Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
| Registration date: | 2006-06-05 |
| Country: | Italy  |
| City: | Rome |
| Address: | Auditorium Parco della Musica, l.go Luciano Berio 3 |
| Telephone: | +39 0680242501 |
| Homepage: | http://www.santacecilia.it |
| Contact language(s): | italian, english |
| Contact e-mail: | info@santacecilia.it |
| Description The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world. Officially founded in 1585, it has evolved over the centuries from an organization of largely "local" musicians to a modern academy and symphonic concert organization of international repute. Uniting an academic body of 100 of the most illustrious exponents of culture and music with a symphonic orchestra and chorus that are among the most internationally renowned, the Accademia carries out professional musical training and conserves an extremely rich historical patrimony, thus reflecting its own multi-century history. The Accademia is the only example among Italian academies originating in the Renaissance to have assumed the form of a productive modern organisation. The current Accademia (which became a foundation in 1998) is flanked by an academic organization with 70 active and 30 honorary members that includes the most prominent Italian and foreign musicians, and a symphony orchestra and chorus known and appreciated throughout the world. |