2 July 2026 (Thursday), 6.15 pm
Parade from Dezső Baltazár Square to the Reformed Great Church of Debrecen

2 July 2026 (Thursday), 7 pm
Opening Ceremony (Doors open at cca. 6.45 pm )
Reformed Great Church of Debrecen

3 July 2026 (Friday), 10.30 am
Sacred Music Category / 1
St. Anne’s Cathedral of Debrecen

10.30-10.55 am Coralia from the University of Puerto Rico

• Kęstutis Daugirdas: Plaudite, Psallite
• René Clausen: O nata lux
• Gyöngyösi Levente: O Maria, noli flere
• Stacey V. Gibbs: Ezekiel

10.55-11.20 am Cape Town Camerata

• Ily Matthew Maniano: Magnifikat
• Paul Smith: Nunc Dimittis
• Gyöngyösi Levente: O Maria, noli flere
• Michael John Trotta: Dies Irae

11.20-11.45 am Bartók Béla Nőikar

• Karai József: Hodie Christus natus est
• Vajda János: Missa in D – Agnus Dei
• Eva Ugalde: Miserere
• Csemiczky Miklós: Ave Maria
• Kocsár Miklós: Sub tuum praesidium

3 July 2026 (Friday), 2 pm
Sacred Music Category / 2
St. Anne’s Cathedral of Debrecen

2.00-2.25 pm Riverside City College Chamber Singers

• Budi Susanto Yohanes: Surge Illuminare
• Gyöngyösi Levente: O Maria, noli flere
• arr. Zanaida Stewart Robles: His Eye Is on the Sparrow

2.25-2.50 pm Santinig-Bonn

• Gyöngyösi Levente: O Maria, noli flere
• Francis Poulenc: Hodie Christus natus est
• Z. Randall Stroope: Caritas et Amor
• Alwin Michael Schronen: Gloria

2.50-3.15 pm Babite Cultural Education Centre Mixed Choir MASKA

• Uģis Prauliņš: Kyrie eleison (from Missa Rigensis)
• Pärt Uusberg: O magnum mysterium
• Rihards Dubra: Stetit Angelus
• Gyöngyösi Levente: O Maria, noli flere

3 July 2026 (Friday), 7 pm
‘Vivat, crescat, floreat!’ – Gala concert of the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition
Kölcsey Centre, Great Hall

Programme:

• Katalin Szalai: Sotto il cielo (world premiere)
• Péter Zombola: Exultate justi (world premiere)
• Josu Elberdin: Cantate Domino
• Julio Dominguez: Estou amor aqui
• Michael Barrett: Ndikhokele bawo

Lautitia Children’s Choir
Conductors: József Nemes

• Péter Tóth: O salutaris hostia
• Márton Levente Horváth: Deus, Deus meus (world premiere)
• Máté Balogh: Papuan Lunch (world premiere)
• György Orbán: A cselédlány könnye
• György Orbán: O, Mistress Mine
• John Rutter: Birthday Madrigals – V. When daisies pied

Kodály Choir Debrecen
Olga Vojevogyina (piano)
Conductor: Zoltán Kocsis-Holper

– intermission –

• Miklós Csemiczky: Credo (world premiere)

Panka Nagy (soprano), Judit Varga-Szathmáry (alto), János Szerekován (tenor), Lőrinc Kósa (bass)
Kodály Choir Debrecen, Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Zoltán Kocsis-Holper

Tickets: 500 HUF registration tickets are available here.

4 July 2026 (Saturday), 10 am
Children’s & Youth Choirs Category
Kölcsey Centre, Ballroom

10.00-10.20 am The Resonanz Children’s Choir

• Tadeja Vulc: O sapientia
• Mattia Culmone: Laudate pueri Domini
• Bella Máté: Az otthon éjjel
• Gyöngyösi Levente: Deus ultionum

10.20-10.40 am Vántus Fiúkórus

• Francis Poulenc: Quatre petites prières de Saint Francois d’Assise – III. tétel
• Zombola Péter: O salutaris hostia
• Bartók Béla: Bolyongás
• Kovács Szilárd: Da pacem, Domine

10.40-11.00 am Kodály Zoltán Ifjúsági Vegyeskar

• Orbán György: Come away
• Faragó Dániel: Szörnyű fegyver
• Pierre Villette: Notre pere d’Aix
• Guy Lafarge-Pierre Philippe-Pierre Robin: Les boites á musique
• Samo Vovk: Ta na solbici (And so we dance in Resia)

4 July 2026 (Saturday), 1 pm
Free Category / 1
Kölcsey Centre, Ballroom

1.00-1.25 pm Cape Town Camerata

• Soila Sariola: Pakkanen
• Csemiczky Miklós: Da pacem Domine
• Jake Runestad: Let my love be heard
• Arnold van Wyk: I Toeral, Loeral, La

1.25-1.50 pm Alegria Choir

• Ola Gjeilo: Ave Generosa
• Ilhan Baran: Eylül Sonu
• Csemiczky Miklós: Da pacem Domine
• Clark William Lawlor: Dona Nobis Pacem (Foveamus Pacem)

1.50-2.15 pm Babite Cultural Education Centre Mixed Choir MASKA

• Ligeti György: The Alphabet (Nonsense Madrigals III.)
• Seán Doherty: A Nywe Werk
• Csemiczky Miklós: Da pacem Domine
• Rihards Zaļupe: Sauciens Vējā (A Cry in the Wind)  

2.15-2.40 Santinig-Bonn

• Csemiczky Miklós: Da pacem Domine
• Ernani Aguiar: Salmo 150
• Kim André Arnesen: Even When He Is Silent
• Giedrius Svilainis: Laudate Dominum

4 July 2026 (Saturday), 3 pm
Free Category / 2
Kölcsey Centre, Ballroom

3.00-3.25 The Resonanz Children’s Choir

• Tóth Péter: Magnus, maior, maximus
• Karai József: Virágsirató
• Michele Josia: Spiritus Domini
• Fero Aldiansya Stefanus: 137 Hip-Street

3.25-3.50 pm Jazzberry Tunes

• Ondi Yohan Tambunan: Gloria
• Hasan Ucarsu: Yeniden
• Csemiczky Miklós: Da pacem Domine
• Erdal Tuğcular: Kara Üzüm Salkımı

3.50-4.15 pm Coralia from the University of Puerto Rico

• Ily Matthew Maniano: La Patasola
• Ivo Antognini: O Gloriosa Domina
• Csemiczky Miklós: Da pacem Domine
• Ángel „Cucco” Peña: Ecos corales en clave

4.15-4.40 pm Riverside City College Chamber Singers

• Michael Ostrzyga: Iuppiter
• Miklós Csemiczky: Da pacem Domine
• Richard Burchard: When David Heard

5 July 2026 (Sunday), 3 pm
Grand Prize Competition and Award Ceremony
Kölcsey Centre, Great Hall

Tickets: 500 HUF registration tickets are available here.

The Opening Ceremony and the categories of the competition are free of charge. For the other events, registration tickets for HUF 500 can be purchased at the Klassz Pont ticket office, the Kölcsey Centre ticket office, the Tourinform Office and via kodalyfilharmonia.jegy.hu.