The World Youth Choir (WYC) is an international ensemble of the best young choral singers from all over the world. Established in 1989, it brings together up to 100 remarkable young talents, between the ages of 17 to 26, for a session and tour every year.

The choir is created fresh each year, through a series of competitive national and online auditions, overseen by a professional international jury. Whilst the singers, conductors and locations change annually, the spirit of the WYC always stays intact: and that is one of intercultural understanding, high-level musicianship and international friendship.

Over the course of its 30 years of history, the World Youth Choir had over 1000 participating young singers from 75 different countries, many of whom have gone on to lead extraordinary careers in music. The choir has performed over 300 concerts in 37 different countries and has become a global symbol for peace, unity and harmony; being recognised as a UNESCO Artist for Peace (1996–1998), as well as performing at the Olympic Games (1992, 2008) and Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony (2011). It is a phenomenal educational, artistic and social programme that greatly impacts the lives of young singers as well as the audiences they outreach.

This unique global ensemble is made possible through its founders and patrons: the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat, the International Federation for Choral Music and Jeunesses Musicales International. Together they guide the WYC Foundation that aims to inspire many more generations of singers through the spirit and music of the World Youth Choir.