“Classic is contemporary”. This is the leitmotif of the 24th edition of the Emilia Romagna Festival, the summer festival that from July 3 to September 11 offers 56 events on the bill, with more than 600 artists involved and programs from the classical repertoire to contemporary music. Among these, 18 events will be held in Imola and the surrounding area. «Different concerts and music that demonstrate how it is a multicultural and multidisciplinary event» says artistic director Massimo Mercelli. «ERF is experimentation, observation and listening to voices and instruments that speak to our present and is the demonstration that quality pays off» comment Mayor Marco Panieri and Councilor for Culture Giacomo Gambi.
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We start in Imola on 5 July, in the church of San Domenico, with the Korean Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nanse Gum, the Russian violinist Maria Solozobova and Min Ji O at the haegum.
On 8 July, in the cloister of the San Domenico Museum, “La Pantomima reborn” with the violist and composer Vladimir Mendelssohn, Andrea Rucli on the piano and the Variabile Chamber Ensemble S. Gaggia. On July 16th at the Osservanza theatre, the comic and musical duo Igudesman & Joo, formed by the Russian violinist Aleksey Igudesman and the Anglo-Korean pianist Hyung-ki Joo, with the national premiere of Coda – The Final Nightmare.
On July 19th at the Terme di Castel San Pietro park, “SuMarte” arrives, with Massimo Valentini on saxophones and percussion, Arianna Cleri on vocals and Marta Celli on Celtic harp. On July 21st in the cloister of the Palazzo Vescovile, Martino Colombo on violin, Davide Navelli on viola and Enrico Mignani on cello will play together with Massimo Mercelli.
On 22 July at the San Francesco di Mordano cloister “A woman for all seasons”, a show by the opera singer Silvia Felisetti with Massimo Ghetti on the flute and Annalisa Mannarini on the piano.
On July 26, in the church of San Girolamo di Tossignano, homage to the violinist Federico Barera. On stage the music critic Pierfrancesco Pacoda and the musicians Elisa Scudeller (violin) and Miquel Esquinas Martínez (piano).
On July 29th the Del Barrio Trio at the San Domenico Gardens in Imola. On August 2nd at the Terme di Castello Park, it will be the turn of the Ensemble Mozart.
Followed by four appointments with the winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. On 3 August at the church of San Lorenzo in Varignana and on 6 August at the Cloister of the San Domenico Museum it will be the turn of the Aruna Quartet, while on 21 August at the Cloister of the San Domenico Museum and on 23 August at the church of San Pietro Apostolo in Fontanelice, they will play the Poiesis Quartet.
On August 22nd at the Parco delle Terme there will be space for the Gershwin Quintet. On August 27th at the Chiesa del Carmine in Imola there will be “Organ Music from Austria”, with the conductor Robert Lehrbaumer. Concert dedicated to Don Ignazio Spadoni, historic parish priest of Imola who passed away in 2003.
On August 29, the famous harpist Nicoletta Sanzin will perform in the historic garden of the Bishop’s Palace.
On September 5, at the Osservanza Theatre, the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice conducted by Vahan Mardirossian, with Marketa Cepicka on solo violin and Marie Dorazilova on solo cello.
Closing on 7 September at Villa La Babina in Sasso Morelli with the Turkish tenor Bülent Bezdüz and the soprano Serena Farnocchia, together with the Bulgarian pianist Ludmil Angelov.
