The opening reception of the World Peace Choral Festival was held at the city hall of Vienna with speeches by state parliament member Ernst Woller as representative for Vienna mayor Dr. Michael Häupl,
Mr. Gerald Wirth, Artistic Director of the World Peace Choral Festival, will visit Beijing on February 2012 and hold top-class directing workshops.
31st August, 2010, Vienna, Austria: Under the motto "Coming together to sing, singing for a better future" a few days before the beginning of the "International Year of the Youth" (on August 11), the inauguration of the "World Peace Choir" with children of several continents took place in the Great Festival Hall of the University of Vienna.
For choir, for peace. The choirs of different countries of the world came to Vienna in August when the sparkling waves of the Danube are reflecting the sunshine of the distant Alps.
On August 5th, 2010, choirs of China, Austria and other countries, under the guidance of the WPCF's artistic director Gerald Wirth, got together at the Headquarters of the United Nations in Austria
On August 3rd, 2010, the opening ceremony of "2010 Vienna-World Peace Choral Festival" was held in Vienna, Austria. China´s mass media showed great interest in the event.
Since the opening of "2010 Vienna-World Peace Choral Festival", choirs of China have arrived at Vienna one by one.
On August 3rd, the opening ceremony of "2010 Vienna-World Peace Choral Festival" was held in Vienna, Choirs from Beijing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiln and Shanxi gave their performances
Since the opening of the "2010 Vienna-World Peace Choral Festival", youths of different countries expressed their desire for friendship and peace in the world through singing.
In the afternoon of August 3rd, the Opening Concert of "2010 Vienna-World Peace Choral Festival" was held in the ancient Festival Hall of "Vienna University".
Dr. Claudia Schmied, the Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Arts and Culture, gives her welcome address to World Peace Choral Festival.
Dr. Franz Löschnak, Chairman of Organisation for promoting Austrian and Chinese Relations, gives his welcome address to World Peace Choral Festival.