VATICAN CITY, OCT. 18, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Salesian Father
Massimo Palombella has been appointed the director of the Sistine
Chapel Choir.
The Vatican announced the change on Saturday. Father
Palombella succeeds Monsignor Giuseppe Liberto, who held the post
since 1997.
The Sistine Chapel Choir — considered the oldest in the world
— is overseen by the Prefecture of the Papal Household and it is
present at all papal liturgies as well as those of cardinals.
Christmas birthday
Massimo Palombella was born in Turin on Christmas Day in 1967
and ordained a Salesian priest in 1996.
He did his musical studies with maestros Luigi Molfino, Valentín
Miserachs Grau, Gabriele Arrigo and Alessandro Ruo Rui, and earned
a diploma in Choral Music and Composition.
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