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unusual facts about Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano


Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano

In 1995, after Ventre's death the choir was taken by Sabrina Simoni and changed its name to Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell' Antoniano.


Giovanni Antoniano

Antoniano published (Cologne, 1537), the work of Gregory of Nyssa on the creation of man and the Hexameron of Basil of Caesarea, both in the Latin translation of Dionysius Exiguus.

Sabrina Simoni

When Mariele Ventre, the conductor of the better known Antoniano children's choir Piccolo Coro dell' Antoniano had to have an urgent operation exactly during the preparations of the 1992 children's songfestival Zecchino d´Oro, she asked Sabrina Simoni and her friend Antonella Tosti (ex-Piccolo Coro singer) to take charge of the children's choir and the preparations for the festival.

Zecchino d'Oro

In 1963, Mariele Ventre, a conductor and director of young performers, created the Piccolo Coro dell' Antoniano Children's Choir (called Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell' Antoniano after her death in 1995, and directed by Sabrina Simoni).


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