V Edition – Concert with the Poor at the Vatican – With Hans Zimmer & Tina Guo

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION

The “Concert with the Poor and for the Poor” was created in 2015 from an idea by Riccardo Rossi and Gualtiero Ventura, with the Artistic Direction of composer and Conductor Monsignor Marco Frisina. Since its first edition, it has received the Blessing of Pope Francis. The Concert with the Poor is organized by Nova Opera to offer an experience of art and culture to the most disadvantaged people.

Since the first edition, the venue for the concert has been the evocative Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican, which can accommodate around 8,000 people, including more than 3,000 seats reserved for the less fortunate: homeless people, migrants, detainees with special permits, and those living in mental and social distress, they are invited through the Dicastery for the Service of Charity – Office of the Papal Almoner and numerous volunteer organizations that support them daily. They are given the privilege of being the “special guests” of the event. At the end of the event, a packed dinner and other comfort items are also distributed to the 3,000 special guests.

From the very beginning, the great event has seen the participation of prestigious names in the field of international music. The editions have featured renowned conductors such as Daniel Oren, Speranza Scappucci, Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani accompanied by the constant presence of Monsignor Marco Frisina. Under their direction, prestigious symphony orchestras and choirs have taken turns, such as the Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Salerno Philharmonic Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, the Rome Sinfonietta Orchestra, the Italian Cinema Orchestra, the Choir of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, the Choir of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and the Choir of the Diocese of Rome

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