15th International Choir Festival of Karpenisi
9th International Choir Competition

"Antonio Vivaldi"

June 30 - July 3 2011, Karpenisi - Greece

Our upcoming choir Festival will be held between June 28 - July 1, 2012

General Information

     The 15th International Choir Festival of Karpenisi and the 9th International Choir Competition "Antonio Vivaldi" will be held between June 30 and July the 3rd of 2011, in Karpenisi - Greece. The next choir event will be held between June 28 and July the 1st of 2012. The participation in Choir Competition “Antonio Vivaldi” is not obligatory for the choirs that choose to participate in the Choir Festival of Karpenisi. In addition, the choirs that intend to participate to the Choir Competition are not obligated to perform obligatory works. The organizing Committee of the Festival and the Competition in collaboration with local hotels and restaurants, provide luxurius yet economic accommodation packages, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, either in 2 star or a 5 star hotel during the Festival. More details about the Choir Competition rules and the accommodation packagesoffered by the organizing committee can befound can be found in the files seen on the left column of this website (English and Greek versions). The respective application forms can be additionally found in this site.

      The 15th International Choir Festival of Karpenisi and the 9th International Choir Competition "Antonio Vivaldi" are part of a long-lived cultural course in the field of choir music. These events have also transformed the holding place of the Festival, the city of Karpenisi, a pole of attraction, culture and tourism as more than 500 to 600 friends of the choir art (conductors, choir members, orchestra musicians, escorts, etc) visit the city of Karpenisi . In the long-lived course of the Choir Festival and the Choir Competition “Antonio Vivaldi” the organization is under the Musical Cultural Association “Choir of Karpenisi Antonio Vivaldi” while, Professor George Xenakis is the artistic director and president of the organizing committee. More information about the history and the goals of the Choir Festival of Karpenisi, the Choir Competition “Antonio Vivaldi”, the artistic director of the Festival and the Choir of Karpenisi “Antonio Vivaldi” can be found in the organization tab.

      This year, the committee of the festival in collaboration with the "Aprilov - Palaouzov" Community Centre of Gabrovo, is organizing the International Choir Festival of Gabrovo and the International Choir Competition "Antonio Vivaldi", in Gabrovo - Bulgaria. This event will be held between 24 and 26 of June 2011 while more information of this event can be found in the following website http://gabrovo.choirfestival.gr .

City of Karpenisi, Evrytania

      The city of Karpenisi is located at an altitude of 960 meters above the sea level and is the capital of the municipality of Evrytania. It is located at the geographical center of Greece and is 292 km far away from the capital of Greece, Athens and about 400 km away from Thessaloniki.
      Karpenisi is a popular place for tourism, due to the fact that it is one of the cleanest, most formidable and friendly places in Greece. It is also well known for its hospitality and its remarkable landscapes, mountains and rivers. More information about the city of Karpenisi and the accommodation in the city, can be found at the official site of the city and the official site of the municipality of Evrytania:


City of Karpenisi : the official site
Municipality of Evrytania : the official site