Zecchino d'Oro (13). Zecchino d'Oro Zecchino d'Oro (; meaning "Golden Sequin") is an international children's song festival that has taken place every year since 1959. It is broadcast by Rai 1. It was started by Cino Tortorella, and the first two festivals were held in Milan. In 1961, the festival was taken up by the Antoniano Institute and moved to Bologna. In 2009, Cino Tortorella left Zecchino d'Oro. In 1963, Mariele Ventre, a conductor and director of young performers, created the Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano Children's Choir (called Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell'Antoniano after her death in 1995, and directed by Sabrina Simoni).
Ortensio Zecchino University and Research and kept the leadership of the ministry in the D'Alema II Cabinet and the Amato II Cabinet. Zecchino left the PPI in 2001 when the party was federated into The Daisy, and joined Sergio D'Antoni's European Democracy. He has ever been living in Ariano Irpino where he is heading BioGeM ("Biology and Molecular Genetics") and "CESN" ("European Centre for Norman Studies"). Ortensio Zecchino Ortensio Zecchino (born 20 April 1943) is an Italian academic and politician, former Minister of University and Research. After teaching History of Medieval Institutions at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, Zecchino joined