The Resonanz Children's Choir

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The Resonanz Children's Choir
Choir
Also known asTRCC
Founded2007 (2007)
Artistic DirectorAvip Priatna
Chief conductorLuciana Oendoen
HeadquartersJakarta, Indonesia
Website theresonanzchildrenschoir.com

The Resonanz Children's Choir is a family of choirs for child singers owned by the Resonanz Music Studio of Indonesia. It is a mixed unit comprises three choir groups for children aged between four and fourteen, including Serunai, Seruling and Tifa.

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Founding and performance history

Founded in 2007 by Avip Priatna, the Resonanz Children's Choir is regarded to teach the right singing techniques for young singers, and indicates the singing talent of Indonesian children and teenagers, which would be further developed. They held the inaugural concert, My Name Is Music, on 8 May 2008. [1] In 2012, the choir won the gold medal at the inaugural Bali International Choir Festival. [2]

The Resonanz Children's Choir regularly gives performances at venues and festivals such as Ismail Marzuki Park, [3] the Kartanegara Recital Hall and the Ciputra Artpreneur Theatre, as well as at events of national significance. Local artists that they collaborated in concerts such as Farman Purnama and Andrea Miranda, along with top choirs including Priatna's own Batavia Madrigal Singers, [4] Armonia Choir, the Twilite Chorus and many others.

The choir won the Grand Prix at the Claudio Monteverdi International Choral Festival and Competition held on Venice, Italy, in 2016, for performing Zoltán Kodály's "Tancnota" and the Papuan traditional song "Yamko Rambe Yamko". [5]

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