11 JUL 2011 – Llangollen, WALES — The Adventist University of the Philippines (AUP) Ambassador Chorale Art Society ranked 1st place at this year’s Choir Chamber Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod competition and also bagged this year’s Pavarotti Trophy.

The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is an annual music festival which takes place in Llangollen, North Wales where singers and dancers from around the world take part in over 20 high quality competitions. The event is normally followed by series of concerts where competitors share the same stage with professional artists, singers, dancers and instrumentalists from around 50 countries performing to audiences of more than 50,000 over the 6 days event.

The AUP Ambassador Chorale Society conducted by Ramon Lijuaco Jr. also won this year’s Choir of the World(COTW) award also known now as the Pavarotti Trophy named after the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who started his career as a singer at the same Llangollen International Musical Eistedfodd stage in 1955.   Pavarotti was then a choirboy in an All-Male Choir in Modena, Italy.  His choir emerged as the All-Male Choir Champion in the same competition in 1955. The Pavarotti name was added to the COTW title in 2005.

This is the second consecutive year a group from the Philippines gathered the same prestige.  Last year, the University of Santo Thomas (UST) Singers ranked 1st in the same chamber choir category and also received the Pavarotti Trophy.

Watch the AUP Ambassador’s performance below:

AUP Ambassadors at the 2011 Llagollen International Musical Eisteddfod (Mixed Choir Category)

AUP Ambassadors at the 2011 Llagollen International Musical Eisteddfod (Chamber Choir Category)