FESTIVAL THEME 2026: IN PRAISE OF FOLLY

B1 | Something Wicked This Way Comes
lecturer: David Ashley (United Kingdom)

Come and join us for a musical adventure about untold stories set in a magical world over the rainbow. No need for ruby slippers as we’ll meet witches and wizards along our journey exploring incredible adventures and the true power of friendship.

mixed choir | language: English 

💒 HALL: Palazzo del Turismo viale Verdi 66

CORI DELL'ATELIER
♪ Coro del liceo C. Rinaldini - Ancona | conductor Marco Guarnieri
♪ Coro giovanile Euphonios -  Prato | conductor Elia Orlando
♪ Coro del liceo scientifico G. Ferraris - Varese | conductor Raffaele Cifani
♪ Coro dei licei Varano-Antinori - Camerino (Mc) | conductor Vincenzo Pierluca
♪ Coro del liceo classico E. Cairoli - Varese | conductor Raffaele Cifani

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier: black trousers/jeans, a plain T-shirt in a bright shade of green or pink (with no writing or logos), dark shoes (if possible).

B2 | Il matto e il suo arcano
lecturer: Maria Ciavarella (Italy)

The Fool in the tarot cards is a traveller with a stick and a bundle, ready to set off on his journey in search of the thread that links madness to genius, overcoming conventions. In his suitcase he carries enthusiasm, wonder and the courage to open himself up to music that is decidedly over the top... of the stave!

mixed choir | language: Italian

💒 HALL: Grand Hotel Tamerici & Principe viale IV novembre 2/b

CHOIRS OF THE ATELIER
♪ Coro TerzaMA del liceo classico musicale Petrarca - Arezzo | conductor Claudia Vigini
♪ Coro D'Azeglio del liceo classico M. D'Azeglio - Torino | conductor Marta Dziubinska
♪ Coro Mamiani del liceo statale T. Mamiani - Roma | conductor Matilde Biciocchi
♪ Soleri Bertoni Choir dell’istituto d’istruzione superiore liceo Soleri-Bertoni - Saluzzo (Cn) | direttore Enrico Miolano 

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier: ALL BLACK (black trousers + black T-shirt); accessories: a colourful fan for the girls (preferably plain, without any writing or patterns).

B3 | Trifollia
lecturer: Raffaele Cifani (Italy)

What if each of the three pillars that support a song – lyrics, music and artist – were to embark on a dreamlike and surreal journey in the name of Vocal Pop, culminating in a SuperFoolishMedleyMashup of the most famous songs of recent years?

mixed choir | language: Italian

💒 HALL: Terme Regina Domenico Giusti Square

CHOIRS OF THE ATELIER
♪ Coro liceo Da Vinci dell'i.i.s. L. Da Vinci - Alba (Cn) | conductor Sergio Daniele
♪ Coro Mi. Be. del liceo artistico, musicale e coreutico Misticoni-Bellisario - Pescara | conductor Cristina Di Zio
♪ Coro Morgagni del liceo scientifico statale Morgagni - Rome | conductor Andrea Carlotta

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier:  light blue jeans + plain BLUE T-shirt

B4 | The Bonds We Make
lecturer: Marleen De Boo (Belgium)

Singing together is a kind of exercise in “collective folly”: buoyed by the energy of the choir, we dare to show ourselves, listen to others and discover that community is built on the beauty of imperfection.

mixed choir | language: English

💒 HALL: Terme Tettuccio Salone Portoghesi Domenico Giusti Square

CHOIRS OF THE ATELIER
♪ Coro del liceo ginnasio statale G.B. Bodoni - Saluzzo (Cn) | conductor Flavio Flaire
♪ Gimnazija Kranj Girls' and Boys' Choir - Kranji (Slovenia) | conductor Erik Šmid e Ana Bec
♪ Coro del Liceo classico e linguistico F. Petrarca - Trieste | conductor Francesco Calandra 

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier: black trousers/jeans + a plain T-shirt in a pastel shade. It is preferable for the colours of the tops within each choir to vary (in other words, NOT a single colour for the whole group).

B5 | Son più matti in questo mondo
lecturer: Jacopo Facchini (Italy)

Amidst "frottolas", kyrie eleison and the sounds of bombards and trombones, the Renaissance tells us — with irony and rhythm — of the eternal contrasts of humanity: war and peace, sacred and profane, reason and madness. Because, after all, there are more madmen in this world than leaves on green meadows.

mixed choir | language: Italian

💒 HALL: Oratory of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore Piazza del Popolo (on the right-hand side when facing the church facade)

CHOIRS OF THE ATELIER
♪ Coro del Liceo Marco Polo - Venezia | conductor Maria Chiara Ardolino
♪ Coro del liceo musicale Carlo Sigonio - Modena | conductor Marco Bernabei
♪ Coro del liceo musicale Ego Banchi dell'i.i.s. Bianchi-Virginio - Cuneo | conductor Flavio Becchis

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier: colours: WHITE, BEIGE and BROWN. The children can choose jeans, trousers, skirts, dresses, jumpers or shirts in any of these three colours.

