The Europäisches Jugendchor Festival (European Festival of Youth Choirs) is a festival for youth choirs mainly from Europe. It will be held next time in 2007 in Basel. Earlier times: 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004.

It's a very successful event with highest level and choirs from all parts of Europe. The first guests came from South Africa, and in 2004, there has come the Youth Choir Santa Cecilia from Riversul (São Paulo state, Brazil). No contest is included. The host choir is the Basel Boys Choir, whose conductor Beat Raaflaub is an artistic counselor of the festival's presidency.

External links

• official website EJCF (http://www.ejcf.ch/2004/index_e.php)
• The 5th EJCF in May 2004 (German) (http://www.newsaktuell.ch/d/story.htx?nr=100471050)