Coro Musicanova is an Italian polyphonic choir from Rome

Rome

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 conducted by maestro Fabrizio Barchi

Fabrizio Barchi

Fabrizio Barchi is an Italian choir conductor.-Profile:Barchi’s career as a choir conductor began in 1979 while still completing his studies at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music of Rome. Since then he has been conducting several choirs both in musical associations and schools...

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Profile

Musicanova was formed in 1999, as a consolidation of the activity by the San Filippo youth choir. The choir intends through its concert activity, to promote the polyphonic and choral singing to the wider public, especially among young people, and to underline the deep human and cultural significance of “singing together”. The intense commitment both in Italy

Italy

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 and abroad has led the choir to winning several prizes in regional, national and international competitions. The choir has collaborated with composers such as Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...

, Leo Brower and Marco Frisina, and with the Italian pop stars Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....

 and Mina

Mina (singer)

Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...

. Other recordings include the two main CD’s “Haec Dies” and “WhiteinBlack”. In 2006 Musicanova was the official chorale of St. Paul's Basilica

St. Paul's Basilica

St. Paul's Basilica is the oldest Roman Catholic congregation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Corktown neighbourhood just east of downtown near the intersection of Queen and Parliament streets at 83 Power Street....

 in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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