Miangaly Choir receives US award in Madagascar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L'Express de Madagascar
The Miangaly Choir received the Really Spicy Opera Company’s stage award, along with sound recording and video equipment and financial support. The US company has been following the vocal ensemble for more than three years, according to L’Express de Madagascar.
The Miangaly Choir, an independent vocal ensemble led by Antsanirina Rakotoarimino, known as Rahf, received the stage award presented by the US company Really Spicy Opera Company on Sunday 8 November, according to L’Express de Madagascar. The award includes sound recording and video equipment as well as financial support for the choir’s upcoming recordings.
The Really Spicy Opera Company has followed the Miangaly Choir’s work for more than three years and attended several of its concerts. Its director, Basil Considine, travelled to Madagascar in November and December 2025 to attend rehearsals, a public-awareness performance at La City Ivandry and make sound recordings and video recordings, L’Express de Madagascar reports. The company subsequently followed the choir’s 2026 season remotely, entitled « Harmonie inclusive ».
The award is part of a US cultural programme launched on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States, celebrated in early July 2026. Funded with public money, the programme supports artists and companies that promote American culture and history abroad, according to L’Express de Madagascar.
It is the Miangaly Choir’s second international distinction, after an excellence award presented by Appassionata in Belgium. The ensemble brings together three formations: Koely Miangaly for children, Miangaly Choir B for learning collective singing and Miangaly Choir A, its professional formation made up of around 30 female and male singers, the newspaper reports.
