Music festivals in Italy: recreation and cultural entertainment. All music festivals in Italy

Italy is home to unique, spectacular and exciting cultural experiences international scope.
In order to get vivid impressions and unforgettable emotions, there are a lot of opportunities here. Especially large and unparalleled choice of festivals for music lovers, taking place all year round.
If you go on the "boot" from north to south, then the first to meet is the "South Tyrolean Jazz Festival" (Sudtirol Jazz Festival) is a musical event organized in 1982, which brings world-famous artists to perform on stage in South Tyrol. Having moved a little further south, to the province of Padova (Padova), namely, to Piazzola sul Brenta (Piazzola sul Brenta ), we find ourselves in the Camerini Amphitheatre, which is the exclusive venue for the "Hydrogen Festival" (Hydrogen Festival). The Langhe region of the Piemonte region hosts the "Festival Collisioni" and the Liguria region hosts the "Goa-Boa Festival", which since 1998 have combined commercial music with music in their programs for a specific niche audience, inviting Italian and foreign celebrities. The Ariston Theater in Sanremo hosts the "Art Song Festival - Tenko Prize" (Rassegna Canzone d "Autore - Premio Tenco) - a historical musical event" flower city dedicated to Luigi Tenco.
A bunch of musical events takes place in Emilia-Romagna (Emilia Romagna). The Emilia Romagna Festival is a musical show that touches almost all the provinces of the region and offers concerts designed for different audiences in terms of taste and perception. "I-Day Festival" (I-Day Festival), organized in 1999 in Bologna (Bologna) in the Arena of the North Park (Arena Parco Nord), is visited by amateurs alternative music, especially punk, rock and indian.
Closer to the center of the country, Pesaro, the birthplace of Gioachino Rossini, hosts the annual Rossini Opera Festival.
The city of Lucca, which is in the region of Tuscany (Toscana), as well as its province, holds two various events none of which is to be missed: the Lucca Summer Festival in the stunning setting of Piazza Napoleone. The festival has been turning this Tuscan town into the capital of Italian and foreign music. As well as Italy's oldest Puccini Festival, dedicated to Giacomo Puccini and the small town of Torre del Lago, where the composer lived for more than thirty years.
In the heart of Italy, in the Umbria region, since 1973 the Umbria Jazz Festival has been held. This festival offers a variety of genres and famous names, and the events of the "Winter Jazz Festival" (Umbria Jazz Winter) are also very popular, which annually, in December and January, attracts both passionate fans of jazz music to the amazing town of Orvieto (Orvieto). and just curious people.
No less famous is the "Festival dei Due Mondi" in Spoleto - a musical event that resonates throughout the world. And again in Umbria, this time in Gubbio, for more than twenty years the "Gubbio Summer Festival" has been held, at concerts of which internationally renowned musicians meet still young performers.
The Lazio region also offers a wide range of activities. In addition to the numerous proposals of the capital, in the province of Viterbo (Viterbo) for six years in a row on Piazza san Lorenzo, spread out against the backdrop of the delightful Palazzo dei Papi (Palazzo dei Papi), the "Opera Festival in Tuscia" has been held ( Tuscia Operafestival).
In the south of the country, the undisputed king of summer music festivals is still the festival in Ravello, the pearl of the Amalfi Coast. Ravello Festival - Decoration cultural life of the Campania region, it is faithful to the tradition that distinguishes it from other festivals of holding two musical events - the traditional Concerto of Wagnerian music (Concerto wagneriano) and the wonderful "Concert at Dawn" (Concerto all'alba).
Roccella Jonica, in the region of Calabria, holds major festival jazz music "Jazz Festival in Roccella" (Roccella Jazz Festival), in the playbill of which annually there are names that are world famous.
Theater Petruzzelli (Teatro Petruzzelli) in the city of Bari (Bari) - venue " jazz festival Bari” (Festival Bari in Jazz) with the participation of the most famous names of world jazz music.
Sicily is home to the Blues & Wine Soul Festival, a major ethno-musical event in Agrigento, which has become the largest ethno-musical event on an international scale. This is the only festival that has been able to create a phenomenal spectacle where The best music styles such as blues, soul and gospel.

