International and local ensembles performing all around Taiwan TICF24 press conference features performance by Spain’s Leioa Kantika Korala choir on July 26 2661TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taipei International Choral Festival (TICF) got underway Friday (July 26) opening with the Taiwan debut of the Leioa Kantika Korala choir from Spain This annual event brings together more than a dozen top international and local choral groups along with Taiwanese ensembles are to perform across Taiwan Leioa Kantika Korala showcased its distinctive style by performing choral pieces in the old and unique Basque language Conductor Basilio Astulez said the group is honored to participate in the festival alongside international groups from Indonesia and Norway It will present Basque music and works by other international composers This year's festival welcomes back the Batavia Madrigal Singers (BMS) from Indonesia This marks the group's second appearance in Taiwan after 20 years.  the choir has consistently triumphed in numerous choral competitions The BMS participated in the prestigious European Grand Prix bringing Indonesian choral music to the world is renowned for its performances of traditional Norwegian folk songs Besides achieving outstanding results in many competitions Cantus gained worldwide recognition in 2013 when they sang the song “Vuelie" for the Disney film “Frozen.” The TICF’s first concert on Sunday (July 28) features Taiwanese conductor Yang Su-han (楊書涵) assistant conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will perform Austrian composer Anton Bruckner's classic works "Te Deum," "Ave Maria," and "Os Justi.” and the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra it will bring the festival to a perfect close with Verdi's “Requiem.” Taiwanese choirs shine at Slovak music festival Kaohsiung youth choirs strike 3 gold 1 silver at New Zealand World Choir Games Taiwan dollar hits NT$29 per US dollar triggering currency exchange rush Taipei MRT reminds passengers of drinking water ban Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off east Taiwan Vietjet flight makes unscheduled landing in Taiwan Four Vietnamese residents found dead in northern Taiwan Central Bank steps in as Taiwan dollar posts strong single-day gain Taiwan ranked 2nd most innovative country in world Rising Taiwan dollar over Trump tariffs has pros and cons US tech earnings spark Taiwan stock market rally Taiwan ranks 1st in Asia on World Press Freedom Index and postdoctoral training working in the laboratories of C Volterra on the role of glial cells in neurodegenerative conditions After completing a tenure track research program with a “Ramon y Cajal” post she transitioned to independent research as an associate research professor at the Department of Neuroscience in the School of Medicine at the University of the Basque Country (Leioa She is also a group leader at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience (Leioa Domercq’s laboratory focuses on understanding how oligodendrocytes are damaged in demyelinating diseases and in designing new strategies to improve endogenous brain capacity for myelination/remyelination Her group has made important contributions in the field of multiple sclerosis she began working on myelination during development in autism Her team uses state-of-the-art techniques to analyze myelination and its impact on physiology and pathology including cellular and molecular biology behavior and lipidomics and transcriptomics analysis ACCIONA Energía has strengthened its supply of renewable energies to corporate clients with the renewal of its contract to cover the high-voltage consumption of the multinational company Unilever in Spain for the whole of 2019 The contract with the company that specialises in food and household products envisages the delivery of around 18 gigawatt-hours (GWh) during the year with the aim of covering all the electricity consumption of the company’s work units in Spain These include Unilever’s sauce factory in Leioa (Bizkaia) and the company’s offices in Viladecans (Barcelona) supplies to Unilever are certified 100% renewable by the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) The use of clean energy at the levels indicated will avoid the emission to the atmosphere of around 11,500 tonnes of CO2 from thermal power plants This is the second successive year that ACCIONA will supply renewable electricity to Unilever in Spain Sustainability Director of Unilever España highlighted the effort made by the company in recent years to drive sustainability in its production centres: “In five years the company has managed to reduce CO2 emissions in the Hellmann’s sauce factory in Leioa by 38% the agreement with ACCIONA represents a new push in that direction” the leading retailer of exclusively renewable energy in Spain has more than five hundred companies and institutions from a wide range of sectors in its present or long-standing client portfolio This year the company expects to go beyond 6 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After terminating his contract with Al Masry Palastine international defender Yaser Hamed has joined Qatar Stars League side Al-Rayyan Hamed made his first move outside of Spain when he join Bahrain’s Busaiteen Club; however he left the club and had become a free agent Despite being without a club, Hamed impressed on the international stage in the World Cup qualifiers in which he scored three goals where he played every minute of The Fedayeen’s campaign joining Egyptian Premier League side Al Masry where he played 16 games and scored three goals Hamed decided to unilaterally terminate his contract with the Greens which led the club to take legal action against him the Palestinian defender still managed to attract the interest of Qatari giants Al-Rayyan Hamed become the club’s first summer signing and he will be expected to replace Shoja Khalilzadeh who had left for league rivals Al Ahli on a free recently Registration has been successfully completed Make a new account if you don't have one yet Born on 13 May 1995 in Champigny Sur Marne Puedes ver la versión Española de BeSoccer.com You can see the English version of BeSoccer.com Vous pouvez voir la version French de BeSoccer.com Puoi vedere la versione Italian su BeSoccer.com Você pode ver a versão Brasileira de BeSoccer.com.