Sanremo: Gonzaga Campus children’s choir wins the Silver Dolphin for Children’s Voices

With their talent, the Gonzaga Children’s Choir moved the audience at the Ariston Theatre in Sanremo and was awarded the prestigious Silver Dolphin for the second consecutive year. This top prize at the Global Education Festival 2026, dedicated to creativity and school culture (April 14–17), is an important national recognition for the Gonzaga Campus in Palermo.
The closing ceremony took place at the Ariston Theatre in Sanremo, as part of the 27th edition of the festival. The World Festival of Creativity in Schools is an international event that enlivened the spring season in Sanremo, attracting over 5,000 attendees.
Each year, the festival welcomes schools, associations and young talents from Italy and around the world, confirming itself as one of the most important international educational and artistic gatherings. The “School Creativity Award,” known as the Silver Dolphin, is awarded to the overall winner among the top-ranked groups in each competition category.
Representing Gonzaga Campus were a group of boys and girls from the Primary School and Lower Secondary School, together with students from the Primary and Middle School of the International School Palermo. Together, they delivered a performance distinguished by talent, discipline and enthusiasm. The choir moved the audience with “Double Trouble,” the iconic piece from the soundtrack of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, performing with energy, choral precision and strong stage presence. The group was led by maestro Antonino Palazzolo, with support from Valentina Coppola, a teacher, and Primary School coordinator Maria Burrafato. Accompanying the young performers in this meaningful experience were the general director, Fr. Vitangelo Denora SJ, and the deputy director, Marilena Poderati, representing an educational community that believes in nurturing talent, fostering holistic personal growth and cultivating beauty every day.
“We dedicate this victory to the boys and girls who managed to perform an extremely difficult piece,” said maestro Antonino Palazzolo, “with lyrics taken from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It is a seemingly nonsensical rhyme that, in fact, alludes, in some way, to the ominous signs of our times. Young people, with their light, give hope for the present and the future.” “The result achieved once again confirms the value of our educational project,” stated Fr. Vitangelo Denora, general director of Gonzaga Campus, “which integrates academic formation, artistic expression and human development, offering young people genuine opportunities for growth, international exchange and the realisation of their talents.”