Just the other day I was asked a question about opera festivals and classical music in Italy. It is no secret that this country is not only famous for its beautiful architecture, breathtaking landscapes and rich history, but famous composers who were born here: Giacomo Puccini, Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi... Every summer in many Italian cities there are music and opera festivals, which attract guests from all over the world. The most popular will be discussed today. I will leave their names, dates, short description as well as links to websites. The article will be divided geographically, starting with the northern regions of Italy.

Piedmont

Stresa, Lake Maggiore

Festival in Stresa
Stresa Festival, Lake Maggiore

One of the most important classical music festivals in Europe takes place every year on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. It is also known as Stresa Music Week. The history of the festival began in 1961 at the initiative of a lawyer from an aristocratic Venetian family, Italo Trentinaglia de Daverio, whose father at one time was the director of the La Scala theater in Milan and the La Fenice theater in Venice. The Stresa Festival is also a great start for young performers.

Festival dates

• July 18 - September 8

Program:

Tickets from 5 euros

Veneto

Verona

Opera festival in the Arena di Verona
Arena Opera Festival

For more than a hundred years, with interruptions during the First and Second World Wars, the walls of one of the oldest Roman amphitheaters in the world host an opera festival every summer. Its history began back in 1913, when opera singer Giovanni Zenatello and impresario Ottone Rovato from Verona proposed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi by staging the opera Aida in the walls of the Arena. Its peculiarity was that the scenery was not drawn, but voluminous, i.e. by modern standards it was a performance in 3D. The first performance had incredible success. Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky and many other famous people of those times came to the opening. That is why every year there is a performance of the opera “Aida” in the festival schedule.

At different times, such famous people performed on stage opera singers and singers like: Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, and Placido Domingo can still be heard here.

Festival dates

• June 23 - August 25

In a programme:

• Aida (1913 production)
• Aida (modern interpretation)
• Nabucco
• Madama Butterfly
• Rigoletto
• Yearning
• Performance by Placido Domingo

Ticket prices from 22 euros

The schedule of performances can be viewed on the official website

Emilia-Romagna

Festival in Ravenna
Ravenna Festival, Ravenna

The Ravnea Music Festival was founded in 1990 on the initiative of Cristina Mazzavillani Muti. It combines many genres of culture: symphonic ethnic music, opera, theater, ballet, musicals, jazz.

Festival dates

• May 25 - July 22
• November 17 – 23

Tuscany

Florence

Florentine Musical May
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

The festival academic music was first held in 1933 in Florence and is considered to be the oldest festival of its kind in Italy and the second in Europe after Salzburg. It was originally conceived as an opera, but gradually ballet, symphony concerts, solo performances etc.

See the official website for the schedule and dates of events.

Puccini Opera Festival
Festival Puccini, Torre del lago

Every summer in Tuscany, on the shores of Lake Massaciuccoli, an opera festival named after the famous Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. It was here that he lived for many years and wrote many of his works. The festival was first organized by Puccini's friends Giovaccino Forzano and Pietro Mascagni in 1930.
Performances take place in the theater open sky Teatro dei Quatromilla, which has 3200 seats.

Festival dates in 2017

• July 14 - August 18

Tickets from 19 euros

www.puccinifestival.it

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Pesaro

Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro
Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival

Every year in August, the birthplace of the famous Italian composer Giacomo Puccini in the city of Pesaro hosts an opera festival named after him. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that it is within its framework that you can hear less famous works composer.

Festival dates

• August 10 – 22

Program:

Tickets from 20 euros

Macerata

Sferisterio Opera Festival, Macerata
Sferisterio Opera Festival, Macerata

It takes place every summer at the Sferisterio Theater in Macerata. It was built in 1829 by Ireneo Aleandiri and was originally used for ball games, jousting, bull fighting and other events. In 1921, the first production of the opera "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi was presented here. This year is considered the starting point of the Macerata Opera Festival, which takes place here every year. A long break was made for the period of the Second World War and the subsequent years of recovery after its end.

