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Seniors, apprentices and students: Fr. 20.–
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Christian Alejandro Almada Titular Organist of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome
BÉLA BÁRTOK 1881-1945
Romanian Dances
(Organ transcription by Ch. A. Almada)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918
Danse
(Organ transcription by T. Hirsch)
ALBERTO GINASTERA 1916-1983
Danzas Argentinas op. 1
I. Dance of the Old Herdsman
II. Dance of the Graceful Girl
III. Dance of the Cunning Gaucho
(Organ transcription by Ch. A. Almada)
LEISBERT MORENO *1996
Fiesta – Dance of Paradise
MANUEL DE FALLA 1876-1946
Ritual Fire Dance
(Organ transcription by Laurens de Man)
GEORGES BIZET 1838-1875
Fantasy on Themes from the Opera “Carmen”
(Organ transcription by E. Lemare)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA 1921-1992
Estaciones Porteñas
Primavera Porteña
Verano Porteño
Otoño Porteño
Invierno Porteño
(Organ transcription by Ch. A. Almada)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835-1921
Danse Macabre op. 40
(Organ transcription by E. Lemare)
Christian Alejandro Almada
Graduated from the Superior Conservatory of Music of Córdoba (Argentina), he continued his studies at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and obtained diplomas in organ and organ composition from the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music. He also specialized in the French symphonic organ repertoire with Ben van Oosten.
Since 2008, he has been the principal organist of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. He is the musical and artistic director of the Festival and the magazine “Organo e…”. During the “Jubilee Year of Mercy,” he founded and currently directs several choirs for Sunday liturgical celebrations at Saint Paul Outside the Walls. In 2016, he published *La voce del Signore è Potenza*, a collection of responsorial psalms composed for Sundays and feast days of the liturgical year.
He has served as choir director and first cantor at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome (2004-2010) and as lecturer at the same monastic institute (2008-2010). With degrees in philosophy and a doctorate in theology, he regularly gives lectures in Italy and abroad and guides groups in thematic reflections related to faith.
www.christianalmada.com
