"I was greatly honoured as an Europa Cantat representative to have had the opportunity to take part in the Festival. I’ll never forget the five days I spent there. I was deeply impressed by the creativity and incredible energy of the Cantemus Choir Family. You are a great team! I wish you all the best with organizing your future events."
(Theodora Pavlovich, Europa Cantat Vice President)

"Thank you so much for the invitation to the Festival. Following my brief visit after the BBC prize giving ceremony I spent five days there which filled me with warmth to my heart and soul. I was greatly impressed once again by the choirs’ wonderful singing and deeply moved by the spirit permeating through the Festival and making it a faultless event. I think that the standard and quality of work done at the Kodály school has secured Nyíregyháza and Hungary a leading place in the cultural life of Europe."
(Michael Emery, BBC Radio 3 producer)

"The schedule of the Festival was ticking with the precision of a Swiss watch. No delays or cancellations anywhere, all the promises were kept and all our expectations were met. Nyíregyháza set an exemple the highest standards of event organisation and showed us the summit of European choral singing!"
(Uzi Shais, Israel)

"For me, the estranged Budapest resident it is always very refreshing to visit places where people care for each other, other people are important and guests are looked after. Where the guiding principle is that the „service provider” is for the „consumer” and not the other way round. I experienced a wonderful example of the realization of this (principle) with you, thank you very much for it! I was very impressed by the „no job too small” attitude of the leaders – for example the way young and old, junior and senior, „small and great” all took part int he meanest tasks like carrying chairs. I never bumped into irritable, impatient staff, all of you were always full of smiles, kindness, and ready to help.”
(Kabdebó Sándor, conductor Budapest)

„Hungary is a wonderful country where everybody is kind. Hungarian choirs sing beautifully. I’ll never forget the Festival.”
(Shawnie,
11 year old choir girl from the Netherlands)

 „I have learnt a lot this week. On Friday night our choir sang the Hungarian national anthem in Vállaj. When we started everybody stood up suddenly and joined in with our singing. I can still feel how my legs started trembling then…”
(Yvanca, 13 year old)

"I enjoyed the joint singing very much. On Sunday night the fireworks and the folkdance party after the Galaconcert were fantastic! I wish we had folkdance in Holland instead of DISCO!!!"
(Anna, 9 year old choir girl)