Friendship concert: Choirs from Costa Rica and Buseck combined in Gießen!

Friendship concert: Choirs from Costa Rica and Buseck combined in Gießen!

On June 29, 2025, a unique concert will take place in the Johanneskirche in Gießen, which brings together the musical traditions of two continents. The Chorona e.V. Buseck and the Costa-Rican ensemble Estudio Choralia invite the audience to an evening full of choral music, which starts at 4:00 p.m. while the doors are opened at 3:30 p.m.

The program spans an arch from traditional songs to modern arrangements, embedded in moving sound images, and underlines the connecting power of music over language barriers and cultures. giessener-zeitung.de reports that the friendship between the two choirs 2023 started at a competition in Lissabon, where they together they played the play "Kruhay" performed.

Entry and donations

Entry to this cultural highlight is free of charge, but donations are kindly requested to support the musical work of the choirs. Estudio Choralia will visit Germany tours and Gießen in June this summer, which promotes both local and international exchange.

The musical direction

The Chorona Buseck is under the musical direction of Dr. Thomas Kreiling, a conductor with an extraordinary combination of musical profile, fun and seriousness. chorona-buseck.de describes that Kreilling has been directing the skill of the choir since 2005 and promotes a variety of choral music through its wide-ranging horizon. With his training in composition and conduct, he brings new inspiration from his travels and international appearances back to his choir.

In addition, two co-conductors, Alex Schroth and Lorenz Kohl, support the ensemble. While Schroth has been active since 2016, Kohl has a special connection to the chorona because his mother is a long -time member and he himself studies music in the teacher.

intercultural context

The upcoming concert takes place as part of an intercultural exchange that is promoted by the success of the choirs. Interculture, organizer of the World Choir Games, ensures that choirs are given the opportunity to take part in competitions and celebrate outstanding successes. The current world rankings of the best choirs shows how essential such cultural ties are, but also in the event in Gießen it becomes visible how music combines people regardless of origin.

The choirs stand not only for musical excellence, but also for belief in common humanity, which can be experienced by the universal language of music. The encounters at concerts such as the coming in Gießen are crucial for the intercultural dialogue and the creative communication between different cultures.