The Sferisterio is famous for its excellent acoustics, as well as the longest stage in Europe.
Over the years, such famous opera singers and singers as Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, Renato Brusson and others performed here.

Festival dates

• July 21 - August 14

Program:

• Turandot
• Madama Butterfly

Tickets from 20 euros

Umbria

Spoleto

Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto
Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto

The festival is considered one of the most important in Umbria. It was created in 1958 on the initiative of the composer Gian Carlo Menotti. His idea ended up being to combine two different cultures and two around the world- European and American.

The festival brings together musicians, artists and artists. He achieved greater recognition at the international level. That is why every year Umbria receives guests of honor from all over the world.

Festival dates

• June 30 - July 16

The schedule of events, as well as ticket prices, can be found on the official website of the festival:

Lazio

Rome

Opera Festival in Themes of Caracalla in Rome
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Festival d'estate alle Terme di Caracalla

The peculiarity of the festival is that the evenings are held in the open air at the place where at the beginning of the first millennium the baths of the emperor Caracalla were located.

Festival dates

• June 28 - August 9

Program:

• Carmen
• Nabucco
• Yearning
• Roberto Bolle (ballet)

Without a huge number of the most diverse festivals. Well, something, but the inhabitants of the Apennine Peninsula know how to organize holidays, enjoy life and have fun from the heart. Festivals of music, theatre, dance, cinematography, literature... In a word, for all tastes - both cultural and gastronomic (after all, in Italy there are even festivals of first courses or pizza).

In this part of the story about festivals in Italy, we will touch (only slightly) on music-oriented festivals. This will help not only to get acquainted with their diversity, but also, perhaps, will allow you to plan a visit to some of them.

Sanremo: Italian Song Festival

Every year in late February - early March, a song festival is held in a theater in the city. This festival, now 60 years old, has hosted many well-known performers of the Italian popular song. Over the decades, the rules of the festival have changed, improving, but one thing has remained unchanged: the song proposed for the competition by Italian authors must be heard for the first time. The winner of the 2011 festival was Roberto Vecchioni with the song "Call me love again" (Chiamami ancora amore).

Torre del Lago: Puccini Festival

This is the only festival in the world entirely dedicated to Giacomo Puccini, which takes place in the town of Torre del Lago (province), where the composer spent many years of his life. First organized in 1930, today this festival attracts every summer in late July - early August thousands of spectators from all over the world to enjoy such masterpieces as Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, La bohème. Puccini's operas are staged on the shores of Lake Massaciuccoli, on the stage of a large open theater with 3370 seats, which is located opposite the composer's house-museum. The 2011 season will run from July 15 to August 27.

Citta di Castello: Festival of the Nations (Festival delle Nazioni)

In late August - early September, a classical music festival takes place in the Umbrian town of Citta di Castello. It was first held in 1968 as a chamber music festival. Since 1972, it was decided to invite one of the European countries to the festival, and it itself acquired its current name "Festival of Nations". The daily concerts of the festival take place in the cozy atmosphere of churches, castles, courtyards, so the audience can not only appreciate the magnificent performance of works by Verdi, Rossini, Liszt, Scarlatti, Bach ... but also enjoy the appropriate atmosphere of the historical center of the city. This year the festival will take place from 23 August to 4 September.

Guests of the "Festival of Nations" 2010 - Yuri Bashmet and Moscow Soloists. Photo flickr.com

Brescia and Bergamo: International Piano Music Festival (Festival pianistico internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo)

The Grand Theater of Brescia and the Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo traditionally host a festival of classical piano music every year. This year, the 48th season of the festival opened on May 2 and will run until June 11. Pianists from many countries perform works by Schubert, Schumann, Bach, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and other composers.

