Laudario di Cortona, Manuscript 91, Biblioteca del Comune e dell'Accademia Etrusca di Cortona (Arezzo, Italy)
2016-10-15
From Parchment into the Christian Heart
By Franco Radicchia, choral director and teacher
Franco Radicchia
Franco Radicchia has been awarded diplomas in Trumpet, Choral Direction and Instrumentation for Band, and a Master of Musicological Research with the University of Perugia. He also holds an Advanced Diploma in Gregorian Semiology from the Lugano Conservatory. He has studied Choral and Orchestral Direction with prominent directors in both Europe and the USA. An expert in Gregorian chant, medieval and Renaissance music, he has recorded numerous CDs with leading labels: the Laudario di Cortona No 91 (unabridged), O Roma Nobilis (songs of Medieval pilgrimage), the Rhythmic Office of Saint Francis of Assisi in Gregorian chant, Ave Donna Santissima, a programme of music focusing on the Madonna, Popular Songs for Three Voices (Venice, 1584) by Monteverdi, and the two masses of F. Couperin for alternating organ and Gregorian. He directs the Vocal Group Armoniosoincanto, with whom, apart from producing the abovementioned recordings, he has won prizes in international competitions. He also directs the Coro di Voci Bianche at the Perugia Conservatory, as well as various choirs for young people, including the Coro Giovanile Umbro (Umbrian Young Person’s Choir). He is often called upon to run courses in Gregorian chant and to direct artistic projects with European choirs. He teaches Theory, Analysis and Composition at the Music Secondary School of Perugia. Email: f.radicchia@armoniosoincanto.it