Maria Rachele “Mariele” Ventre (16 July 1939 – 16 December 1995) was an Italian musician and singer, the founder and director of Italian children's

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

Biography

Mariele Ventre was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

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, from Lucanian immigrants. She was nominated and rewarded with many awards for her work with and for children. She died in

. Three weeks before her death, she directed the choir and young soloists at 38th

Zecchino d'Oro Zecchino d'Oro (; meaning "Golden Sequin") is an annual international children's song competition established in 1959 by Niny Comolli. It is broadcast by Rai 1. The first two contests were held in Milan. In 1961, the contest was taken up by th ...

international festival of songs for children. Now, the choir is directed by Sabrina Simoni, formerly Ventre's assistant. Antonella Boriani and Gianmarco Gualandi dedicated a song to her, titled "Mariele chi è?" (''Who is Mariele?'') sung by the Piccolo Coro Mariele Ventre dell'Antoniano on 22 November 2005.Video available a
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Foundation of Mariele Ventre
1939 births 1995 deaths Musicians from Bologna People of Lucanian descent Choirs of children 20th-century Italian women singers Deaths from cancer in Emilia-Romagna Deaths from breast cancer {{Italy-musician-stub