What Endures Across Generations
One stage, one nation
Over thirty thousand performers gather beneath a single arch, raised for voices to carry.
Tradition without museum glass
Each festival premieres new work; half the programme is written by living composers.
Choirs formed in exile
Through the Soviet decades, diaspora communities kept the tradition alive on four continents.
The moment the crowd joins in
When the massed choirs begin the final song, tens of thousands rise from the stands to sing along.