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Concert: Leuven University Choir
Concert: Leuven University Choir

Thu 18 Jul

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St Mary's Cathedral

Concert: Leuven University Choir

The Leuven University Choir performs a selection of choral masterpieces, including movements from the Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil.

Time & Location

18 Jul 2024, 15:30 – 16:30

St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Pl, Edinburgh EH12 5AW, UK

About

Leuven University Choir (Flanders, Belgium)

1969. One evening, somewhere in a room in Leuven (Flanders, Belgium), a handful of students are sitting together, hunched over a score. Someone’s giving up the tone. There is singing…

This is how the Leuven University Choir was born. The choir has been around for 55 years now, but we are by no means experiencing a midlife crisis! LUK grew up in the loving bosom of the university and several generations of students. The choir has grown to this extent, that it has not been able to enter an average room for a long time and the LUK has now become a household name, not only in the Leuven student world, but also far beyond. Eternally young in mind and heart, they still bend over scores, change their tune and sing with dedication. Conductor Kevin Hendrickx faces the challenge of keeping this youthful enthusiasm in…

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