Coro Polifonico Farnesiano

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The Coro Polifonico Farnesiano is a choir based in Piacenza, Italy. It was founded in 1976 by Roberto Goitre, and since the aforementioned choirmaster's death in 1980, has been conducted by Mario Pigazzini.

Roberto Goitre was an Italian choirmaster, composer and teacher.

Mario Pigazzini is the current director of the Coro Polifonico Farnesiano, in Piacenza, Italy. He took over the reins of the choir in 1981, following the untimely death of Roberto Goitre the previous year. Pigazzini had been taught by Goitre and, since his appointment as director, has been using and developing Goitre's teaching method, called "Cantar Leggendo", which is similar to the Kodály Method.