: Jazz 11 (Umbria Jazz 11)

The first concert of this music festival took place on August 23, 1973. Since then, every summer this jazz festival takes place in one of the cities of Umbria. This year the Umbria Jazz will be held from 8 to 17 July in Perugia. Concerts will be held simultaneously at several venues in the city, from noon until late in the evening. Among the invited distinguished guests this summer are Liza Minnelli, BB King, Carlos Santana, Prince. Numerous charity concerts will also take place within the framework of the festival (on the 4th of November Square, in the Carducci Garden and in the historical center), which everyone can watch for free.

One of the concerts of the festival "Umbria Jazz". Photo prince.org

: Pescara Jazz Festival

International Jazz Festival, held every year in Pescara (Abruzzo region). In the summer of 1969 it was the first summer festival dedicated to jazz in Italy. Over time, it has developed into one of the leading European jazz festivals. This year it will take place from 15 to 20 July at the Gabrielle d'Annunzio Open Theatre. Jazz lovers will be entertained by: Cassandra Wilson, The Manhattan Transfer, Return to Forever IV, Cyrus Chestnut TRIO, Jazz of Lincoln Center Orchestra, Lou Reed & Band.

: Torrita Blues Festival

From June 23 to June 25, for the 23rd time, a blues festival will gather its fans in the small medieval town of Torrita di Siena (). This time, international musicians will include American guitarists Zac Harmon, Alving Younghblood Hart, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, the Gospel choir, and Italian blues artists.

Lecce: Rock Festival "Italia Wave"

Italia Wave Love Festival is a rock music festival born in 1987 with the original name "Arezzo Wave". In 2007, the name was changed to Italia Wave, and for the first time the festival itself was held not in Arezzo, but in Florence. In the next three years, the venue was another Tuscan city -. This 2011 the festival will move to (Apulia region) and will last from 14 to 17 July. Among the participants of this season are Kaiser Chiefs (Great Britain), Lou Reed (USA), Paolo Nutini (Great Britain), Jimmy Cliff (Jamaica), Verdena (Italy), Sud Sound System (Italy).

Lou Reed - participant of the festival "Italia Wave" - ​​2011. Photo by rockinroad.it

Ro: Gods of Metal

It is Italy's largest heavy metal music festival. It was first held in 1997, and since then the venue has changed every year. This summer, Gods of Metal will take place in Rho, 14 km from Milan, on June 22nd. Members include Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Mr. Big, Europe, Epica and others.

: Independent Days Festival

This is an alternative music festival that started in 1999 and brings together musicians and fans of punk, rock and indie styles. Held in the first week of September in Bologna at the Arena Parco Nord. I-Day Festival - 2011 will take place on September 3-4, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, White Lies, The Wombats, The Vaccines, The Offspring are expected to perform.

: festival of ethnic music "Folkest"

Folkest is an annual ethno-cultural festival that has been held since 1979 in several communes of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, as well as in Slovenia and Austria. Its goal is to popularize the folk music of all countries, but above all - the countries of Eastern Europe. This year the festival will open on July 1 in Udine, then roll out to other cities in the region, and end on August 1 in Spilimbergo.

: Summer Festival (Lucca Summer Festival)

Since 1998, this music festival has hosted groups and individual international performers in the historic squares of Lucca (Tuscany) every year in July. This summer, the festival will take place from July 1 to 24, and its numerous guests will be able to attend concerts of such celebrities as Zucchero, Liza Minnelli, Elton John, Joe Cocker, BB King, Amy Winehouse, James Blunt, Francesco Guccini, Burt Bacharach and Mario Biondi, Enrico Brignano, Arcade Fire, Jamiroquai, Ben Harper.

