The unmissable events for next weekend in Cremona and its province: our advice for Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April 2024, with a look also at 25 April.
(Cover photo: Loredana Bertè at Ponchielli in Cremona, Loredana Bertè Facebook page image)
What to do in Cremona: weekend events (27-28 April 2024)
CREMONA. Loredana Bertè
- Sunday 28 April 2024 – Ponchielli Theatre
Loredana Bertè arrives in Cremona with a show in which she once again puts herself at stake with her songs, so current and powerful that they manage to travel between generations and tell us all about. In the show a great tribute to pop and rock and a tribute, through visuals, to pop art. The setlist goes from moments of pure emotion and intensity with me with Il Mare d’inverno and Sei massimo to moments of collective delirium with the most recent hits such as Non ti dico no. More info and tickets CLICKING HERE.
CREMONA. Water more precious than diamond
- From 29 April to 10 May 2024 – Sala Alabardieri, Palazzo Comunale
The Italian Institute of Photography presents the photographic exhibition “Water more precious than diamond” which will be held from 29 April to 10 May at the Sala Alabardieri of the Palazzo Comunale of Cremona. The exhibition tells, through the gaze of 16 photographers, the exploitation of the soil and the environment as well as the water shortage that affects the Italian territory at different times of the year.
The photographic project, curated by the photographer and IIF teacher Erminio Annunzi and produced in collaboration with the Circolo Vedo Verde – Legambiente Cremona and with the support of the manager of the Integrated Water Service of the province of Cremona Padania Acque, clearly highlights the numerous consequences that the man’s action causes on the planet, from deforestation to the melting of glaciers but also the devastation caused by forest fires and the effects that the lack of rain has had on the economic and social activities present along the banks of the Po river.
CREMONA. Veils of Light
- From 25 April to 1 May 2024 – Former Chamber of Commerce stock exchange
The watercolourist Fulvio Fiorini returns to exhibit in the city by presenting a series of recent works in the Ex Borsino of the Chamber of Commerce in which he continues his personal naturalistic research through water colours. The exhibition set up in via Solferino 29 will be inaugurated on Thursday 25 April at 5.30 pm and can be visited until 1 May. Glaze after glaze, Fiorini manages to bring to paper the poetry of known and lesser-known views, often taken en plein air, in the manner of the French Impressionists. The exhibition, entitled “Velature di luce”, can be visited at the following times: 25 April and 1 May 10.00-12.30, 15.00-19.30, on other days 10.00-12.00, 16.30-19.30, free admission.
CREMONA. Reoli and Ganassali, “Chromatic Symphonies”
- Until May 2, 2024 – Adafa Lab, Via Cesare Battisti 21
The exhibition is a two-person exhibition by Erminia Ganassali from Cremona and Paola Reoli from Milan, but Verona by adoption. “The basic idea of this exhibition is to propose two very original artists who paint their works with a view to creating artistic scarves and sarongs in a numbered edition” explains the curator, Simone Fappanni. The exhibition can be visited until May 2nd from Tuesday to Sunday from 5pm to 7pm.
CREMONA. The portraits of Leo Nucci
- Until 17 May 2024 – Palazzo Frodi, Corso Matteotti 15
They say he is the greatest baritone in the world, Leo Nucci. His Rigoletto has inflamed the audiences of the most important theatres, the greatest conductors have valorised his talents and everyone considers him an undisputed master, in the Verdian repertoire and beyond. Yet there is something in his gaze, in his smile that makes him dear and close to us. His profound love for art, his attachment to life and its cultural forms, a subtle irony that lights up his eyes. Here: such vibrant eyes could only become a perfect source of inspiration and so the famous Parma artist Vittorio Ferrarini made them the protagonists of a new collection of portraits all inspired by the looks and on-stage disguises of this extraordinary performer. They are truly interesting, realistic and pulsating paintings. Even funny, as in the case of the ‘meta-portrait’ chosen as the guiding image of the exhibition: Nucci observes a painting depicting an instant of Rigoletto, imitates its vivid expression and is in turn painted in the exact identification of gazes.
CREMONA. Tandem
- Until June 9, 2024 – Violin Museum
From 23 March to 9 June 2024, the 19th edition of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Illustrators will take place in Cremona, an annual exhibition event, created and curated by the Tapirulan Association, with the collaboration of the Municipality of Cremona. The theme of this edition is “Tandem”. Many will be thinking of bicycles with two or more seats, but tandem has many meanings, starting with the one that derives from Latin, which can be translated as “finally”. So, thanks to the exhibition and the artists exhibited, we will “finally” discover many of these meanings. More info CLICKING HERE.
CREMONA. Piccio on Paper
- EXTENDED until May 12, 2024 – Ala Ponzone Civic Museum, Via Ugolani Dati 4
In the rooms of the Pinacoteca the exhibition on the Piccio in Cremona. The Municipality, in particular the culture department headed by Luca Burgazzi, has acquired around fifteen unpublished drawings by the painter which will be exhibited to the public for the first time, not only drawings but on display there will also be other works by Piccio from from public and private collections. The exhibition will remain open to the public until Monday 1 April 2024 and can be visited every day, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 5pm.
