The winner of the edition of the 11^th Anima Mundi International Competition of Sacred Music Composition announced by the Opera della Primaziale Pisana and the Anima Mundi Festival of Sacred Music is Andrea Baratti. The committee composed of John Eliot Gardiner (Jury President), Mgr. Marco Frisina, Mgr. Aldo Armani, Maestro Antonio Greco and Maestro Guido Corti unanimously recognized the composition of M° Baratti as the best of those that came this year.

The winning track entitled Psalmus David for mixed chorus in 4 voices, strings and organ will be performed on September 7, 2018 in the Cathedral of Pisa within the opening concert of the International Anima Mundi Music Festival. The Ensemble barocco and the Coro da Camera del Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini will be directed by Alfonso Fedi.

Andrea Baratti, born in the heart of Umbria, in Foligno (PG), May 22, 1994, is singer-songwriter, composer and organist and is finishing his studies in the degree course in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science.

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