Liza Minnelli is a guest at Lucca Summer Festival. Photo mymovies.it

Spoleto: Festival of Two Worlds (Festival dei Due Mondi)

Every year in June-July in Spoleto () takes place international festival music, theater, dance, poetry, films and other areas of art and culture. In 1958, it was founded by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti with the aim of bringing together two cultures: American and European. This festival, which unites classics and avant-garde, revolution and conformity, every year attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world. And the natural scenery of the medieval city gives this celebration of art special charm. At one time, Eduardo de Filippo, Rudolf Nureyev, Ken Russell, Roman Polanski, Luciano Pavarotti and many other celebrities took part in the festival. This year the festival in Spoleto awaits its guests from June 24 to July 10.

Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto. Photo wordpress.com

Ferrara: Il Ferrara Buskers Festival

The festival street art in (region) each time gathers thousands of spectators from all over Italy, as well as from other countries. Born in 1987 with the idea of ​​popularizing the art of itinerant artists, it is now the world's largest celebration of street dancers and musicians. For several days, the ancient streets and squares of Ferrara are filled with the sound of the most unusual instruments, the most exotic performance, the most incredible costumes. This summer, the street art festival will take place from 19 to 28 August.

Performance by street performers. Photo ansa.it

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Many tourists, when planning their trip to Italy, take into account the upcoming festivals and concerts in the country that they could look at. The country of wine and sun regularly holds such events, which from year to year attract not only local residents, but also music connoisseurs who come from all over the world. We have prepared top ten most famous and in our opinion interesting music festivals in Italy.

This festival is real find as for young talents and music professionals. Numerous concerts are held at different venues, both open and closed. A surprising feature of Stresa is the choice of venues for outdoor performances: such a place can be a church, a garden, a castle and a theater. By the way, in 2014 the festival runs until September 6th.

• Dates in 2015: September (dates to be confirmed) - find a hotel in Stresa
• Official website of the festival: www.stresafestival.eu

Verona Opera Festival (Verona Opera)

One of the most grandiose events that take place on, by the way, the third largest in Italy. This place has repeatedly become the stage for large-scale performances. Every September, not only residents of Italy, but also many other countries come to this festival.

• Dates in 2015: from June 19 to September 3
• Official website of the festival: www.arena.it

Puccini Festival in Tuscany (Festival di Puccini)

Giacomo Puccini is a famous Italian composer who is known worldwide for a number of his outstanding operas. Once he lived near the lake in a huge villa "Torre del Lago" ("Torre del Lago"). Today, not far from this very place, a festival named after the composer is held.

• Dates 2015: July 24 to August 29 - find a hotel in Torre del Lago Puccini
• Official website of the festival: www.puccinifestival.it

Rome Opera House (Teatro dell'opera)

Numerous performances of opera stars take place in one of ancient places cities - in (Terme di Caracalla), which cannot but create a special atmosphere.

• Dates in 2014: September 25 to October 31 - find a hotel in Rome
• Official website of the festival: www.operaroma.it

Umbria Jazz Festival

This colorful festival, which takes place annually in Perugia, is one of the most famous in Italy. He attracts the attention of popular stars musical direction who are happy to come to give a couple of concerts as part of the festival in Umbria. Often, the general fun spills out of the stage into the streets of the city, forcing everyone and everyone to dance jazz.

• Dates in 2015: July ( exact dates specified)
• Official website of the festival: www.umbriajazz.com

Ravello Music Festival (Ravello Concert Society)

The classical music festival in Ravello annually invites all connoisseurs of this genre. Concerts are held on several stages indoors and outdoors, from where everyone, in addition to beautiful melodies, can enjoy stunning landscapes.

• Dates in 2015: from April 3 to October 30 -
• Official website of the festival: www.ravelloarts.org

Rossini Festival in Pesaro (Pesaro Rossini Festival)

The Gioacchino Antonio Rossini Opera Music Festival dedicated to the memory of the great and talented Italian composer is one of the most significant and popular not only in Italy, but throughout the world. Here, not only the creations of modern composers, but also the familiar notes of the masters of past times are often heard.

• Dates in 2015: August (exact dates to be confirmed) –
• Official website of the festival: www.rossinioperafestival.it

Festival in Florence "Musical May" (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino)

The founder of this festival is Vittorio Gui, who wanted to once again draw public attention to forgotten masterpieces. operatic art. It is worth noting that it is this Italian festival that attracts the most a large number of visitors from other countries.

