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BRIEF MEMORY
\nFROM THE
\nCORAL CONTEST<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1508178027938{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Not only had Tolosa had an important choral tradition, at least since the times of Felipe Gorriti Osambela, but the rise of the Basque coral world between the 19th and early 20th centuries had placed us at the “spearhead” of the European choral world, being considered one of the characteristic signs of the cultural personality of the Basque people.<\/p>\n

However, the Basque choral tradition could not be left out of the ravages of history that began after 1936 and marked the next 40 years. On the one hand the war, and on the other the Catholic Church, after being shaken by the earthquake that meant the Second Vatican Council.<\/p>\n

It is this context in which some citizens of Tolosa, interested in promoting Tolosa, both in economic, social, and mainly cultural activities, are encouraged to create the CIT in 1967.<\/p>\n

Since some of the members of the new association were linked to the musical life of the Villa, one of their first decisions was to launch a choral contest that pursues three objectives:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” parallax=”content-moving” parallax_image=”2831″ css=”.vc_custom_1508178857944{padding-top: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 10% !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

OUR OBJECTIVES<\/h1>\n

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01.<\/strong><\/span> Recover, preserve and make known to the whole world the Basque folkloric repertoire<\/h2>\n

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02.<\/strong><\/span> Promote and incorporate new creations in Basque language<\/h2>\n

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03.<\/strong><\/span> Update the new choral literature among our choirs, and promote the formation of new directors and singers, following the most modern techniques<\/h2>\n

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BEGINNING OF THE CONTEST<\/h1>\n

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The first contest took place in 1969.<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n

The following choirs participated in it:<\/h3>\n
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  • Agrupaci\u00f3n Coral Tafallesa<\/strong> (Tafalla-Navarre)<\/li>\n
  • Coral \u201cAndra Mari\u201d<\/strong> (Renter\u00eda-Gipuzkoa)<\/li>\n
  • Coral de C\u00e1mara de San Sebasti\u00e1n<\/strong> (Donostia-Gipuzkoa)<\/li>\n
  • Coro de Tudela<\/strong> (Tutera-Navarre)<\/li>\n
  • Coral Irunesa<\/strong> (Ir\u00fan-Gipuzkoa)<\/li>\n
  • Coral \u201cSanta Cecilia\u201d<\/strong> (Donostia-Gipuzkoa)<\/li>\n
  • Coral \u201cLartaun\u201d<\/strong> (Oiartzun-Gipuzkoa)<\/li>\n
  • Coral \u201cO\u00f1atz\u201d<\/strong> (Oinati-Gipuzkoa)<\/li>\n
  • Agrupaci\u00f3n Coral \u201cArraizpe\u201d<\/strong> (Bilbo-Bizkaia)<\/li>\n
  • Orfe\u00f3n Olitense<\/strong> (Olite-Navarre)<\/li>\n
  • Coral Estellesa<\/strong> (Estella-Navarre)<\/li>\n
  • Coral \u201cSanta Cecilia\u201d<\/strong> (Villaba-Navarre)<\/li>\n
  • Sociedad Coral de Miravalles<\/strong> (Miravalles-Bizkaia)<\/li>\n
  • Coro \u201cBiotz Alai\u201d<\/strong> (Algorta-Bizkaia)<\/li>\n
  • Coro Parroquial de Ntra. Sra. De los Desamparados<\/strong> (Gasteiz-Araba)<\/li>\n
  • Coral \u201cZornoza\u201d<\/strong> (Amorebieta-Bizkaia)<\/li>\n
  • Agrupaci\u00f3n Coral \u201cManuel Iradier\u201d<\/strong> (Gasteiz-Araba).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]At that time the choirs were all local<\/strong>, just missing a choir Iparralde<\/strong>, but this was corrected in the next edition<\/strong>, the 1970, with the participation of the Coral “Begiraleak” (Donibane Lohitzun-Lapurdi).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    It will be in the 1971 edition when groups from other territories<\/strong>, all still from the Spanish state, will appear at the scenic stage of the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

    It would be in the 5th edition<\/strong> of the contest, in 1973, when foreign choirs for the first time<\/strong>, there would be only two, “Chor Gemtschule Marktoberdorff” (Marktoberdorf-Germany) and “Coral Le Madrigal de Lyon” (Lyon-France).<\/span><\/p>\n

    In the following years, the contest will continue to bring more foreign choirs, always ensuring that they were of very good quality, but in a limited number due to the economic restrictions in which they moved. <\/span>It will not be until the formation of the Basque Government<\/strong>, when thanks to their support<\/strong> we were able to give a good economic jump and a substantial quantitative and above all qualitative leap<\/strong> in attracting some of the best amateur and semi-professional choirs<\/strong> from around the world. <\/span>Thus we could carry forward the old project with which the contest was born, and that could be synthesized in the old adage: “eman ta zabal zazu”.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The contest grows exponentially<\/strong> from 1988, when thanks to the Basque Government and the then Gipuzkoa Kutxa, and on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Contest<\/strong> and the entrance in the European Community, we were able to carry out a contest that counted with the participation of choirs from <\/span>most of the component countries of the European Community<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    From that moment, the Choral Contest of Tolosa<\/strong> becomes an international reference<\/strong> of first order, being considered by many the most important annual choral event that was celebrated in the world.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_new=”id^2656|url^http:\/\/www.cittolosa.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/recurso-cit2.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^recurso-cit2|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” css=”.vc_custom_1508414440588{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”3\/4″ el_id=”palmares_en”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

    PREVIOUS EDITIONS<\/h1>\n

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