Country representing: Democratic Republic of Congo
Number of performers in the whole group: 25
Group website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063528772861
Participation: Non-Competitive
Biography:
Chœur La Grace of Kinshasa is a group composed in majority of choir leaders and conductors.
Official choir of Congolese Academia of Choral Music directed by Ambroise Kua-Nzambi. Created in 1985, this legendary choir has influenced several choirs and has contributed enormously to the awakening of the choral movement in DRC by valuing Congolese traditional and contemporary songs.
With its 282 performances around the world and his participation to 40 International Festivals of choral music such as the World Symposium of choral music in 2005 (Kyoto, Japan) as official representative of Africa, the group gained international notoriety.
La Grace has performed in 113 cities in Europe, Africa and Asia. The choir sings in 28 African languages and is recognized by many choral music experts as one of the choirs that can give a good overview of African choral music.
First prize at the Festival Elanga (2010) of the Congolese Federation of choral music, 1st prize of the Gospel Day choral competition, one of the biggest in DRC, in the category Gospel folk (2014), winner of two African trophies at Lomé (2013).
Chœur La Grace has several times represented the DRC and Africa in prestigious international festivals.
The group is conducted by Ambroise Kua-Nzambi Toko, renowned composer, arranger and first Conductor of the African Youth Choir that he led to the 10th world symposium of choral music in august 2014 (Seoul). He is recipient of several awards, trophies and diploma.
