A choir appreciated and awarded!

• 5-6 may 2018 – Cattolica, Queen of the Adriatic sea
  First Prize in the category “Joung choirs”
  Gran Prix prize
• 28 march – 7 april 2018 – Praga, Holiday of spring contest
  First prize  “ accademic music”,
  First  prize  “historical music”
  First prize  “contemporary music”
  First prize  “folkloristic music ”
  Gran Prix prize
• 24-27 September 2015 – 9th Rimini International Competition.
  awards in all categories in which Calicantus participated:
  1st prize in the category Equal voices
  2nd prize in the Popular Music category
  2nd prize in the category Choirs of Children and Juveniles
  Director Mario Fontana was awarded the Best Director Award at the Rimini International Choral Competition!

• 3 May 2015 Kultur Casino Bern: Lamprecht-Steiger Chorpreis 2015
  The 2015 prize was awarded to Coro Calicantus and its director Mario Fontana in recognition of the exemplary artistic and educational work carried out over the last twenty years in which he has been able to achieve a wonderful synthesis between tradition and innovation.The prize is also intended as an encouragement to continue to offer Ticino youths the opportunity to acquire and present choral music of different styles and high levels.

• 2013 1st prize at the 3rd Fribourg choral competition
  Prix du jury concours de Fribourg 2013

• 2010 4 first prizes were won at the prestigious Montreux International Competition:
  1st prize with congratulations from the Jury
  prize for the required work in equal voices
  prize for the best choice of repertoire and its interpretation
  prize from the audience

• 2008 invited to represent Switzerland at the eighth “World Symposium on Choral Music” in Copenhagen, where they were called “The biggest joy in Copenhagen”!
• 2007 1st prize in the Swiss Solothurn Competition
  1st prize for best choir (score 59/60)
  Lamprecht Steiger Foundation special prize
  Special prize SCV (Swiss Union of Choirs)

• 2006 Calicantus received the Pro Ticino Award for having distinguished itself in safeguarding and enhancing the cultural and artistic heritage of the Canton of Ticino.
• 2005 1st prize in the Swiss Glarus Competition
• 2005 2nd prize at the Cuoricino d’ oro international gold competition in Luino, Italy.
• 2001 Calicantus represented Switzerland in Canada at the “World of Children’s Choirs” Festival.