Ülikooli 18 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST
PRESENTATION OF THE GAUDEAMUS 2006 FESTIVAL
12.09.2005
The XV Student Song and Dance Festival Gaudeamus 2006 will be presented
by Mr Alo Ritsing, Chief Conductor of the Tartu Academic Male Choir and
Chair of the Artistic Committee of the Festival, speaking about the
approaching song and dance festival.
At the presentation ceremony, Mr Kulno Kungla, Head of the Gaudeamus
working group and Mr Vello Tamm, Chairman of the Board of Autor plc
(City Renault) will sign a cooperation agreement, according to which
the branch office of City Renault Eesti will provide the organisers
with a year’s use of a brand new Renault Dacia passenger car decorated
with the logo of the Gaudeamus 2006 festival.
According to Kulno Kungla, the 2006 Gaudeamus marks an important
anniversary in the history of the event, as it is now 50 years since
the first festival was organised. It is a real pleasure to see a
tradition that started from the University return to Tartu for the 15th
time, he added.
Kungla estimated that around 6000 singers and dancers from Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania and the Nordic countries would participate in the
event. During the three festival days Tartu will see a variety of shows
and performances intended both for the city’s residents and guests and
the total numbers of the audience may well reach 60,000 people.
On 31 January 2005, the Minister for Education and Research appointed
the non-profit corporation Tartu Üliõpilasmaja (Tartu Student House) to
make arrangements for and organise the XV Student Song and Dance
Festival, naming as co-organiser the Estonian Youth Work Centre.
Illari Lään
Head, UT Public Relations and Information Office
Further information: Mr Kulno Kungla, Head of the Gaudeamus 2006 working group tel: 730 2402, 50 49 658