The Berlin Girls Choir was founded in 1986. This ensemble is the oldest, biggest und most successful choir school for girls in Berlin. Around 160 girls and young women, aged between 6 and 28, are singing in five groups. The repertoire comprises polyphonic literature from all eras. A special focus lays on premieres of contemporary compositions. The girls regularly take part in projects of well-known Berlin choirs and orchestras and perform in all famous concert halls of the German capital. Moreover, the Berlin Girls Choir participates in international competitions and festivals where it gained several 1st and 2nd prizes. The Berlin Girls Choir maintains partnerships with girls choirs from Israel, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark and Albania.
Aritistic Director
Since 1998 the Berlin Girls Choir has been directed by the conductor, composer and musical pedagogue Sabine Wuesthoff, awarded several prizes in conducting and composing and the “Siblings Mendelssohn Medal 2015”.
The Berlin Girls Choir it’s the first German Girls Choir which visits Cyprus and it comes from the former divided (capital) city Berlin to Nicosia, the last „divided capital city of the world“.
The Choir will give five concerts on the island.
CONCERT with the Berlin Girls Choir i
n Dasaki Achnas
Saturday, 28th October 2017, 6.30 p.m.
Common Hall of Dasaki Achnas
CONCERT with the Berlin Girls Choir
in Ayia Napa
Sunday, 29th October 2017, 7.30 p.m.
Municipal Museum of Ayia Napa Thalassa, Kriou Nerou 14, Agia Napa
CONCERT with the Berlin Girls Choir
in Larnaca
Tuesday, 31th October 2017, 7:30 pm
Larnaka Municipal Theatre, Leonida Kioupi
MINI CONCERT with the Berlin Girls Choir
in Nicosia
Wednesday, 1st November 2017, 12:30 pm (30 minutes)
Ledrastreet, Human Rights Monument, Nicosia
CONCERT with the Berlin Girls Choir
in Nicosia
Thursday, 2nd November 2017, 7:00 pm
Auditorium of the Pancypriot Gymnasium, Nicosia
CONCERT with the Berlin Girls Choir
in Pafos
Saturday, 4th November 2017, 7:00 pm
Pafos Music School, Georgiou Griva Digeni 7
Free Entrance
From Early to Contemporary Music:
Gallus, Schumann, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Göttsche and others
plus Traditional German Folksongs and Typical Berlin Chansons
Eleni Irakleous, Piano
Sabine Wüsthoff, Conductor
Sponsored by: Auswärtiges Amt – German Embassy Nicosia, Goethe-Institut – Goethe-Institut Zypern, Freunde der Musikschule Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf e.V. – Verband deutscher Musikschulen, Chorverband Berlin (CVB)
The Berlin Girls Choir was invited by the German Teachers Association.
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