Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra

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The Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra was founded in 2002 in Rome , Italy by Hans-Albert Courtial and has the purpose of promoting sacred art and music and contributing to their preservation. This is done, for example, by organizing the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra , a festival that is organized every year in the papal basilicas of Rome and the Vatican and whose orchestra in residence is the Vienna Philharmonic .

Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra

The festival has been held annually in Rome since 2002, and in 2008 even in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI.

Bruckner cycle

In 2018 the Fondazione started the Bruckner project on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birthday of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896). In the course of this project, the Vienna Philharmonic will play all nine completed Bruckner symphonies in important basilicas and cathedrals in Europe by 2024.

The 1st Bruckner Symphony was held in St. Florian (Austria) in 2018 , followed by Berlin and Rome in 2019.

Restoration work

Over the years the Fondazione has contributed to many important restorations in the Vatican but also in the basilicas of Rome, among the most important are:

  • Restoration of the western outer wall of St. Peter's Basilica
  • Partial restoration of the Cappella Sistina (Cappella di Sisto V) in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome
  • Production of a mosaic panel with the representation of Our Lady Salus Populi Romani for the sanctuary of St. John Paul II in Krakow (Poland)
  • Production of the mosaic panel with the portrait of Pope Francis for the row of Popes in the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome
  • Restoration of the drum of St. Peter's dome as well as the Cappella Gregoriana and the Cappella Clementina
  • Restoration of the German Chapel in Loreto

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ : People need to be touched: Interview with Hans-Albert Courtial. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Christoph Eschenbach staged Bruckner's "Edelbeserl" with great skill. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ralph Dommermuth: Rome: Do you have to be Catholic for that? In: The time . December 18, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 15, 2019]).
  4. ^ Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Evelyn Finger: St. Peter's Basilica: The Maker . In: The time . December 18, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 15, 2019]).
  6. ^ Cappella Tedesca Loreto, «Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .