madrigal Choir, on 15 June in the Citykirche St. Nikolaus with the Delaware Choral Scholars (USA) and the Aachen Chamber Choir and on 17 June in the Citykirche with the "Sola" choir (Latvia) and the Aachen Young Choir. Nikolaus with the Delaware Choral Scholars (USA) and the Aachen Chamber Choir, on June 17 in the Citykirche with the choir "Sola" (Latvia) and the Aachen Young Choir and on June 18 in the Aula Carolina with the choir "Allmänna Sången" (Sweden) and Carmina Mundi. In addition, the Aachen Symphonic Choir will sing the "Missa in A" by César Franck on June 14 in the Citykirche, where the WDR Radio Choir will also present a tango mass on June 19, and on June 20 the ensembles "Flow" and "Vocal Journey" will perform the big pop choir evening in Theater Aachen. The opening concert of the Long Choir Night on June 21 will be performed jointly by Carmina Viva (Belgium) and BachVokal.

The Chorbiennale has been organized since 2009 by the Kulturbetrieb Aachen and the Stadttheater Aachen/Musikdirektion, supported by public funds and the Friends of the Chorbiennale, financed by foundations, corporate and private sponsoring and made possible by the active help of the participating choirs. The festival is directed by Maximilian Stössel. The artistic directors are the conductors Georg Hage (BachVokal), Johannes Honecker (Madrigalchor Aachen), Harald Nickoll (Carmina Mundi), Martin te Laak (Aachener Kammerchor), Prof. Fritz ter Wey (der junge chor aachen) and General Music Director Christopher Ward.

A sign of solidarity - the Chorbiennale button
Despite lower funding, the eighth Chorbiennale is taking place this year. Support is therefore needed more than ever. You can support the festival, for example, by purchasing and wearing the new Chorbiennale button, which is available at the box offices in the Theater Aachen, the Centre Charlemagne, the Couven Museum, the Ludwig Forum Aachen and the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum. With just two euros, you can set a sign of solidarity and identification with the Chorbiennale 2025.

Information at www.chorbiennale.de