• Dates in 2014-2015: according to the schedule of concerts on the website -

Every year, hundreds of interesting music festivals take place in Italy. We have collected the most interesting festivals of 2017 in one collection.

FESTIVAL IN RAVENNA

The hum of time

The theme of the XXVIII Festival is “The Noise of Time”. The festival is dedicated to the entire period of the Great October Revolution in Russia, from the Italian premiere of the futuristic opera Victory over the Sun by Alexei Kruchenykh to the music by Mikhail Matyushin with costumes and artistic design by Kazimir Malevich, to the concert dedicated to Shostakovich by the St. academic philharmonic society. The program includes poetic recitations, ballet, theater and exhibitions.

MUSIC FESTIVAL "LULO SUONA BENE"

Rome will again host a summer music festival under the starry sky .

In that year will pass a special season of the festival "Luljo Suona Bene" ("July sounds good") in the amphitheater of the Park of Music. This time the festival will last longer than usual: it will begin in mid-June and last until early August. International stars and famous Italian performers will perform here for every taste. The program includes performances American rock band American composer Philip Glass Spanish singer Alvaro Soler and the Irish rock band The Cranberries. Italian performers include Ezio Bosso, Carmen Consoli, Gino Paoli and Danilo Rea, as well as Al Bano and Romani.

FESTIVAL OF HARMONY OF ART

Duets: Dialogue is the highest good

The festival covers many areas: music, dance, theater and other areas of art.

Season 17 the festival will take place on the territory of the archaeological park Scolacium in Roccelletta di Borgia (prov. Catanzaro) - a place with an unusual beautiful nature, whose monumental and historical significance can hardly be overestimated: the remains of ancient buildings in a centuries-old olive grove and unforgettable panoramas.

The concept of the festival lies in its name: it includes production and distribution, established repertoire and new works, traditions and innovations, performances by famous international artists and young talents.

FESTIVAL OF TWO WORLDS

This year the Spoleto Festival celebrates its 60th anniversary. The festival will open with Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. The program includes the play "Hamlet Machine" by Heiner Müller directed by Robert Wilson in Italian; performance by Roberto Bolle, Fiorella Mannoia; martial arts Jackie Chan and his 11 warriors. The final concert will be conducted by Riccardo Muti. With full program The festival can be found on the official website.

FESTIVAL IN RAVELLO 2017

Villa Ruffolo invites you to enjoy music and beauty

The 65th Festival will be opened by Adam Fisher; he will conduct the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, which will perform music from Wagner's operas: Act I of Valkyrie and Act III of Siegfried. In a truly rich program of the festival, we will note the concert of Philip Glass on July 14, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the American composer. It will also be possible to see a performance of soloists dedicated to Balanchine ballet troupe the New York City Ballet, as well as Marie Chouinard and Ohada Naharina with their Bat Sheva dance company; jazz performed by Wayne Shorter and much more, which you can read about on the festival website.

JAZZ FESTIVAL IN UMBRIA

The program of this season includes such names as Kraftwerk 3D, Brian Wilson, Giuliano Sangiorgi, the piano duet of two Cuban stars - Chucho Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba and many others. The final evening, featuring Hamilton de Olanda, Stefano Bollani, Javan and the Baile do Almeidina orchestra, is dedicated to Brazil.

The weekend before the festival this year, there will be an extraordinary concert in the square in Norcia in solidarity and recovery after the earthquake. The concert will be attended by the Italian group Funk Off, Renzo Arbore with his musical group "L'Orchestra Italiana", the trio Accordi and Disaccordi, the jazz ensemble The Gam Scorpions, as well as the Brand New Heavies group.

