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Mariano Garau began dedicating himself to music as a small singer in the Ceciliano Choir under the guidance of Maestro Pietro Allori\"\". He studied Harmony and Counterpoint with Maestro Rodolfo Cicionesi from Florence.<\/p>\n

He is an author of romances for Soprano, Tenor, children's songs, Masses and Motets for choir.<\/p>\n

For the Amnesty International Association he wrote a piece for the chorus of white voices, inserted in the DVD \"TAPES OF WORDS FOR GIRTH ROUND OF PEACE\", officially presented in Sassari on December 17, 2012.<\/p>\n

With the \"Editrice ARES\" (Verona) and \"Tagliabue Editore\" he publishes the files: \"Nel mio canto la sua lode\", \"Armonie di Natale\u201d, \u201cLa Preghiera del Carabiniere\u201d<\/a> \u201cMessa Giovanni Paolo II\u201d and other songs for the liturgy.<\/p>\n

He has collaborated with Natalia Di Bartolo,<\/a> Art Historian and Musicologist!<\/p>\n

The Swiss publishing house 'SYMPAPHONIE'<\/a> and Les \u00c9ditions \u00c0 C\u0153ur Joie<\/a> publish some of his choral pages. For the \"Philadelphia International Opera Theater\" writes the Cantata \"Hildegard vonBingen: Mystical Child\"<\/strong> based on a libretto by Karen Saillant, performed in world premiere in Assisi, in collaboration with the \"Assisi Suono Sacro\" Cultural Association; the Opera was repeated in America in November 2015.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Maestro Mariano Garau received the request for a new \"Cantata su Hildegard\", which was performed in the \"Basilica Superiore San Francesco di Assisi\" on August 6. The new work, entitled\"Hildegard Von Bingen Mystical Child and The Black Virgin\", <\/strong>with the participation of Jamaican soprano Carline Waugh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The opera was repeated on 15 October at Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the sanctification of that church, the largest in the United States dedicated to the Black Madonna, and on 23 October at The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

On August 6, 2017, in Citt\u00e0 della Pieve, his recent work \u201cI bambini di Fatima e il miracolo del sole\u201d is represented\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2018 in Seattle, Washington State, two of his songs were published and included in a major collection of 100 sacred songs: O JESU MI DULCISSIME, MAGNIFICAT!<\/p>\n

On 8 December 2023, he received an award from the municipalities of Valle Anzasca and Pieve Vergonte as AUTHOR OF INNUMEROUS COMPOSITIONS FOR CHORUS!<\/p>\n

On 22 September 2024, the Ch\u00f3r Filharmonii \u015al\u0105skiej conducted by Maestro Jaros\u0142aw Wolanin will premiere the Magnificat composed for the centenary of the apparition of Fatima at the Polish Theatre in Katowice!<\/p>\n

On 30 April 2025, he was Guest of Honour as a composer in the city of Szeged in Hungary!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nel 2025 viene chiamato a far parte della giuria tecnica per il 10\u00b0 Concorso Corale Internazionale \u201cNuoro Patria dei Cori\u201d!<\/p>\n

In the year 2025, the Pescara-based Associazione Regionale Cori D'Abbruzzo promotes an important project entitled 'Musiche per il Giubileo' ('Music for the Jubilee'), in which Mariano Garau's piece 'O QUAM MIRABILIS' on a text by Hildegard von Bingen will be published.<\/p>\n

The piece is premiered by the Miravox Chorale of Trasacco (AQ) conducted by Maestro Andrea Caruso!<\/p>\n

His compositions are performed by choirs from all over the world:
\nItalia, Stati Uniti, Australia, Francia, Argentina, Brasile, Slovenia, Olanda, Austria, Ungheria, Lettonia, Spagna, Germania, Corea del sud, Giappone, Cina, Svizzera, Polonia, Inghilterra, Portogallo, Irlanda, Romania, Sud America, Sud Africa, Repubblica Ceca, Belgio, Per\u00f9, Messico, Canada, Norvegia, Grecia, Slovacchia, Croazia, Indonesia, Venezuela, Florida, Nuova Zelanda, Asia Meridionale, Finlandia, Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

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