The 4^th “Antonio Guanti” International Choir Competition received the prestigious Medal of the President of the Italian Republic for the 2014 Edition.

The reward will be officially given during the Competition, by the Prefect of Matera, dr. Luigi Pizzi.

The fourth edition of the “Antonio Guanti” International Choir Competition will take place on Sunday 16^th November with the following programme:

• 10.00: B Category – Adult Voices Choirs
• 16.00: A Category: Children and Youth Voices Choir
• 18.00: Award ceremony and Winners Concert

The Competition and the Winners Concert will take place in the Sala Consiliare “Pier Paolo Pasolini”, Via Sallustio (c/o Centro Commerciale Il Circo) – Matera.

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The Selected Choirs for the 2014 Competition are:

A CATEGORY – Children and Youth Choirs

• Gruppo Vocale “La Corolla” – Ascoli Piceno

  Direttore M° Mario Giorgi

• Coro di Voci Bianche Juvenes Cantores – Corato (Ba)

  Direttore M° Luigi Leo

B CATEGORY – Adult Voices Choirs

• Ensemble InCantus – Civitavecchia (Rm)

  Direttore M° Stefano Silvi

• Coro Giovanile Juvenes Cantores – Corato (Ba)

  Direttore M° Luigi Leo

• Vox Poetica Ensemble – Fermo

  Direttore M° Mario Ciferri

• Partenope Ensemble – Gragnano (Na)

  Direttore M° Giuseppe De Rosa

• Coro “Vox Phoenicis” – Loreto (An)

  Direttore M° Carlo Paniccià

• Bi-Bi Singers – Bielsko-Biala (Poland)

  Direttore M° Dominika Jurczuk-Gondek

• Coro Polifonico San Paolo – Reggio Calabria

  Direttore M° Carmen Cantarella

• Associazione Coro Polifonico Casella – Salerno

  Direttore M° Caterina Squillace

We are glad to inform you about the registration opening of the 4th “Antonio Guanti” Choir Competition, starting from Sunday May 25th, 2014.

The deadline for submissions will be Thursday July 31st, 2014, at 12:00pm.

The registration form is available at the following page: https://www.antonioguanti.org/en/registration-form/.

We inform you that there have been some changes at the clauses 8 and 9 of the Rules.