Mieskuoro Euga was founded in July 2011 by a group of young and enthusiastic musicians from Turku and Tampere who aimed to fill a gap in the Finnish choir scene. The core vision was a dream of a youthful male choir with equal parts talent and ambition that would meld into a unified group without borders between the cities. Helsinki soon became the third city for the periodical rehearsals. Years have seen members join and retire but the core principle of about two dozen young talented singers remains, some connected through shared years in a boys choir, some through musical education.
In our productions we strive to perform a wide range of innovative music, not forgetting the classics, and perform music both accompanied and acapella from the Middle Ages through to modern times. Euga has premiered music from Seppo Pohjola, Jukka Linkola and Anton Valle. Over the years Euga has collaborated with master organists Pétur Sakari and Kalevi Kiviniemi and performed since 2017 with the video game music orchestra Game Music Collective. Euga published its first album, the Christmas music extravaganza Ex Hibernis in December 2015.
"Euga voitti!"
(Euga won)
In May 2013 the choir placed first in the Cornwall International Male Choral Festival category of less than 40 singers. In May 2014 Euga represented Finland in the “Europe Sings!” concert in Wien which was broadcasted live on television. In April 2015 Euga won the international series in the 6th Leevi Madetoja Male choir competition. In January 2016 Euga performed with the German-Nordic Youth Philharmonic in the grand hall of the Berliner Philharmonie.
In summer 2018 Euga emerged victorious once more, bringing home the Grand Prix prize of the Bratislava Choir Festival. In summer 2019 Euga was invited to perform in the Aachen Chorbiennale festival.
In November 2020 Euga placed first in the Erik Fordell Grand Prix choir competition, which was arranged as a recorded performances competition due to the pandemic. In May 2023 Euga won the “Equal voices” category and was awarded the prize for best mandatory piece performance.
