Fr. Marco Frisina.
Date: 28 October 2016.
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Marco Frisina (born 16 December 1954, Rome) is an Italian Roman Catholic Priest and Composer. He is Director of the Pastoral Worship Centre at the Vatican.[1][2][3]
After the Liceo Classico, Fr. Frisina graduated in Letters at the Sapienza University of Rome and subsequently in composition at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia.
Marco Frisina (born 16 December 1954, Rome) is an Italian Roman Catholic Priest and Composer. He is Director of the Pastoral Worship Centre at the Vatican.[1][2][3]
After the Liceo Classico, Fr. Frisina graduated in Letters at the Sapienza University of Rome and subsequently in composition at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia.
After having joined the Pontifical Major Seminary of Rome in 1978, Fr. Frisina studied Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and got the Licence in Holy Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome.[4]
In 1982, he was Ordained a Priest and was assigned to the Diocese of Rome.
In 1982, he was Ordained a Priest and was assigned to the Diocese of Rome.
New Evangelisation, he was promoted Chairman of the Diocesan Commission of Holy Arts for the Diocese of Rome and, since 2009, Rector of the Church of Santa Cecilia-in-Trastevere.[5]
He is Professor at the Pontifical University of The Holy Cross and at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music.
In 1984, he Founded the Choir of the Diocese of Rome that he directed continuously for over four decades.
Formed of 250 elements,[6] the Choir was involved in various international events and Holy Masses Celebrated by the Pope.
Since 1985, he has been the Director of the Lateran Pontifical Pious Chapel[7] in the Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran, a Choir which is composed of thirty-two Singers and two Organists.[8]
In 1991, Fr. Frisina started a collaboration with a TV series entitled “Le storie della Bibbia”, produced by Lux Vide, in the post of Biblical consultant and musical composer.[9]
Regarding the musical activity, he included the Italian composer Ennio Morricone.[10]
In 1993, he was appointed as Personal Chaplain of the Pope.
Four years later, Pope Saint John Paul II made him an Ordinary Academic of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon, of which Fr. Frisina also became the Spiritual Assistant.[11]
In 2007, he composed the La Divina Commedia Opera Musical (second title L’uomo che cerca l’Amore), the first musical transposition of the work of Dante Alighieri.
It was a Two-Act drama with Libretto of Gianmario Pagano and produced by the Musical International Company.[12]
In 2011, he composed the official Hymn for the Beatification of Pope Saint John Paul II and was the Liturgical focal point for the related celebrations.[13][14]
In September 2014, he organised, in Rome, the first National Congress of Italian Religious Choirs,[15] which, in October 2016, was followed by the Jubilee of Choirs.[16][17]
Since 2015, he has been Artistic Director of the “Concert With The Poor And For The Poor”, held in the Paul VI Hall.
He was in charge of Music of “Dante in Musica”, directed by Andrea Ortis, winner in 2020 of the Persephone Award as best Italian Musical of the year.
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