Conductor Elena Vorobeva

The Saint-Petersburg "Boys Choir Iskra" was founded in 1994. The repertoire includes both Russian and European classics, contemporary pieces, Russian sacred music and folk songs.
"Boys Choir Iskra" has performed in Great Britain, Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia.
"Boys Choir Iskra" became the Prize-winner: 1st place of 45th International Choral Competition “C.A.Seghizzi-2006” (Italy); “Très bien Choir” of International Choral Festival “Montreux-2005 and 2009” (Switzerland); 1st place of 61st Llangollen International Eisteddfod-2007 (Great Britain); 1st place of International Youth Music Festival “Bratislava-2010 and 2014” (Slovakia); 2nd place of 1st Florence International Choir Festival-2012 (Italy); Grand Prix of International Music Competition “We for the Peace-2016” (Moscow, Russia); 1st place of 10th International Choral Festival “Kammertoon-2016” (Tallinn, Estonia); 2nd place of International Youth Music Festival “Bratislava– 2018” (Slovakia).
Elena Vorobeva is Artistic Director & Conductor of Saint-Petersburg "Boys Choir Iskra" Aleksandr Filatov is pianist-accompanist of choir. He is a graduate of St.-Petersburg Music Conservatory by speciality "Piano".

Elena Vorobeva
Elena Vorobeva is a graduate of St.-Petersburg Music Conservatory by speciality " Choir Conducting". She is Artistic Director & Conductor of Saint-Petersburg "Boys Choir Iskra".

Letizia Del Basso was born in Florence in 2001. She has been taking guitar lessons since she was 9 and she has been guitarist of her school orchestra for many years, making several performances. She has been also taking singing lessons from 2016 and started to sing covers and to create her own music. Inspired by pop, rock and country music, she composed music and words of her first songs in the last years. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 she took part to rock marathons and public concerts organized by her music school. In 2018 she attended the Tour Music Camp founded and lead by the famous composer Mogol. She was selected and took part to the 2017 iPOP! summer edition in Los Angeles and was finalist at 2019 Umbria Voice Festival. In 2018 she was awarded with the first prize as songwriter in Lucrezia Balatri singing contest and in Florence Fun and Music Festival. Official Website: https://letiziadelbasso.wixsite.com/letiziadelbasso

Conductor Stefano Rapicavoli

The history of the Over Band dates back to 2013, when at the Atheneum Musicale Fiorentino a group of friends decided to study and make ensemble music under the guidance of Maestro Stefano Rapicavoli. Over the years the band's formation has undergone some changes, but the protagonist is always the desire of learning, playing and having fun. Recently the Over Band also performed at the Hard Rock Café in Florence.

Stefano Rapicavoli
Self-taught drummer, he studied percussion at Fiesole School of Music. His career as drummer starts in 1985 in many lyrical, symphonic and chamber orchestras. The interest for improvisation makes him collaborate, since the early Eighties, with different National and International musicians of the jazz framework. In 1998, he founded the band Hovercraft Ensemble, with which he made the CDs “Zig Zag” ( Silence, 2000 ) and Est Pop. Omaggio a Bela Bartok in 2003. Since 2002 he is the Director of the big bans Sunrise Jazz Orchestra. Since 2013 collaborates with the Electronic Music Centre Tempo Reale of Florence. In 2015 he formed the sextet MUX, with which he recorded the CD “Viale Redi Blues”, made for the record label Dodicilune Records.

Conductor Nicola Angiolucci

The choir was born in 2003 from an idea of the prof. Manuela Bazzoli and since the begin it was conduct by Nicola Angiolucci. In the first time it was only a college choir for teachers and students, but in the last ten years it’s open at a large number of people, like ex students, friends, boyfriends and girlfriends and now wives and husbands of the old student. In more than 15 years the choir takes part at many reviews, event and win two national competition. In 2015 is selected to represent the Tuscany in the “Pianeta Galileo” project. The Senzatòn sang in a lot of very prestigious places like Mandela forum, Obihall, Verdi theatre, Puccini teahtre and many others.

Nicola Angiolucci
Nicola Angiolucci was born in November 1970 in Florence. He studied piano since he was 8 and graduated in 1997 at the Lugi Cherubini conservatory in Florence. He’s also graduated in music teaching and music technologies at the same institute and obtain the first level composition degree at the Siena music college. He’s graduated in sound engeeniring at the R.A.I. school of Florence. He studied Jazz music with Massimo Buffetti, Mike Nock, Leonardo Volo and Michele Papadia, and Choir conducting with Fiorella Cappelli, Maria Ida Tosto and Nicola Conci. Since 1991 he alternate the activities of piano teacher, musician in a large number of bands, choir conductors and sound enginneer. He’s actually the keyboardist of Killer Queen, italian queen tribute, and the conductor of Senzatòn and ensamble Divin choir.