Carmina Moreno Llabata
Spain
Valence
Pequeños Cantores de Valencia, Spain
“Pequeños Cantores de Valencia”, awarded with the Golden Medal of the City of Valencia and the Cultural Distinction of Valencian Government, is a choir consisting of about 90 teenagers between 12 and 18 years old.
It was founded in 1963 by Jesus Ribera Faig and its current conductor is Carmina Moreno Llabata. With fifty years of history, its impact on choirs’s world is remarkable.
In these years they have done more than 700 concerts and 48 tours around Spain and 15 other European countries, as well as making a lot of friendly exchanges with other choirs.
They have not only participated in numerous festivals and competitions but have also achieved important awards. Moreover, they have sung more than twenty symphonic and choral works with professional orchestras and well-known conductors.
Furthermore, they have explored all kinds of musical repertoire and recorded numerous albums. Currently, many antique “pequeños cantores” are part of the best adult choirs in the city and more than twenty of them have founded or directed many other valencian choirs.