The festival offers ateliers for singers lasting 3,4,5 or 6 days of rehearsals and ending with a public concert. It is possible to combine two 3-days ateliers or to stay on after your atelier (if it is 3,4 or 5-days long), attending some of the discovery ateliers, lectures/presentations and other programmes.

Or, you can just enjoy tourism after your atelier concert. Group and choir members can apply for and be divided into different atelier.

Singers (individually, with a family or a group of friends, or in a choir) can explore the versatile repertoire, different genres and vocal techniques in one of the many ateliers led by world-renowned conductors.

You must choose three DIFFERENT ateliers in the registration form. Our artistic commission will assign you one of them. We will do our best to meet your wish and assign you the atelier of your first choice, but in some cases that will not be possible, so we will assign you one of your other choices.

Applications with the same atelier selected as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd choice will be invalid, requiring re-application.
Only, if opting for the children's B1 or for A4 Atelier, you can select all three choices the same.

To attend two consecutive Ateliers (3+3 days), choose them as your first and second choices, and some other for the third. Specify in the Note section that you want to participate in two Ateliers.

To participate in a D atelier, please contact us on e-mail: festival@cxa.rs.

A - for everybody

B – for singers with choral experience

C – for good sight readers and singers who come prepared

D – for national and regional youth choirs, upon invitation and audition

Special atelier: Study tour for conductors

Study Tour is a part of Conductors' Programme and only possible way to see Atelier rehearsals. Every day from 22 to 27 July the Study Tour, led by Jan Schumacher (DE) visits Ateliers all over Novi Sad to hear varied music and learn from different conductors.

Conductors’ programme offers a full curriculum for the whole length of the festival: morning warm-ups, the Study Tour, conducting technique sessions, presentations, reading sessions, lectures and round-table discussions.

By booking a “package deal” you can participate for 3, 4, 5 or 6 days (with your musical programme starting on 22.07. at 9.30 a.m. or on 25.07. at 9.30 a.m.)

The length of your stay chosen at registration must correspond to the number of days for your longest atelier of choice. In case your assigned atelier will be shorter, you can change your length of stay until 15.04.2024.

• The festival begins on Sunday 21.07. with check-in and welcome event.
• Full participation is 6 days, from 22.07. to 27.07., with arrival on Sunday 21.07. and departure on Sunday morning 28.07.
• Shorter package deals of 3, 4 or 5 days can only be booked with activity starting on 22.07. or 25.07. and in case you need accommodation, arrival is on 21.07. or 24.07. The departure date can vary, your earliest possible departure is after your final performance or – if you book accommodation – the morning after.
• You can stay longer than the duration of your atelier and participate during your ‘empty’ days in discovery ateliers and other programmes.
• The festival will offer limited accommodation in students’ campus and hostels, or you can book a hotel for your group. Accommodation booked through the festival is offered as packages.
• Festival food (lunch and dinner) is offered as packages.

If you just want to get the taste of the festival, you can also come for one or few days, attending discovery ateliers (from 25-27, July), Open Singing, festival concerts and other programmes. One-day tickets can be purchased in advance (from June 2024) or directly in the morning of your participation. Participants buying one-day-tickets must arrange their own accommodation and meals.

Festival accommodation is offered for participants with arrival on 21.07. (with a stay of 4, 5, 6 or 7 nights) or 24.07. (for the 3-day atelier in the second half of the Festival, with a stay of 4 nights).

The festival offers the following accommodation options:
student apartment, breakfast included; 2-bed room with (renovated) bathroom.
hostels, breakfast included; 6 to 8 bed rooms with bathroom for each room.

A certain number of single rooms will be available for extra costs. Accommodation must be ordered at registration.

Alternatively, you can organise your own accommodation. If you prefer to stay in a hotel or apartment, you will be able to make your personal selection from a list of trusted partners to be published on our website and book the accommodation yourself.

The cost depends on your country of residence. To find out which country group you belong to, check Country Groups menu or contact us!

Breakfast will be provided at your accommodation. You can order festival lunch and dinner in packages of 3, 4, 5 or 6 days. Lunch and dinner will be served in catering tents and halls in different spots of the city. Meals must be ordered at registration and changes will not be possible after 31.05.2024. Alternatively, you can organise your own meals.

The cost depends on your country of residence. To find out which country group you belong to, check Country Groups menu or contact us!

After registering online, you will receive an email with payment details.
Please note that payment is requested in two instalments, with second one after your atelier assignment.

REGISTRATION deadline is 15th March.

Your registration is valid only after the payment of the first instalment is completed (50% of the total amount). Deadline for registration and first instalment is March 15.

In case your first instalment is not completed by March 15, your registration will be deleted.

The balance of the remaining 50% must be paid by 31.05.2024. In case your second instalment is not compleeted by May 31st, your registration will be cancelled.

Details about the payment method(s) will be included in registration form and sent to you by confirmation email after you complete the registration.

If you register after March, 15th, we cannot guarantee the participation in the ateliers selected. Furthermore, we might not be able to provide you with an accommodation possibility for the duration of the festival.

If you cancel your registration or in case of late payment and cancelled registration, we cannot refund your previous payments irrespective of the reasons for cancellation.

We suggest you take out insurance to cover risks.