The city of Rimini is preparing to host the numerous choirs that will take part in the Twelfth International Choral Competition 'City of Rimini', the musical event taking place from 20th to 23rd September 2018.
On Thursday 20th September the Sacred Music Competition will take place at the Church of Santa Maria dei Servi, starting at 3.00 p.m. and will continue with concerts at the Novelli Theater, every evening at 9.00 p.m.. In the different evenings all the choral formations will follow one another on the stage, with a great variety of music, vocality, language, culture. The choirs will also sing Mass in the Church of Sant'Agostino, in Rimini, on Saturday 22nd September at 4.30 pm. The jury will be composed by Alexei Petrof (Russia, president of the Jury), Nelson Kwei (Singapore), Fabio Pecci (Italy), Tatyana Zhdanova (Russia) and Aida Swenson (Indonesia).The Festival will end on Sunday 23rd September at 9 pm, with the City of Rimini Grand Prix Competition, which will be attended by the first and second classified in the categories A, B, C, E. Countries of origin of the choirs: Italy, Slovenia, France, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Denmark and Indonesia. The artistic director of the event is Andrea Angelini.