Piccolo Coro dell' Antoniano
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The Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano (English: Little Choir of Antoniano) is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 children's choir of Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

 created by Mariele Ventre
Mariele Ventre
Maria Rachele Ventre was an Italian musician and singer, the founder and director of Italian children's choir Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano.-Biography:Mariele Ventre was born and died in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna....

 in 1963 in Antoniano Institute
Institute of Antoniano
Istituto Antoniano was created in Bologna in 1953 by the Franciscans, . The Convent of the Franciscans who govern the establishment is built next to the Church of St. Antonio, hence the name of the Institute....

 to sing together with little kids at the Zecchino d'Oro
Zecchino d'Oro
Zecchino d'Oro is an international children's song festival that has taken place every year since 1959.It was started by Cino Tortorella, and the first two festivals were held in Milan...

 festival, opened only five years earlier. In 1995, after Ventre's death the choir was taken by Sabrina Simoni
Sabrina Simoni
Sabrina Simoni was born in Bologna, Italy in 1969 and has been interested in classical music since her childhood. She graduated from Music Conservatory in Ferrara. She joined the Institute of Antoniano di Bologna around 1991....

 and changed its name to Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell' Antoniano.

In the very beginning there were only a couple of kids in the choir but it changed very fast and the choir became very big (up to about 80 children at some time).

The children sing lots of very different songs: children songs, classical songs, classic of pop songs, movie songs, etc.

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