The 30th International Youth Habanera Contest of Torrevieja brings together young choirs from around the world to celebrate the musical tradition of the habanera. An event where youth voices permeate the stage with harmony, passion and culture, keeping alive this emblematic musical expression in an atmosphere of talent and emotion.
The name of many important cities, both in our country and in the rest of the world, is linked to the name of a cultural or artistic activity that is held there and that event and city are inextricably linked. For this reason, it has become commonplace, and therefore customary, that after all these events, the name of the city is linked to the name of the city. years of operation, let’s become important again, and today, we will present the 30th INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CERTAMEN OF HABANERAS, that “small” Contest that in 1995 saw the light as a complement to the International Contest, is now “big” and International reference for youth and children’s choirs both within and outside our borders.
The Youth Contest of Habaneras, enjoys a magnificent choral health and is currently the showcase where new groups become known as well as serves as a “thermometer” for to evaluate the choral quality of the participating groups, having to assume a competition phase that has nothing to do with other non-competitive concerts that the choirs have performed. All the participants, from the moment they are selected, know that they are facing a unique challenge. that will mark them in the future in their choir, all of them want to show from the stage of our Municipal Theater, that have been prepared to have a place in the choral world and where better than in Torrevieja.
PARTICIPATION
For this 2025, the Technical Commission of the Patronato Municipal de Habaneras has decided that three national groups will be selected.
Among the national choirs we will have:
- YOUTH CHOIR OF THE OFFICIAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC “HERMANOS BERZOSA” Cáceres, Extremadura.
- ARSIS” CHOIR OF THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC DIVERTIMENTO, Oviedo, Asturias
- CHOIR “LA VOZ DE LAS EMOCIONES” OF IES ISABEL LA CATÓLICA, Avila Castilla -León
Around 200 singers will meet in our city on March 8, in addition to the singers of the Coro Sinfonía de la Escuela Coral Municipal and the members of the Coro “La Purísima ” directed by Selena Cancino Escobar and Aurelio Martínez López respectively.
JURY
The Patronato Municipal de Habaneras, together with the Technical Commission of the Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonía has appointed as jury for the 30th edition of the CERTAMEN JUVENIL INTERNACIONAL DE HABANERAS three great names of the current choral panorama, in accordance with the qualitative and artistic demands that the Youth Contest has acquired.
For this occasion will be D. Iñaki Lecumberri, José Vicente Campello Fernández y Dña. Rosario Torres Salinas those chosen to designate the winners of this International Youth Competition 2025
HABANERA OBLIGADA:
For this 30th edition of the CERTAMEN JUVENIL INTERNACIONAL DE HABANERAS, the work of obligatory interpretation will be: CON SABOR A SAL – lyrics: María Teresa Pertusa and music by Maestro Ricardo Lafuente Aguado
AWARDS:
The awards of this 30º CERTAMEN JUVENIL INTERNACIONAL DE HABANERAS will be the following:
- First Prize: 3.000 € and trophy
- Second Prize: 2.000 € and trophy
- Third Prize: €1,000 and trophy
