The Europa Cantat Festival first began in 1961 in Passau (Germany), and since then, every three years it is hosted by a different European country.
In 2012, it arrives in Italy, in Torino.
This great musical event brings together, for one week, more than 3,000 singers from across Europe and several countries in the world. It wants to offer its participants the opportunity to meet each other, make important educational experiences, sing their repertoire, learn new music, tighten relationships, understand choral and vocal traditions of the hosting country and also of the participating countries, as well as the latest news, innovations, perspectives of the International panorama.

^{Festival Europa Cantat XVII Utrecht 2009. photo: Anna van Kooij}

Previous editions

1961 Passau (Germany)
1964 Nevers (France)
1967 Namur (Belgium)
1970 Graz (Austria)
1973 Autun (France)
1976 Leicestershire (United Kingdom)
1979 Lucerna (Svitzerland)
1982 Namur (Belgium)
1985 Strasbourg (France)
1988 Pécs (Hungary)
1991 Victoria (Spain)
1994 Herning (Danemark)
1997 Linz (Austria)
2000 Nevers (France)
2003 Barcelona (Spain)
2006 Mainz (Germany)
2009 Utrecht (The Netherlands)

^{Festival Europa Cantat XVII Utrecht 2009. photos: Anna van Kooij}