B6 | Il Carnevale di Venezia
lecturer: Giorgio Susana (Italy)

Venice is a poem of stone floating on water. Since the days of the Serenissima, behind the masks and sumptuous costumes of its staging, human beings have celebrated their wonderful madness every year for centuries, losing themselves between reality and dreams, between desire and imagination.

mixed choir | language: Italian

💒 HALL: Hotel Tuscany Inn via Cividale 86/E

CHOIRS OF THE ATELIER
♪ Giovani Cantori del Lolek Vocal Ensemble - Sassari | conductor Barbara Agnello
♪ Coro polifonico del liceo L. Della Valle - Cosenza | conductor Saverio Tinto
♪ Coro Unisono del liceo scientifico V. Volterra - Ciampino (Rm) | conductor Fabio De Angelis

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier: VENETIAN CARNIVAL. BLACK trousers + BLACK T-shirt; accessories: everyone must wear a colourful Venetian mask that covers the eyes. Optional: Venetian-style headwear or wigs. Please avoid modern accessories or those that do not fit in with the Venetian aesthetic.

B7 | Curious Harmonies
lecturer: Başak Doğan (Turkey)

Jazz is a mood, it is groove that channels the music flow, it is heady movement and open minded curiosity that leads individual voices to create collective energy and vibrant harmonies full of character, freedom and joy.

female voices choir | language: english

💒 HALL: Grand Hotel Croce di Malta viale IV Novembre 18

CHOIRS OF THE ATELIER
♪ Coro Hebel del liceo classico S.M. Legnani - Saronno (Va) | conductor Raffaele Cifani
♪ Soleri Bertoni Choir dell’istituto d’istruzione superiore liceo Soleri-Bertoni - Saluzzo (Cn) | conductor Enrico Miolano
♪ Coro Avogadro del liceo scientifico statale A. Avogadro - Rome | conductor Elena Meucci 

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier: STREET PARTY LOOK. Black jeans, T-shirt and top, eye-catching accessories, necklaces, trainers. Something casual, energetic and a bit playful, whilst maintaining a visual coherence

B8 | Mai dire don't
lecturer: Luigi Leo (Italy)

A musical journey into that vital energy that is freedom. Freedom to play, to rebel, to love without measure, to weather the storm and emerge shining bright. Freedom that faces the madness of the world with the courage not to fade away.

female voices choir | language: italian

💒 HALL: Centro Congressi Hotel Vittoria via Guido Baccelli 2A

CHOIRS OF THE ATELIER
♪ Coro Carducci dell'i.i.s. G. Carducci - Rome | conductor Valentina Gagliardi
♪ Coro Albertelli del liceo classico P. Albertelli - Rome | conductor Elena Meucci
♪ Coro del liceo classico E. Cairoli - Varese | conductor Raffaele Cifani

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier: Jeans + a plain coloured T-shirt (without any writing), in the colours of the peace flag, with different colours for each voice part. Sopranos: red, orange; mezzo-sopranos: yellow, green; contraltos: indigo, violet.

B9 | Loving you, what madness!
lecturer: Dario Piumatti (Italy)

There are those who sing to the moon and are not heard. Those who declare themselves ready to do anything to stay close. And then euphoria, panic, rebellion and melancholy in the same heartbeat, because loving is always an extreme act.

mixed choir | language: italian

💒 HALL: Centro Congressi Hotel Vittoria via Guido Baccelli 2A

CHOIRS OF THE ATELIER
♪ Il Coro che non c’è - Rome | conductor Ludovico Versino
♪ Coro MusicaLiceo del liceo scientifico G. Dal Piaz - Feltre (Bl) | conductor Sheila Rech
♪ Coro Avogadro del liceo scientifico statale A. Avogadro - Rome | conductor Elena Meucci
♪ Coro Albertelli del liceo classico P. Albertelli - Rome | conductor Elena Meucci
♪ Coro Keplero del liceo scientifico G. Keplero - Rome | conductor Valentina Gagliardi
♪ Coro Carducci dell'i.i.s. G. Carducci - Rome | conductor Valentina Gagliardi 

🌸 DRESS code of the atelier: DARK BLUE jeans, a WHITE jumper or shirt (no logos) + a colourful accessory (headbands, necklaces, scarves, hats, braces, bow ties, bandanas, handkerchiefs) in shades of RED, BURGUNDY, ORANGE or OCHRE YELLOW

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