From Friday, March 28, 2025 to Sunday, May 25, 2025 the International Music Festival Fanny Mendelssohn returns, now in its 12th edition.
The historic houses of Pisa, San Giuliano Terme, Cascina and Pontedera are preparing to host concerts and artists from Germany, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Argentina, Peru and the United States along with some Italian excellences to take you on a journey in music.
Guided tours, tastings and spectacular frames will make these events unique.
The festival is held under the patronage of the Region of Tuscany, the Municipality of Pisa, the Province of Pisa, the Municipality of San Giuliano Terme and the Municipality of Cascina, in collaboration with the Fondazione Pisa, UniCoop Firenze, ADSI - Delegazione Dimore Pisane and ADSI - Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane Sezione Toscana. With the participation of the Cerratelli Foundation, Piaggio Foundation, Museo della Grafica, Sistema Museale d'Ateneo, Associazione Culturale Ville Borbone e Dimore Storiche della Versilia, Lucia Farfalli - Le Dame Design, