“Young Voices of Engelbrekt” Chamber Choir – Stockholm, Sweden
This is a newly founded choir that has only been around for a year and a half. All girls singers have previously been educated at Sweden’s famous Adolf Fredrik’s Music School where they have also been trained in choral under the direction of Karin Bäckström in Adolf Fredrik’ Girls Choir, known from numerous concerts and competitions. Today, a majority of the girls singers study at high schools with music focus. Most of the boys singers are instrumentalists studying at the Swedish Royal College of Music in Stockholm. In May 2017 the “Young Voices of Engelbrekt” won first prize in a national choir competition in Sweden. The competition in Varna is the choir’s first international appearence.
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Karin Bäckström studied at the Swedish Royal College majoring in Church Music and has worked for the majority of her professional life with a focus on children and youth choruses. Since 2016, she has been employed as organist and choir conductor in Engelbrekt Church in central Stockholm and has been responsible for children and youth choir activities. In a relatively short period of time Karin built up a comprehensive operation with a high level of ambition. One of the new chourses is “Engelbrekt’s Young Voices”. In addition, she leads three other children and youth choruses within Engelbrekt’s Church community. Previously, Karin worked at Adolf Fredrik’s Music School and led Adolf Fredrik’ Girls Choir in 2012 to the first prize in “Il Garda in Coro’s” Competetion for profane music. With the same choir she won the Grand Prix in the International Sole Festival Corale, 2014. Under her baton they took part in the Nobel Price Dinner Divertissement in Stockholm City Hall, 2016. As a freelance conductor, Karin has participated in projects with “The Choir”, a choir chosen by ABBA.