Daniel del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carlos Cordonero came to Rome in 2023 to study philosophy, but ended up rediscovering a passion he brought with him from Nicaragua: singing. He studied vocal technique back home and even founded a choir there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, he is a member of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, one of the Church\u2019s historic choirs, founded in 1513 by Pope Julius II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But an unexpected phone call took him to Castel Gandolfo \u2014 and to Pope Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CARLOS CORDONERO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Roman Cantor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, let\u2019s just say it was a surprise, yes. It was completely unexpected because a dear priest friend of mine wrote to me. I had gone to visit Castel Gandolfo, and I ran into him there. The next day, he wrote to me and said, \u2018Could you sing for the pope?\u2019 And I was like \u2014 I got scared. I thought he was joking. I said, \u2018Come on, no, you\u2019re kidding.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mass was celebrated at Borgo Laudato Si\u2019 for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And there was another unusual element at a Eucharistic celebration presided over by the pope: mariachi musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CARLOS CORDONERO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Roman Cantor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen we rehearsed, I was really impressed by how beautiful all the instruments sounded together. The group was pretty \u2018bravo,\u2019 as they say in Italian. And I really enjoyed the experience. It was the first time in my life I had ever sung with mariachi \u2014 the first time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nicaraguan singer did not know that after Mass, he would have the chance to speak with Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CARLOS CORDONERO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Roman Cantor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo I started writing a letter to the pope, and I thanked him very much for the opportunity to sing at a Mass he presided over. I told him a little about the need young people have for music today \u2014 about the project I was working on. And, almost as an afterthought, I said, \u2018Well, I hope that someday I can sing a Mass for him.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That project is The Roman Cantor<\/em>, an initiative he started with an organist that aims to bring sacred music to different audiences in several languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CARLOS CORDONERO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Roman Cantor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo create that sense of unity in the Catholic Church, which is very much needed, and which I believe is one of the Church\u2019s main goals at this moment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n He continues his training with the Cappella Giulia, where the repertoire demands polyphony, Gregorian chant, Lauds, and Vespers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daniel del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez Carlos Cordonero came to Rome in 2023 to study philosophy, but ended up rediscovering a passion he brought with him from Nicaragua: singing. He studied vocal technique back home and even founded a choir there. Today, he is a member of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":95094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GUHjBJ05VMk","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcantornicaraguaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcantornicaraguaeng.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95098"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95124,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95098\/revisions\/95124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}