Zecchino d'Oro 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). From
Alfredo Zecca Alfredo Zecca Alfredo Horacio Zecca (born September 27, 1949) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church He served as archbishop of Tucumán from 2011 to 2017, when he resigned for reasons of health. Zecca was born in Buenos Aires, and ordained to the priesthood on November 19, 1976. He was named a consultor to the Congregation for Catholic Education on January 29, 2005, and a member of that Congregation on June 12, 2012. On June 10, 2011, he was appointed Archbishop of Tucumán following the retirement of Archbishop Luis Héctor Villalba. Zecca received his episcopal consecration on August 11