Choir festival returns to Hoi An next year

Thomas Schule, managing director of Germany’s Interkultur Association, has reached an agreement with the government of Quang Nam Province to organize the third International Choir Festival from June 19-22 in Hoi An, Tuoi Tre reports.

The event will be jointly hosted by Interkultur, Performing Arts Department, Vietnam National Opera Ballet (VNOB), Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam provinces and Hoi An City authorities.

Schule said the first International Choir Festival in Hoi An last year was a huge success, with the participation of over 30 arts troupes totaling more than 1,000 artists from 11 nations and territories. The second festival will take place in Hue City on December 16.