UST Singers wows audiences across Europe
THE University of Santo Tomas Singers, the University’s premiere chorale, is currently in its 34th international concert tour, holding concerts that received numerous standing ovations and clamor for encores in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Spain.
The UST Singers, under the baton of Prof. Fidel Gener Calalang Jr., have been praised with much acclaim by numerous critics from different news publications across Europe.
The two-time choir of the world winner was invited to perform as guest artist to open the 64th edition of the prestigious Certamen InternacionaldeHabanerasy Polifonia in Torrevieja, Spain, where the choir won the top prizes in 2010 including the Premiode Habaneras,PremiodelPublico, and PremioIntercontinental for garnering the highest points in both the Habaneras and Polyphony categories.
The competition is one of the oldest and highly regarded choral competitions since its foundation in 1955. The choir showcased a virtuosic repertoire ranging from sacred, classical, international, folk, broadway and spiritual genres.
The group also performed as guest artist in the 39th Festival Internacional de Cant Coral Catalunya Centre in Castellbell, Spain together with choirs from other parts of the world.
choir to perform inside the historical Basilica de Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, designed by world-renowned architect, Antoni Gaudí.
The choir sang at the medieval Basilica de Montserrat in Catalonia, Spain, a famous pilgrim site in the region which houses the Black Madonna.
In Germany, The Singers was also a featured artist at the International Music Festival in the St. Blasien Cathedral in Black Forest in Baden- Württemburg, one of the largest dome cathedrals in Europe.
The UST Singers was founded in 1992 by Prof. Fidel G. Calalang Jr. and has since represented the Philippines in 23 international choral competitions, garnering a total of 82 top prizes. Most notably, the Singers is the only choir to have won twice the most coveted Choir of the World-Luciano Pavarotti Grand Prize in Wales, the United Kingdom, in 1995 and 2010. UST Singers with Fidel Gener Calalang Jr. (center, standing) in Copenhagen.