from Olomouc (Czech Republic) this year takes over the organization from the long-time organizer Festa Musicale, z. s. They continue the long tradition of choral festivals in Olomouc (CZK) since 1972, when Karel and Jiří Klimeš founded the Olomouc Festival of Children's Choirs. In 1977 the festival was renamed to Olomouc Song Festival. The main dramaturgical axis of the festival "Festival of Songs
Olomouc" consists of a number of activities. Undoubtedly, the most important would be the international choral competition Mundi Cantant. It is open to amateur choirs in 10 competition categories divided by age, voice cast and dramaturgy (for example: spiritual music, contemporary music, popular music and jazz). Since 1991 he has opened for all categories of singing choirs. 50 years of existence, the festival has attended over 3000 singing choirs, which make up over 100,000 singers from dozens of countries around the world.
