Born in Cocentaina 1st "Vila de Cocentaina" Party Music Interpretation Competition, which will be held at the El Teular Cultural Center next 1 May 2019.
The Contest that will be held biannually, It seeks to highlight the great heritage of festive music that the town has, which has one of the most important musical archives in the Valencian Community..
Josep Robert Sellés i Camps, composer and artistic director of the Fira de Tots Sants Choral Competition, is the author of the obligatory work that he has composed expressly for this first edition. The work titled “Millenium” is a Christian march based on the Hymn of the IV Centenary of the Patronage of San Hipólito Mártir, whose music created the same composer.
The three bands selected to compete are El Cercle Musical Primitiva d’Albaida “El Gamell”, the Musical Union of Bocairent and the Musical Association l'Avanç de El Campello.
From the Fira de Tots Sants Choral Contest we want to congratulate the Cocentaina Festival Board for this initiative that has the involvement of the Cocentaina City Council through the areas of Culture and Fira, and the same SEU Universitaria de Cocentaina of the University of Alicante.