singing together makes you happy! however, this promise of happiness is not entirely untroubled: you are controlled by others when the conductor has the last word - and dedication to a community often goes hand in hand with giving up individual freedom. this applies to the classical concert choir - but is it so fundamentally different in a solo vocal ensemble specialising in contemporary music?

in the music theatre "Yes! Yes! Yes! The TV show!", the concert choir of the Europa Chor Akademie Görlitz and the vocal ensemble AuditivVokal Dresden compete against each other in the format of a game show, based on the assertion of combining the individual and the collective in their own "singing system" in the best possible way. they will be challenged by Der Jugendchor Heidenau. the choir raises the question of what holds choral singing together at its core - and, together with a panel of prominent experts, observes the two ensembles as they search for answers to the singing games composed by Hans-Joachim Hespos and Eloain Lovis Hübner.

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music: eloain lovis hübner, hans-joachim hespos
texts: ferdinand vicončaij, eloain lovis hübner
dramaturgy: sebastian hanusa
stage director & live camera: johannes schropp
artistic & musical direction: olaf katzer
light design: falk dittrich
production management: nicole meier

Auditiv Vokal Dresden (Olaf Katzer, director)
Europa Chor Akademie (Jan Hoffmann, director)
Der Jugendchor Heidenau (Max Röber, director)

Luise Neuhaus-Wartenberg (expert in politics)
Dr. Maja Dshemuchadse (expert in psychology)
Dr. Friedrich Hausen (expert in philosophy)
Prof. Dr. Dirk Baecker (expert in sociology)
Prof. Martin Maria Krüger (expert in music & society)

Nikolas Stäudte (TV host)