FESTIVAL IN STRESA

Music weeks Piedmont

This year, the Stresa Musical Weeks are divided into three thematic parts: the Midsummer Jazz Concert, Musical Reflections and the core of the festival - "Meetings". The concerts will feature Enrico Rava, Enrico Pierannutsi, violinist Christophe Barati, the Khachatryan brothers and maestro Daniele Rustioni; he will conduct the Stresa Festival Orchestra, which will perform Shostakovich's Hamlet. Also among the orchestras in the festival will take part the Swiss Symphony Orchestra Tonhalle with pianist Francesco Piemontesi, London Symphony Orchestra with Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, conductor Gianandrea Noseda.

ROSSINI OPERA FESTIVAL

The Rossini Opera Festival is one of the main musical events European scale. It is the only international festival entirely dedicated to Gioacchino Rossini; within its framework, they collect, study and stage musical works associated with the name of this outstanding Italian composer. Thanks to the work of the organizers of the festival, along with the famous scores, a large number of the composer's forgotten works were performed in the original version, installed by the Rossini Foundation, which pleased music lovers a lot.

FESTIVAL OF NATIONS

Dedicated to Germany

The 50th season of the Festival of Nations, held in the Umbrian town of Citta di Castello, is dedicated to Germany. From August 29 to September 9, in one of the most charming corners of this central region of Italy, in Valtiberina - the upper Tiber valley, will delight the audience with performances famous performers, young musicians, symphony and chamber orchestras from different countries world, who will take part in cross-projects and concerts that will introduce the rich culture of Germany from the period after the First World War.

Among the participants: Ute Lemper, Prometheus Quartet, Athenaeum Quartet, Beppe Servillo and the Berlin Ensemble, Michael Nyman with his group, Alexander Lonkvich, Enrico Brodzi, Christiane Morganti and Leonid Green.

FESTIVAL MITO SETTEMBRE MUSIC

140 concerts in 19 days

The general theme of the MITO festival in 2017 was "Nature". The program includes 140 concerts that will harmoniously unite two major Italian cities - Milan and Turin.

The works included in the festival program cover a period of more than a thousand years of music history. Works by 115 contemporary composers will be performed, 10 of them will be performed in Italy for the first time, as well as Ambrosian chant, works by Vivaldi, music of classicism, romanticism, the twentieth century, and national schools. As many as seven absolute premieres are planned, among them compositions by Gianluca Cascioli, Pärt Uusberg, Virginia Guastella (commissioned by the festival), Nicola Bakri and the baptism of Francesco Fiore's Song of the Factory, written at the invitation of the Pirelli Foundation for the violinist Salvatore Accardo and the Italian Chamber Orchestra. The full program can be found on the official website.

57th ART BIENNALE

Long live living art!

Once again in the Giardini Gardens and in the Arsenal, the 57th international exhibition art called "Long live living art." The exposition of the exhibition is a kind of "journey in nine chapters", nine lives of contemporary art: the first two universes are presented in the central pavilion in Giardini, the remaining seven - from Arsenal to Giardino delle Virgini. The biennale features works by 120 artists from 51 countries; of these, 103 are participating for the first time. Historical pavilions in the Giardini, the Arsenale and in the historical center of Venice are reserved for the expositions of 85 participating countries. Three countries are presented at the exhibition for the first time: Antigua and Barbuda, Kiribati, Nigeria.

MUSIC FESTIVAL IN MILAN

Milano Music and La Scala Theater together take part in the festival, dedicated to creativity Salvatore Sharrino. The festival is divided into four thematic sections: "Waiting for the wind", which will feature works for the flute; "Island of Voices" - vocals; "Reverse Spaces" - Electonic music; "Infinite Black" - meditations on the theme of shadow and night.

Following the ideas of Sciarrino, for whom the listener is the center, rooms were selected with optimal acoustic characteristics for the proposed musical works: the immense Pirelli Hangar of Bicocca for studies in the field of marine intonations, the Hall of Caryatids of the Royal Palace, which has the effect of reflecting refractions, which makes the sounds of the flute simply enchanting, the Gerolamo Theater, where chamber works will be performed, and the Planetarium with its azure vault immersed in darkness.