Hans-Albert Courtial

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Hans-Albert Courtial (born May 17, 1946 in Dietkirchen ) is a German entrepreneur and cultural manager who has dedicated himself to the preservation of sacred art and music. He organizes pilgrimages to Rome and is the founder and president of the Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra .

biography

Courtial lost his father at the age of four, and so his mother, a teacher at a village school, raised him and his siblings alone. Courtial was an altar boy and member of the Catholic youth of the diocese , where he became parish youth leader at the age of 16.

In 1965, at the age of 19, he organized a friendship meeting between young Germans and British in Limburg with more than a thousand participants, the first event of its kind in the Federal Republic of Germany . On the occasion of the reception of the British ambassador in Bonn, he met the apostolic nuncio , Archbishop Corrado Bafile , who encouraged him to promote similar events with young Italians .

As a result of this exchange, the idea of ​​organizing more than meetings between young people began. The project was supposed to bring pilgrims to Rome and thus contribute to contacts between peoples and to deepening the faith. In 1969 the company "Courtial Reisen" was founded in Elz near Limburg, which in the first year already counted 2500 bookings on behalf of parishes, church choirs, youth groups, music associations and many others. In the course of time, choirs , church associations, schools and cultural groups came. In 1979 the first office was opened in Rome, in the immediate vicinity of St. Peter's Square : Courtial International . With the establishment of Peter's Way Courtial International Ltd. in New York , he expanded to the American continent in 1986. In addition, there are trips to all Mediterranean countries and especially to the Holy Land , including cruises.

Starting from his work for the liturgy in the Vatican basilica through the establishment of the Pietro Altabella Fund , he took on the task of contacting choirs from all over the world who would like to sing in the solemn mass in St. Peter . Since 1970 he has also regularly organized concerts with important choirs and orchestras as part of the baroque Jesuit church of Sant 'Ignazio in Rome.

In 1996 he decided to found the International Association of Friends of Church Music , today Associazione Internazionale Amici della Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra , a non-profit association for the promotion and organization of church music concerts, which were becoming increasingly important both in Italy and abroad. In 2002 he founded the “ Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra ”, which organizes the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra every year with the participation of the Vienna Philharmonic and other ensembles in order to collect money for the restoration of treasures of sacred art.

Awards

  • Federal Cross of Merit
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2008)
  • Commander with the Star of the Order of Gregory
  • Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (2006)
  • Ambassador of Rome to the world
  • Ambassador of the Vienna Philharmonic
  • Honorary doctorate from the Pontifical Lateran University (Dr. Honoris Causa)
  • Honorary doctorate from the Università degli Studi Urbino

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Evelyn Finger: St. Peter's Basilica: The Maker . In: The time . December 18, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 14, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b c Inga Griese: On the holy tour . March 14, 2001 ( welt.de [accessed January 14, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Scarica - Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Hong-hu Ada: una voce per il papa. | LF Magazine. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b L Arte salva L Arte FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DI MUSICA E ARTE SACRA ROMA E VATICANO - PDF. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Courtial, Hans-Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Dietkirchen