(01) The Competition
Ten choirs, one category
From the applicants we will select ten choirs to compete. There is only one category — mixed adult choir with a minimum of 32 and a maximum of 45 singers. Five choirs reach the final.
Uppsala · 25–28 May 2028 · First edition
Hugo Alfvén International Choir Festival
Four days of choral music in a city known for its many excellent choirs — one festival with two ways to take part.
Two ways to take part
Compete, or simply sing
For every choir
One festival, shared by all
Schedule
Four days, from the opening concert to the Festival High Mass in Uppsala Cathedral.
Venues & Workshops
Concert halls and churches within walking distance, and workshops with leading conductors.
Celebrations
Every choir can hear the semi-finals and final, and joins the prize ceremony, festival concert and choir party.
(03) The namesake
Hugo Alfvén
Hugo Alfvén is Sweden’s most renowned and popular composer, both in Sweden and abroad. With this background, we find it entirely natural to name the festival after him.
Alfvén served as Director Musices at Uppsala University and as Artistic Director of the Royal Academic Orchestra from 1910–39, and he conducted both the male choir Orphei Drängar and the mixed choir Allmänna Sången in Uppsala for several decades.
It is therefore equally natural to hold the festival in Uppsala, a city well known for its many excellent choirs.
Dates
25–28 May 2028
Two parts
Competition & open festival
Competing choirs
10 selected, 5 finalists
Registration deadline
1 September 2027
Add your voice to the first festival.
Deadline for registration: 1 September 2027. Send materials to choralcompetition@alfvensallskapet.se