Deutsche Welle Chor

The International Deutsche Welle Choir  

The international Deutsche Welle Choir was founded in 1993 by employees of Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle. Today it has more than 40 active members from around 20 nations, with singers from outside of DW also joining in.

The choir’s program is as colorful as the national dress in which the singers perform and includes folk and art songs from all over the world. All songs are sung in the original languages. They convey the joy of different singing traditions and the unifying message of music.

DW’s International Choir regularly performs for charity in the Cologne-Bonn area. It also provides musical accompaniment for events with an international focus and fosters cultural exchange in joint concerts with other choirs. The choir has carried its message of international understanding out into the world on concert tours to Israel, Poland, the USA, Spain, Greece and the Netherlands.

Maja Braun (conductor)  

Maja Braun may be a journalist by profession, but she’s also been an enthusiastic and versatile musician since childhood.  She started out at the Africa desk at Deutsche Welle, before taking on managerial tasks in program development.

While studying at university, she founded the first African student choir in the eastern German city of Leipzig. She took over as the conductor of the international Deutsche Welle Choir in 2008, continuing her passion for exploring beautiful tunes from musical traditions around the globe.

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