Zecchino d'Oro


Zecchino d'Oro is an international children's song festival that has taken place every year since 1959. It is broadcast by Rai 1.
It was started by Cino Tortorella and the first two festivals were held in Milan. In 1961, the festival was taken up by the Antoniano Institute and moved to Bologna. 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.
From 1976, the festival took on an international perspective - each year seven Italian songs and seven foreign songs are sung by children and voted for by a children's jury. The winning song is rewarded with the Zecchino d'Oro award.
As has been regularly stated during the event, the winners of the Zecchino d'Oro and Zecchino d'Argento are the writers and composers of the songs, not the children who interpret them. This rule applies to all editions.
Younger songwriters are Yumiko Ashikawa, Miruna Codruța Oprea, Ioachim Octavian Petre, and Lara Polli.

English songs at Zecchino d'Oro

Australia