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First National Choir Forum in Poland

First National Choir Forum in Poland

The 1st Polish Nationwide Choir Forum PUERI CANTORES took place on September 11-14, 2025, in Międzyzdroje and Kamień Pomorski. This year, the choir meeting adopted a new format (hence the different name, Forum instead of Congress). Fifteen choirs from all over Poland...

Hungarian national congress in Vác

Hungarian national congress in Vác

On September 21, 2025, on the closing day of the Catholic Social Days, the first choir meeting of the Pueri Cantores Hungarian Federation took place in Vác with the active participation of eight choirs. During the festive Holy Mass, the variable chants of the Mass...

American Federation 2026 Festival Schedule

American Federation 2026 Festival Schedule

The American Federation of Pueri Cantores has organized its 2026 Festival Season which will include 18 festivals spread throughout the country - from Southern California to Houston to Boston, and we anticipate involving more than 3,000 young singers from different...

Pre-Festivals at the International Congress in Munich 2025

Pre-Festivals at the International Congress in Munich 2025

In the run up to this year's International Choir Festival of the Pueri Cantores in Munich, a wave of young musicians swept across Germany: as part of a large-scale “pre-festival”, 13 German children's and youth choirs in seven dioceses welcomed international partner...

Election of a new board and General Assembly in Paris

Election of a new board and General Assembly in Paris

An eventful weekend in Paris is now behind us: as part of the meeting of the members of the FIPC, the 75th anniversary of the International Federation of Pueri Cantores was celebrated with a guided tour at Notre Dame Cathedral, a reception and a gala concert. The...

Newsletter July 2025

Newsletter July 2025

You can view the Newsletter of the International Federation here.Image: International Congress "Cantate Domino – Vielstimmig für den Frieden – #comeandsing" in Munich 2025. (© Pueri Cantores/Oliver Sold)

Acknowledgments to Jean Henric

Acknowledgments to Jean Henric

Jean Henric, President of the FIPC from 2017 to 2025 At the General Assembly of the International Federation of Pueri Cantores on August 26, 2017, in Barcelona, Jean Henric, then President of the French Federation of Pueri Cantores, was honorably elected President of...

Livestreams of the international Congress in Munich 2025

Livestreams of the international Congress in Munich 2025

Under the motto “Cantate Domino – Vielstimmig für den Frieden – #comeandsing,” around 4,500 singers from 166 choirs of 16 countries gathered in Munich from July 16 to 20, 2025, to sing, meet, and stand up for peace. Several events of the festival were streamed and can...

Impressions from the international Congress in Munich 2025

Impressions from the international Congress in Munich 2025

After four days of intense encounters and deeply moving musical experiences, the 45th Pueri Cantores International Choir Festival in Munich came to an end with a festive Closing Service with Cardinal Reinhard Marx on Marienplatz. Under the motto “CANTATE DOMINO –...

Pre-Festivals of the international Congress in Munich are starting soon

Pre-Festivals of the international Congress in Munich are starting soon

6 questions about the pre-festivals to Eberhard Metternich Eberhard Metternich is responsible for the pre-festivals at the international festival in Munich 2025, international choir meetings throughout Germany before the actual main festival in Munich. He brought this...