International Year of Sound 2020-2021

Student Competition

An international competition for young students from all over the world

Winning Entries

The excellent standard and creativity of the entries made the final selection very challenging for the jury.

Category I — Drawings (Primary Schools)

1st Place
Turkey (Istanbul) Neslÿ Ergün – School: Çekmeköy Final Middle School


2nd Place
Chile (Melipilla) – Laura Isabel Paredes Catalan – School: Colegio Melipilla


3rd Place
Hong Kong (Tung Chung) –– Cheung Han Ching – School: Ching Chung Hau Po Woom




Category II — Stanzas (Middle and Secondary Schools)

1st Place (tie)
Italy (Florence) – class 3°E – School: IC “Puccini”

THE SOUND OF THE WORLD

Wherever, wonderful sound

Storm and rain, waves and falls

the sound of the world

Singing! Sound of the world are so swinging!

Singing! Making the bells of love ringing!

We are the sound, we are the sound of our world! (2 volte)

Remember, all magic sounds,

you had heard and loved these

the sounds of the world.

Oh listen! My heart beating

you can find in your mind

the sound of the world.

Singing! Sound of the world are so swinging!

Singing! Making the bells of love ringing!

We are the sound, we are the sound of our world! (2 volte)


1st Place (tie)
Spain (Besalù) – Roger Cortés, Laia Cuesta, and Coral Coll – School: Institut Escola Salvador Vilarrasa

Each small voice can, change the world

each small voice, is the sound, the sound of the world

Each animal, person,

have different mind, they are the sound, the sound of the world


Each sound is unique, take care of them

because not disappear, the sound of the world

Each music are different

and has many, types to sing, the sound of the world


3rd Place
Spain (Valladolid) – Leader Alba Sánchez Domínguez – Class 3rd D/E.S.O. – School: I.E.S. La Merced

Together, raising our voices

Loud and clear, hear them with, the sound of the world

Words of love, are shields to our sorrows

Healing sounds sing them with, the sound of the world!

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