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Günter Titsch, World Choir Games 2018 - Tshwane, Südafrika

Günter Titsch, World Choir Games 2018 – Tshwane, South Africa

Günter Titsch (Born January 28, 1946 in Heidenpiltsch, Silesia, today Bílčice, Okres Bruntál, Czech Republic) is the initiator of the World Choir Games and founder and president of the Interkultur Association.

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Günter Titsch’s family moved to Hesse in the year, first to the Central Hessian village of Güll, from where to Grüningen, where Titsch spent his youth. After an apprenticeship and further training in Frankfurt, he completed the exam as a tax representative, later went to Stuttgart and Düsseldorf as a system analyst for the computer manufacturer ICL. In the 1970s, he worked as an independent IT consultant and trainer for various European companies.

In the second half of the 1980s, the enthusiastic choir singer Titsch decided to devote himself to the organization of choir competitions and festivals full -time. In 1988 he organized the 1st international choir competition Budapest in Hungary. In 1990 he founded the club Interculture, which he expanded into a global organization of the international choir movement. [first] [2] The World Choir Games he initiated have been taking place every two years on various continents since 2000, stations between 2000 and 2018 were Austria, Korea, Germany, China, the USA, Latvia, Russia and South Africa [3] . 20 years after the World Choir Games was founded, the choral music Olympics take place again in the heart of Europe, in Flanders, Belgium, with Antwerp and Ghent as host cities.

Günter Titsch received various national and international recognition for his activities to promote choral music. In 2012 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. The Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier praised Titsch in this context as the “musical ambassador in our country”. His commitment to the culture and society of the Federal Republic of Germany is the central motive for the award. [4] [5]

In 2009, Titsch from the South Chinese port city of Xiamen received honorary citizenship as recognition of his achievements at the World Choir Games 2006. [6] In 1990, Titsch was honored with the honorary letter from the State of Hesse for his many years of voluntary work in numerous clubs in his homeland. The Hessian Singers’ Association emphasized its commitment to the youth choirs. [7]

As one of around 300 curators of the Deutsche Sporthilfe Foundation in Frankfurt, Titsch is committed to promoting young German sports. [8]

  1. ↑ http://rg-box.com/?p=3142
  2. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/da/fakten/
  3. ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/de/world-choir-games/geschichte/ ( Memento of the Originals from July 29, 2016 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: Webachiv/Iabot/www.intergultur.com
  4. ↑ Archivlink ( Memento of the Originals from July 29, 2016 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: Webachiv/Iabot/www.intergultur.com
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa1urxtis_o
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the Originals from February 26, 2016 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: Webachiv/Iabot/www.giessener-allgemeine.de
  7. ↑ Honors ( Memento from August 2, 2016 in Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ https://www.sport.de/kuratorium.dsh

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