A Stradivarius on tour for local companies thanks to the Ticino Olona Foundation. For the centenary of Legnano city, there will be even two!
Dairago – “The factory cannot only look at the profit index. It must distribute wealth, culture, services, democracy. I think the factory for man, not the man for the factory, right? It is necessary to overcome the divisions between capital and labour, industry and agriculture, production and culture”, thus spoke Adriano Olivetti, tracing a new perimeter around the concept of industry. Following the example of Olivetti and also quoting the words of Carlo Pisacane “It is not ideas that give value to facts, it is facts that give value to ideas” the professor Salvatore Fortepresident of the Ticino Olona Community Foundation, presented the initiative “A Stradivarius for the People – Sounds in the Factories” which will bring the sublime enchantment of one of the 13 Omobono Stradivarius, to the stages created by the local factories.
During the preview held on Tuesday 18 June, Maestro Lorenzo Meraviglia performed a short performance for the press who were thus able to admire and listen to the precious 1730 violin up close.
The concert
The first appointment is scheduled for Saturday 22 June at the Dairago’s Wiz Chemicals, the first factory that took up Prof.’s invitation. Strong: “It took me 0.2 seconds to say yes” said Guido Azario, CEO of the company. The meeting between Azario and Forte took place as part of the organization of the InCanto Women Festival of which both entities are supporters, demonstrating that the territorial network driven by cultural initiatives can be a driving force for collaborations, interactions and synergies capable of enriching the panorama of opportunities for the communities involved. However, the enthusiasm did not stop at the words and on Saturday evening there will be just under 500 people who will be able to participate in the concert, who will be joined by the public connected all over the world via streaming (link available on the website of the company and the Foundation Ticio Olona).
The other 3 scheduled concerts will take place between September and October: one will be in Marcallo with Casone at Matteo Magugliani’s carpentry shop, another a First Brown at CMG, Costruzioni Meccaniche Giani, a world leading company in the construction of optical fibers and steel tubes that cross the ocean; finally, not with one but with two Stradivariusthe long-awaited Legnano date will be held in the warehouses of the former Electrical Industries, to celebrate the centenary of Legnano became a City in 1924.
The concert will be held by the violinist from San Vittore Maestro Lorenzo Meraviglia who will perform together withConcertante String Academy of Milandirected by Maestro Mauro Benaglia, The program includes the works of Mozart, Rossini, Verdi and Tchaikovsky. The choir of around 40 elements will be performed by Schola Cantorum Ars Nova of Cerro Maggiore.
Previous editions
Last year four concerts were held in prestigious places such as the Morimondo Abbey, the Villa Corvini in Parabiago, the Palazzo Stampa in Abbiategrasso and the Church of San Rocco in Cuggiono, while for this edition it was preferred to bring the Stradivarius in the factories, bringing the musical experience to an audience that has not had the opportunity to participate in such extraordinary events.
Last year’s experience made it possible to bring together the Ticino Olona Foundation and the Foundation for Readingan excellent cultural reality based in Abbiategrasso, chaired by Marcello Mazzolini, which extends throughout the south-west area of Milan and
Community Days
The concerts are part of the Foundation’s Community Days “days dedicated to the community of our territory, days created to strengthen the bond that binds us with the bodies with which we interact and with the entire community so that we know what we do, who we do it for and why we do it” explained the prof. Strong.
Laura Defendi
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