The Corearte International Festival Returns to Montserrat

Wednesday, October 14, 2026. – This Wednesday, at half past twelve in the afternoon, the Basilica of Santa Maria de Montserrat was the setting for a concert framed within the twentieth edition of the Corearte International Festival Barcelona.

The event brought together eight choirs from five countries, performing a varied repertoire of choral pieces dedicated to the Virgin Mary, conceived as a tribute to the long and rich tradition of musical offerings to the Moreneta. The performances offered the audience an experience connecting past and present, highlighting the importance of choral music as a universal language of faith and communion.
 


The participating choirs, in order of performance, were the Coral Emigranti from Argentina, the Da Capo: Ensamble vocal de varones from Mexico, the Coral Femenina Canto da Terra from Brazil, the Coro Alberto Carbonell from Colombia, the Escolania Nuestra Señora del Rosario also from Colombia, the Choir of the Salesian Polytechnic University from Ecuador, the Coral del Casal Català de Córdoba from Argentina, and the Coral del Sur also from Argentina.

The Corearte International Festival Barcelona celebrates its 20th edition this year as a benchmark non-competitive choral gathering in Catalonia, bringing together ensembles from around the world annually to share a passion for music through concerts, workshops, and cultural activities where singers have the opportunity to delve deeper into choral repertoire under the baton of internationally renowned conductors.