Patronages and Honor Committee

The 2021 Sacred Music International Competition is organized in collaboration and with the patronage of

From the very beginning, the Sacred Music International Competition has been able to represent the meeting point of realities of primary importance by uniting them in order to develop international ties. In addition, the competition has always been able to push the young singers throught a concrete professional realization, stimulating also a moment of personal growth

Since 2003, the Sacred Music Int. Competition has established its own Committee of Honor to which numerous Ambassadors to the Holy See and to the Italian Republic adhere to each edition, who share the spirit and objectives of a unique event of its kind that is spreading in tangible way, year after year, a culture dedicated to the fraternal meeting of different worlds, promoting mutual understanding.

The Pontifical Council for Culture has granted patronage to the entire Let's Sing Oratorio Music! in consideration of the cultural and pedagogical value of the project and its international interest.

Patronage of the 2021 Sacred Music InternationalCompetition

Pontifical Council for Culture

Embassy of the Czech Republic to the Holy See
Austrian Embassy to the Holy See
Embassy of Croatia to the Holy See
Embassy of Poland to the Holy See
Embassy of Slovenia to the Holy See
Romanian Embassy to the Italian Republic
Embassy of Greece in Italy
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Italy
Spanish Embassy to the Italian Republic
Embassy of Belgium in Italy
Embassy of Bulgarian Republic in Italy
Embassy of Chile to the Italian Republic
Embassy of Armenia to the Italian Republic
Embassy of Finland to the Italian Republic
Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Rome
Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Italian Republic

Honor Committee 2021 Sacred Music InternationalCompetition

Ambasciatori presso La Santa Sede

S. E. Franziska Honsowitz-Friessnigg

Ambasciatore dell’Austria presso la Santa Sede

S.E. Sig. Vaclav Kolaja

Ambasciatore della Repubblica Ceca presso la Santa Sede

S. E. Janusz Kotański

Ambasciatore della Polonia presso la Santa Sede

S. E. Jakob Štumf

Ambasciatore della Repubblica di Slovenia presso la Santa Sede

S. E. Denis Knobel

Ambasciatore della Svizzera presso la Santa Sede

S. E. Caroline Weijers

Ambasciatore dei Paesi Bassi presso la Santa Sede

S. E. Aleksander Avdeev

Ambasciatore della Federazione Russa presso la Santa Sede ed il Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta

(in aggiornamento)

Ambasciatori e Consiglieri Culturali presso la Repubblica Italiana

S. E. Theodore M. Passas

Ambasciatore della Repubblica Ellenica in Italia

S.E. George Gabriel Bologan

Ambasciatore della Romania in Italia, Malta e San Marino

S. E. Tsovinar Hambardzumyam

Ambasciatore Straordinario e Plenipotenziario della Repubblica d’Armenia in Italia

S. E. Todor Stoyanov

Ambasciatore della Repubblica di Bulgaria in Italia

S. E. Sergio Romero Pizarro

Ambasciatore del Cile in Italia

S. E. Pia Rantala-Engberg

Ambasciatore di Finlandia in Italia

S. E. Solvita Aboltina

Ambasciatore della Repubblica di Lettonia in Italia

S. E. Karla Wursterova

Ambasciatore della Repubblica Slovacca in Italia

S. E. Alfonso Maria Dastis Quecedo

Ambasciatore di Spagna in Italia

Dott.ssa Annette Walter

Primo Consigliere Ufficio Cultura dell'Ambasciata della Repubblica Federale di Germania in Italia

(in aggiornamento)