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Zecchino D'Oro
Zecchino d'Oro (; meaning "Golden Sequin") is an annual Italian competition dedicated to children's music established in 1959 by Niny Comolli. It is broadcast by Rai 1 and is open to singers aged 4 to 10. The first two contests were held in Milan. In 1961, the contest was taken up by the Antoniano Institute and moved to Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M .... In 2009, Cino Tortorella left Zecchino d'Oro. In 1963, Mariele Ventre, a conductor and director of young performers, created the Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano Children's Choir (called Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell'Antoniano after her death in 1995, and directed by Sabrina Simoni). From 1976, the contest took on an international perspective - each year seven songs performed by Italian contesta ...
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Cino Tortorella
Felice "Cino" Tortorella (27 June 1927 – 23 March 2017), was an Italian television presenter, author and director, best known for creating and conducting the Zecchino d'Oro festival of children's songs. His daughter Chiara, is a tv and radio anchorwoman too Zecchino d'Oro and Topo Gigio Cino (hypocorism of ''Felice'') Tortorella was born in Ventimiglia, Italy. Tortorella began his career in 1956 with a comedy entitled ''Zurlì, Mago Lipperlì'' ("Zurlì, the almost Magician") and Mago ''Zurlì, il mago del giovedì'' ("Zurlì, the Thursday magician"). Three years later, he inaugurated the Zecchino d'Oro (The Golden Coin) festival, in which he played the role of Mago Zurlì until 1972. He also created several other shows on RAI TV and private Italian networks such as Antenna 3 Lombardia, where in the late '70s and early '80s he was the most important TV director. During his shows, Tortorella often conversed with the puppet Topo Gigio, an anthropomorfic mouse created by Maria ...
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Mariele Ventre
Maria Rachele "Mariele" Ventre (16 July 1939 – 16 December 1995) was an Italian musician and singer, the founder and director of Italian children's choir Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano. Biography Mariele Ventre was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, from Lucanian immigrants. She was nominated and rewarded with many awards for her work with and for children. She died in Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M .... Three weeks before her death, she directed the choir and young soloists at 38th Zecchino d'Oro international festival of songs for children. Now, the choir is directed by Sabrina Simoni, formerly Ventre's assistant. Antonella Boriani and Gianmarco Gualandi dedicated a song to her, titled "Mariele chi è?" (''Who is Mariele?'') sung by the Piccolo Coro Ma ...
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Children's Arts Organizations
A child () is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, in this case as a person younger than the local age of majority (there are exceptions such as, for example, the consume and purchase of alcoholic beverage even after said age of majority), regardless of their physical, mental and sexual development as biological adults. Children generally have fewer rights and responsibilities than adults. They are generally classed as unable to make serious decisions. ''Child'' may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of natu ...
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Music Festivals In Italy
Italian music festivals Below is a list of music festivals in Italy : Festivals * 10 Pianos Street is a charitable festival held in different cities each year. * Agglutination Metal Festival in Sant'Arcangelo Founded in 1995, it is the oldest Metal Music Festival in Italy. *Arena di Verona Opera during the summer months in the Roman amphitheater in Verona. * Arezzo Wave in Arezzo Pop and Rock music founded in 1987. * Dissonanze focused on electronic music, ran from 2000 to 2010. * Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of the two Worlds) in Spoleto Held since 1957, it has a program of symphonic music, opera, dance and jazz. *Festival della canzone italiana or the San Remo Festival is a popular song contest held in Sanremo since 1951 * Festival di Napoli was a Neapolitan song contest which ran from (1952–1971, 1981, 1998–2004) * Festival Verdi, mainly in Parma, is dedicated to the music of Verdi. * Folkest in Spilimbergo *Gods of Metal in Milan * Heineken Jammin Festival in Venic ...
