INVERNESS HOSTS LIET INTERNATIONAL 2010
Top European music acts and international media will flock to Inverness this November to engage in one of the most unique song competitions on the European cultural calender.
Foundation Liet International from Friesland, The Netherlands, and its partners from France, Ireland, Italy and Spain have selected Inverness in the Scottish Highlands to host the prestigious Liet International Song Competition 2010. Liet International is a song competition for European minority/lesser used languages. The aim of the competition is to facilitate the creation of interesting, contemporary new songs in minority languages and to offer artistes who sing in minority languages an international stage to perform those songs live. Liet International also acts as a platform to showcase the culture, languages and arts of the region hosting the event. Read More
The Jury award of Liet International 2009
The Jury award of Liet International is won by:
Somby
The Public award is won by:
Dr. Drer en crc Posse
Dr. Drer en crc Posse
Liet International
Liet International is the international song festival for the best new song in a European minority language. Liet International was invented and developed in the year 2002 in Friesland. The idea was, after ten succesfull editions of Frisian songcontest Liet, to try a similar event at the European level for the best new song in a minority language. The idea was and is to give bands who sing in a minority language an international stage to perform. In seven years Liet International has grown to be the anthitetis of the Eurovision song festival, with the big difference that Liet prohibits singing in English. Today Liet International is one of the largest events for promotion of minority languages. Liet International is organized by the Frisian Foundation Liet International in collaboration with its cooperation of partners in Scotland, Scandinavia, Italy and Spain.
The sixth edition of song contest Liet International will be held on Saturday 31 october. After two editions in the Swedish Lapland in 2006 and 2008 the festival once again will be held in city theatre De Harmonie in Leeuwarden.
Contestants 31 october 2009
