Azio Corghi was made a Grand Officer in a senior order of knighthood founded in what year?
Azio Corghi Azio Corghi (born 9 March 1937 in Cirié, Piedmont) is an Italian opera composer, also a teacher and musicologist. He was born at Cirié, in the Province of Turin, studied at the Turin and Milan conservatories and was a pupil of Bruno Bettinelli. In 2005 he was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland The Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Polish: "Order Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" ) is a Polish order of merit created in 1974, awarded to those who have rendered great service to Poland. It is granted to foreigners or Poles resident abroad. As such it is sometimes referred to as a traditional "diplomatic order".