Marco Frisina (born 16 December 1954, in Rome) is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and composer. He is director of the Pastoral Worship Center at the Vatican.

Biography

After the '' Liceo classico'', 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, Frisina studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and got the license in Holy Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome. In 1982 he was ordained a priest and was assigned to the Diocese of Rome. A member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, he was promoted as the chairman of the Diocesan Commission of Holy Arts for the Diocese of Rome and since 2009

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of the church of

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. 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 by 250 elements, the choir got involded in various international events and Holy Masses celebrated by the Pope. Since 1985 he has been the director of the Lateran Pontifical Pious Chapel in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, a choir which is composed by 32 chantors and 2 organists. In 1991 Frisina started a collaboration with TV series titled ''Le storie della Bibbia'' produced by Lux Vide, in quality of Biblical consultant and musical composer. For what concerns the musical acitivbity, he involved the Italian composer

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. In 1993 he was appointed as the personal

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of the Pope. Four years later, John Paul II made him a virtuous ordinary academic of the

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, of which Frisina also became the spiritual assistant. In 2007 he composed the ''

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and produced by the Musical International Company. In 2011 he composed the official hymn for the beatification of John Paul II and was the liturgical focal point of the related celebrations. In September 2014 he organized in Rome the first national congress of the Italian religious choirs, which in October 2016 was followed by the Jubilee of Choirs. Since 2015, he has been artistic director of the Concert with the Poor and for the Poor held in Paul VI Hall. He was in charge of the music and direction of the show "Dante in Musica", directed by Andrea Ortis, winner in 2020 of the Persephone Award as best Italian musical of the year.

Works, editions and recordings

* Frisina: Passio Caeciliae. Barbara Vignudelli (soprano), David Sebasti (narrator). Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Coro Musicanova, Flavio Emilio Scogna. Brilliant Classics

Filmography

*'' Abraham'' - TV film (1994) *''

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'' - TV miniseries (1995) *'' Joseph'' - TV film (1995) *''

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'' - TV film (1996) *'' Samson and Delilah'' - TV film (1997) *''Fatima'', directed by Fabrizio Costa (1998) *''Tristano e Isotta'', directed by Fabrizio Costa (1998) *''Michele Strogoff'', directed by Fabrizio Costa (1999) *''Christus'', directed by Giulio Cesare Antamoro (1999) *''Giuseppe di Nazareth'', directed by Raffaele Mertes - TV miniseries (1999) *', directed by Raffaele Mertes (2000) *''Un dono semplice'', directed by M. Zaccaro (2000) *''Giuda'', directed by Raffaele Mertes (2000) *''Tommaso'', directed by Raffaele Mertes (2001) *''Sant'Antonio da Padova'', directed by Umberto Marino (2001) *'' Papa Giovanni'', directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (2002) *''Il Bambino di Betlemme'', directed by Umberto Marino (2002) *''

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'', directed by Raffaele Mertes - TV miniseries (2002) *'' Don Bosco'', directed by Lodovico Gasparini - TV miniseries (2004) *''Rita da Cascia'', directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (2004) *'' Edda'', directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (2005) *''San Pietro'', directed by

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Recordings

*1984 ''Maria'' (sacred oratorio for solo, double choir, and orchestra) *1986 ''Benedici il Signore'' *1987 ''Non temere'' *1988 ''Signore è il Suo nome'' *1989 ''Tu sarai profeta'' *1989 ''Revelación del alma'' (sacred oratorio for three soloists and orchestra) *1989 ''Il cantico della misericordia'' (sacred oratorio for narrator, baritone, mezzo-soprano, choir, and orchestra) *1991 ''Chi ci separerà dall'amore di Cristo?'' *1991 ''Giovanni, il profeta'' (sacred oratorio for solo, narrator, double choir, and orchestra) *1992 ''San Francesco. Il tesoro e la sposa'' (sacred oratorio) *1993 ''San Massimiliano Kolbe. Chiamati a dare la vita'' (sacred oratorio) *1995 ''Tu sei bellezza'' *1995 ''Elia. La parola del fuoco'' (sacred oratorio) *1995 ''San Filippo Neri. Paradiso, paradiso...'' (sacred oratorio) *1996 ''Santa Caterina. Le nozze mistiche'' (sacred oratorio) *1997 ''Cristo nostra salvezza'' *1997 ''Rublev. Signore di ogni bellezza'' (sacred oratorio) *1998 ''Laudate Dominum'' *1998 ''Non di solo pane'' *1998 ''Natale a Roma'' (with P. Moloney) *1999 ''San Pietro. Pescatore di uomini'' (sacred oratorio) *1999 ''Un Natale di fine millennio'' *2000 ''Pane di vita nuova'' *2000 ''Jesus is my life'' *2001 ''Joy to the world'' *2001 ''Bruno Marchesini. Maestro, dove abiti?'' (sacred oratorio) *2002 ''Papa Giovanni XXIII. Con la fiducia nel cuore'' (sacred oratorio) *2003 ''Vergine madre'' *2003 ''Alba romana. Un omaggio a Roma'' *2003 ''Confido in Te'' (sacred oratorio on St. Faustina Kowalska) *2004 ''Cristo è nostra Pasqua'' *2004 ''Trittico romano'' (sacred oratorio) *2005 ''Stillate cieli dall'alto'' *2005 ''Verso la gioia'' *2005 ''Emmaus. Mane nobiscum domine'' (sacred oratorio) *2005 ''Santa Margherita da Cortona. La terza luce'' (sacred oratorio) *2005 ''Jesus Christ you are my life'' (special disc for the Pope's visit to Germany) *2006 ''Charitatis Hostia – Vittima d'Amore'' (sacred oratorio on St. Pius of Pietrelcina and St. Francis of Assisi) *2006 ''Una luce nella notte'' *2007 ''O Luce Radiosa'' *2007 ''The best of Marco Frisina'' *2008 ''Apostolo delle genti'' (sacred oratorio on St. Paul the Apostle) *2008 ''Beato Angelico. Al Signore della bellezza'' (sacred oratorio) *2009 ''Il Cantico dei Cantici'' (sacred oratorio) *2009 ''O Croce nostra speranza'' *2011 ''Aprite le porte a Cristo'' (hymn to St. John Paul II) *2011 ''Sacerdote per sempre'' *2012 ''Et incarnatus est'' *2013 ''Passio Caeciliae'' (sacred oratorio in 9 scenes for soprano, narrator, and orchestra) *2013 ''Tu sei il Cristo'' *2014 ''Resurrexit ''(Latin texts for Easter and Solemnites) *2015 ''Dio ha tanto amato il mondo'' *2016 ''Benedici Il Signore / Tu Sarai Profeta'' *2017 ''Non temere / Signore è il suo nome''

References

External links

Marco Frisina official website
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