The 40 young singers, aged between 18 and 28, come from different Italian cities and diverse musical backgrounds, and are periodically renewed, bringing energy, vitality and passion. 

 Over the years, internationally renowned conductors have taken turns leading the Italian Youth Choir, including Filippo Maria Bressan (2003–2004, 2006), Nicola Conci (2005), Stojan Kuret (2007–2008), Lorenzo Donati with Dario Tabbia (2011–2014), Gary Graden with Roberta Paraninfo (2015–2016), Luigi Marzola with Carlo Pavese (2017–2019), Petra Grassi with Davide Benetti (2020–2022) and Marco Berrini (2023–2024). 

 The establishment of this ensemble has aligned Italian choral music with other European contexts where national youth choirs were already active. The choir has participated four times in the Europa Cantat Festival, one of the most important European choral events: in 2006 in Mainz (Germany), in 2012 in Turin, in 2015 in Pécs (Hungary) and in 2018 in Tallinn (Estonia). Its participation is already scheduled for Liepaja (Latvia) in 2027, the year in which the host city will also be European Capital of Culture. In these contexts, the choir had the opportunity to work, together with other national youth choirs, with conductors such as Frieder Bernius, Simon Gaudenz, Georg Grün, Filippo Maria Bressan, and to perform in prestigious venues in front of an audience of professionals. 

 In 2014 the choir won three first prizes respectively in the compulsory programme, free programme and Renaissance categories, as well as a special prize, at the prestigious Florilège Vocal de Tours (France). In 2016 it took part in the 22nd edition of the Festival Les Choralies in Vaison-la-Romaine (France), working with Philippe Forget and performing in the evocative Roman Theatre before more than 5,000 spectators, while in 2019 it performed in Austria and Slovenia. 

 The choir has given more than 150 concerts throughout Italy, from North to South: Aosta, Arezzo, Assisi, Bergamo, Bologna, Brescia, Cuneo, Ferrara, Fermo, Florence, Genoa, L’Aquila, Messina, Milan, Naples, Parma, Perugia, Pesaro, Pescara, Pordenone, Potenza, Prato, Reggio Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Rome, Salerno, Siena, Taranto, Turin, Trento, Trieste, Udine, Venice, Vicenza, Verona, to name but a few. 

 Particularly noteworthy is its participation in eight editions of the MiTo Settembre Musica Festival, in the Sagra Musicale Umbra and at the Royal Palace of Caserta in 2017, in the season of the Pietà dei Turchini Foundation in Naples, in the CantaBO Festival in Bologna and in Rezia Cantat in 2018, as well as a world premiere for Matera 2019 European Capital of Culture. In 2021 it gave a concert for Parma Italian Capital of Culture, while in 2022 it performed for the 900th anniversary of Piacenza Cathedral, for the inauguration of the 70th Guido d’Arezzo International Polyphonic Competition, at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome and in Orvieto Cathedral for the Festival della Piana del Cavaliere, and in Procida Italian Capital of Culture. Among its commitments in 2023 are the concert at the Upper Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi for the Biennale Polifonica and performances for Bergamo-Brescia Italian Capital of Culture. In 2024, with a concert in San Vito al Tagliamento, it opened the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Feniarco’s foundation, while in March it performed three renditions of J.S. Bach’s Johannes Passion, in a project of the Almo Collegio Borromeo in Pavia together with the Italian Youth Orchestra. In June 2024 it was the protagonist of a series of concerts in Sardinia, and in November it gave a concert for Pesaro Italian Capital of Culture 2024. In 2025, among other commitments, a recording of Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir and a tour in Istanbul and Ankara (Turkey) are scheduled. 

 As further proof of its international standing, the national youth choir was expressly requested by The Rolling Stones to perform with them at their concert at the Circus Maximus in Rome in June 2014, before 60,000 spectators. In 2015 it was invited to inaugurate the music and cultural programme of the Italian Pavilion at Expo Milano. Among the special projects are the Open Singing events organised in Piazza Duomo in Milan and Piazza San Carlo in Turin (2016–2017), in which the choir performed before more than 13,000 people gathered to sing together. 

Since 2023 the Italian Youth Choir has been the official choir chosen by President Mattarella for performances at the Quirinale Gardens on the occasion of the Italian Republic Day on 2 June (in some cases joined by regional youth choirs, always within a Feniarco project). T

he Italian Youth Choir is able to face demanding challenges thanks to the extreme flexibility of its young members, the attention and meticulousness of its conductors, and the proactive spirit that comes from the desire to sing together, growing as a group, and maturing both musically and personally. 

 Since June 2024 the choir has been conducted by Filippo Maria Bressan.