CREMONA. Requiem
- Until 5 May 2024 – Church of San Carlo, Via Bissolati 33
San Carlo Cremona is happy to announce Jonas Mekas, Requiem, the first exhibition of 2024 hosted inside the seventeenth-century church of San Carlo in Via Bissolati 33 in Cremona. Requiem, by Jonas Mekas, will be visible from February 23 to May 5, 2024.
Requiem, commissioned and premiered at The Shed, New York, is a meditative homage to Verdi’s score for the Messa da Requiem, or Catholic funeral mass, and a reflection on the beauty of the natural world.
Artist, poet and director originally from Lithuania, Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) was one of the cornerstones of New York independent experimental cinema, famous throughout the world. Forefather of the avant-garde American cinema movement, his works have influenced entire generations of directors, and have been exhibited in art exhibitions such as Documenta, the Venice Biennale, the Serpentine in London, the Center Pompidou in Paris, and the Jewish Museum in New York.
CASALMAGGIORE. Workshop
- Until 7 July 2024 – Diotti Museum
The artists’ ateliers, working methods, tools and materials of the various expressive techniques have long been under the spotlight of historical-critical studies, investigations focused on aspects of protection and conservation, as well as the subject of exhibitions and real interventions museographic. The attention that the Diotti Museum has dedicated to the artist’s work since its foundation in 2007 now translates into an exhibition initiative focused on the theme of the atelier. The exhibition offers the opportunity to shine the spotlight on many works that are part of the Museum’s permanent exhibition itinerary, including the ateliers of the painters Goliardo Padova, Palmiro Vezzoni, Tino Aroldi and the sculptor Ercole Priori: materials from these artists are in fact on display archive (prints, drawings, photographs) not normally visible to the public. For more info: museodiotti.it
CASALMAGGIORE. Redefining the jewel
- Until 9 June 2024 – Bijou Museum, Via Porzio 9
Redefining Jewelery returns to the Bijou Museum in Casalmaggiore with 43 contemporary jewels designed by Italian and foreign artists. A project now in its ninth edition, born in 2010, from an idea of the curator Sonia Patrizia Catena, and which over the years has become a point of reference in the material experimentation of art jewellery. An annual competition that stimulates the design and creation of a contemporary jewel whose added value is created by the idea.
Exhibition times: Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 12pm and from 3pm to 6pm; Sundays and holidays from 3pm to 7pm. Entrance to the exhibition and museum: full price €3.00; reduced €2.50. Free for school groups, holders of the Lombardy Museum Pass and every first Sunday of the month ( domenicalmuseo ). More info: museodelbijou.it
PIZZIGHETTONE. Chalices within the walls
“Calici tra le Mura” returns with its highly anticipated second edition at the Fiere dell’Adda in Pizzighettone. With over 1000 products to taste and buy, the “Calici tra le Mura” event will be much more than a simple display of labels; it will be an immersive experience that celebrates culture, tradition and innovation in the world of wine. Participants will have the opportunity to interact directly with producers to deepen their knowledge and discover the latest trends in the wine world. The offer of “Calici tra le mura” will be expanded with a selection of gastronomic producers and their culinary delicacies, as well as the presence of a large Street Food Area where you can purchase meals directly from the carefully selected traveling kitchens on wheels and sit comfortably on the tables made available to the organization. There will also be a Free Mini Club where children can be left in complete safety to allow parents to visit the fair in peace. Tickets will be available online within opening hours CLICKING HERE or directly on site at the ticket office.
SAINT JOHN ON THE CROSS. Pic Nic at Villa Medici
- Thursday 25 April 2024 – Villa Medici del Vascello
Villa Medici del Vascello will be open to visitors on Thursday 25 April from 10.30 to 19.00 for guided tours and picnics in the park. Spend a day of fun and relaxation in the nineteenth-century park of Villa Medici del Vascello by organizing your picnic and taking part in guided tours with family and friends. The guided tours will take place at 11 am; 15; 4pm and 5pm. It is possible to stay inside the park for a PIC-NIC at a cost of €5 per person (pic-nic only). The property offers a limited number of picnic tables which cannot be booked. Four-legged friends are allowed!
SONCINO. Soncino Fantasy 2024
- Thursday 25 April 2024 – Rocca Sforzesca
In the stupendous setting of the Rocca di Soncino, the thirteenth edition of the Soncino Fantasy event will take place, the great event dedicated to Fantasy and the Fantastic Middle Ages. Throughout the day, stalls and shops inspired by the most famous fantasy sagas that accompanied the childhood of several generations, falconry exhibitions, entertainment for children, workshops, camps, shows, music and much more. Tickets: Full price: €15 (available at the entrance); Reduced: €13 (online presales); Family (2 adults and minors): €40 (available at the entrance). Info: tel 0374-83675
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