Festival delle Orchestre Giovanili 2026 | Florence Youth Festival 2026

(Belgium, 70 musicians)

A. P. Borodine, Polovtsian Dance
E. Grieg, Norwegian Dance
A. Dvorak,  “New world” Symphony No. 9

conductor Philippe Gérard

(Denmark 70 musicians)

C. Nielsen, Preludio da Sir Oluf He Rides
C. Nielsen, Dance Of The Cocks
A. Mozart, Sinfonia concertante per violino, viola e orchestra in Mi bemolle maggiore (Allegro maestoso)
A. Dvořák, Sinfonia No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

Allegro con brio
Adagio
Allegretto grazioso – Molto Vivace 
Allegro ma non troppo 

violin Sigrid Ingeborg Dinitzen-Kjærulff - viola Emilie Hjælmhof Kristensen

conductor Christian Schmiedescamp

(Taiwan, 53 musicians)

T. Mashima, A Symphonic Poem “Taiwan”
H. Hirose, Journey to the West
Arr. T. Haga, Amazing Grace
D. Foster / Arr. J. G. Mortimer, The Prayer — Piece dedicated to the PEACE
Arr. M. Taruya, Highlights from “The Sound of Music”
H. Izumi / Arr. S. Miyagawa, Omens of Love
M. Amano, Retro
Arr. N. Iwai, West Side Story
Arr. M. Gouma, When the Saints Go Marching 

conductor Ji-Hua Zou

(Ireland, 140 musicians)

Arr. A.J. Potter,  Finnegans Wake (Irish Traditional)
S. Davey, The Brendan Voyage,  (Irish Traditional)
Arr. L. Anderson, The Irish Suite  (Irish Traditional)

1. The Irish Washerwoman
2. The Minstrel Boy
3. The Rakes of Mallow
4. The Wearing of the Green
5. The Last Rose of Summer 
6. The Girl I Left Behind Me

D.Townsend,Aisling (Irish Traditional) — Piece dedicated to PEACE 
A. Márquez,Danzón No. 2

conductor  Tomás McCarthy

Uilleann Pipes Naoise Marron

“AISLING” (Irish Traditional)  by Declan Townsed – Piece dedicated to PEACE 

(Belgium, 75 musicians)

J.Williams, Olympic Fanfare & theme
J.Williams, Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.Williams, Star Wars Suite
J.Williams, Hymn to the falle — Piece dedicated to PEACE 
J.Williams, Theme from Jaws
J.Williams, Raiders March
J.Williams,  ET adventures on earth

conductor Erik Desimpelaere

(Uk, 56 elements)

CHOIR

A.Scarlatti, Exultate Deo
C.W. Stanford, Beati Quorum Via
J.Rheinberger, Abendlied
W.Byrd, Ave Verum Corpus
C.Wood, Hail Gladdening Light
F.Mendelssohn,  Richte mich, Gott
T.L.Victoria, O Quam Gloriosum

conductor Grayson Jones

ORCHESTRA

G.Rossini— Overture to The Barbara of Seville
G.Verdi— Grand March from Aida
A.Sullivan— Overture to The Pirates of Penzance
E.Elgar— Salut d’amour
E.Elgar— Chanson de Matin and Chanson de Nuit

conductor  Sam Orchard 

CHOIR & ORCHESTRA

W.A.Mozart— Coronation Mass
J.Rutter— Gaelic Blessing

conductor Grayson Jones

(Uk, 64 musicians)

SHOW CHOIR

Pop and show tune medleys

F. Mercury, arr.  M Dixon and B May, Somebody to Love
B. Pasek & J. Paul, arr. J Paul & A Lacamore, You Will be Found (Dear Evan Hansen)
K. Anderson-Lopez & R. Lopez, Fixer Upper (Frozen)

CHAMBER CHOIR

Unaccompanied choir arrangements (secular concert pieces)

P. Stopford, Ave Verum
CV Stanford, The Bluebird
F.Ticheli, Earth Song
B. Ollen, Trilo

conductor, Sarah Clark

CONCERT BAND

B. Manilow arr. R. Saucedo, Copacabana
HL Walters, Instant Concert
E. John arr. M. Sweeney, Circle of Life

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Jazz standards with vocalists

G. Goodwin, Get In Line
F. Perren, A. Mizell, B. Gordy and D. Richards, arr. J. Wasson, I Want You Back
R. Parissi, arr. V. Lopez, Play That Funky Music

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

arr. J. Hoffman, Amadeus! Excerpts from Mozart Symphony No. 25
K. Badelt, arranged T. Ricketts, Pirates of the Caribbean

direttore, Elis Reed

(Italy, 65 musicians)

D. Luciano, Per Te
M.White, D. Foster, A. Willis, In the Stone
E. Kálmán, Grafin Mariza
A. Marquez, Danzon n2
P. Hanseroth, The Story
J. Barnes, Symphonic Overture
M. Vanni, Gotan Tango
J. Miles, Music
M. Vanni, Mounsier Dali
G. Miller, Glen Miller in Concerto
Coldplay,  Coldplay in Symphony
Arr. D. Luciano, Sonora Italia
L. Pusceddu, Napoli ieri ed oggi

sax Marco Vanni - conductor Domenico Luciano

(Hong Kong, 35 musicians)

G. Rossini Sonata 2 in A major
A. Vivaldi Double Violin concerto
Yasushi Akutagawa Triptyque
S. Prokofiev Sonata for two Violins in C major.
A.Vivaldi Four seasons Violin Concerto – Summer

direttore artistico Jue Yao - direttore Samuel Au

(Spain,75 musicians)

W. A. Mozart, The Magic Flute, Overture  
P. Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo  — Piece dedicated to PEACE
F. David, Trombone Concertino  ( soloist Guillermo Gómez )
C. Saint-Saëns, Samson and Delilah’s Bacchanalian Dance 
G. Á. Beigbeder, Campos Andaluces 
V. Kalinnikov, Tsar Boris, Overture  
B. H. Crusell, Clarinet Concerto  (soloist Héctor Usero)
J. Sibelius, Finland 
A. Márquez, Danzón No. 2 

conductor Pedro Gálvez - trumpet Guillermo Gómez - clarinet Héctor Usero

(Macao, 65 musicians)

D. Lam, GUIA The Light House of Macau
D. Cimarosa, Il Matrimonio Segreto
F. Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (soloist Paloma So)
F. Mendelssohn, The Hebrides Fingal’s Cave Overture, Op.26
F. Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, Italian

conductor  Lorenzo Iosco - violinist Paloma So

(Germany, 70 musicians)

G. Donizetti, Ouverture to ‘Don Pasquale’
Y. Gamzou, Fantasy on ‘La Traviata’ for flute and orchestra (soloist Nicholas Brockschmidt)
F. Liszt, ‘Les Preludes’ Symphonic poem for orchestra
P. Tschaikowsky, ‘Swan Lake’ Suite op. 20a

conductor Norbert Koop - flute Nicholas Brockschmidt