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List Of Songs Recorded By Zecchino D'Oro
The Zecchino d'Oro International Festival of Children's Song has been held every year since 1959, first as a national (Italian) event, and after 1976 as an international one. The 1964 songs were recorded for an LP titled ''The Little Dancing Chicken'', (an English translation of "Il Pulcino Ballerino", the award-winning song that year). The LP was released in the United States. The festival was presented by Cino Tortorella until the 32nd edition when duties began to be shared with Maria Teresa Ruta and others until Tortorella's final participation in the 51st event. Zecchino d'Oro winner are marked in gold. 1959 (1 ZdO) - 1970 (12 ZdO) 1 Zecchino d'Oro (1959) #Beniamino () #Capelli turchini () #Girotondo dei fumetti () #Girotondo rataplan () #I colombini () #La bella topolina () # Lettera a Pinocchio () #Lettera di natale () #Magia () # () 2 Zecchino d'Oro (1960) #A, E, I, O, U, Cha-Cha-Cha () #Al castel di Barbablù () #Caro Gesù Bambino () # () #Girotondo dei nonni () #I ...
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Sabrina Simoni
Sabrina Simoni (born 16 October 1969) has been interested in classical music since her childhood. Biography She graduated from Music Conservatory in Ferrara. She joined the Institute of Antoniano di Bologna around 1991. At first she was working with the teenager/studentchoir Le Verdi Note. When Mariele Ventre, the conductor of the better known Antoniano children's choir Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano had to have an urgent operation exactly during the preparations of the 1992 children's songfestival Zecchino d'Oro, she asked Sabrina Simoni and her friend Antonella Tosti (ex-Piccolo Coro singer) to take charge of the children's choir and the preparations for the festival. Afterwards, Mariele Ventre has been teaching and preparing Sabrina Simoni to one day take over the direction of the Piccolo Coro. After Mariele Ventre's death in 1995, Sabrina became the new conductor of the Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano. Her job as conductor and music teacher to very young children has led Sabrin ...
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Piccolo Coro Dell'Antoniano
The Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell'Antoniano, until 1995 simply Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano (), is an Italian children's choir from Bologna. History The choir was created by Mariele Ventre Maria Rachele "Mariele" Ventre (16 July 1939 – 16 December 1995) was an Italian musician and singer, the founder and director of Italian children's choir Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano. Biography Mariele Ventre was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romag ... in 1963 at the Antoniano Institute for children to sing together at the Zecchino d'Oro festival, started only five years earlier. In the very beginning there were few kids in the choir but it changed very fast and the choir became much larger (up to about 80 children at some time). In 1995, after Ventre's death the choir was taken by Sabrina Simoni and changed its name to ''Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell' Antoniano'' in the founder's honor. Since 22 November 2003 the children of the choir have been Italian Good Will Ambassadors. In ...
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Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its Metropolitan City of Bologna, metropolitan province is home to more than 1 million people. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest university in continuous operation,Top Universities
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Music Festival
A music festival is a festival, community event with music, performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock music, rock, blues, folk music, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or holiday. Music festivals are generally organized by individuals or organizations within networks of music production, typically music scenes, the music industries, or institutions of music education. Music festivals are commonly held outdoors, with tents or roofed temporary stages for the performers. Often music festivals host other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, dance, crafts, performance art, and social or cultural activities. Many festivals are annual, or repeat at some other interval, while some are held only once. Some festivals are organized as for-profit concerts and others are benefits for a specific charitable cause. At music festivals associated with charitable causes, there may ...
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Antoniano Institute
Istituto Antoniano was created in Bologna in 1953 by the Franciscans, (the ''Lesser Friars''). The Convent of the Franciscans who govern the establishment is built next to the Church of St. Antonio, hence the name of the Institute. The Institute was established as a community services initiative with the goal of helping the less fortunate, a life rule of the Franciscans. In 1953 poverty was quite widely spread throughout Italy and the Antoniano set up a soup kitchen that still exists today. Over the years however the Antoniano has expanded and widened its range of initiatives particularly so as to service the needs of children, and since 1961 the Institute has been the prime organiser of the Zecchino d'Oro Zecchino d'Oro (; meaning "Golden Sequin") is an annual Italian competition dedicated to children's music established in 1959 by Niny Comolli. It is broadcast by Rai 1 and is open to singers aged 4 to 10. The first two contests were held i ... festival of song for ...
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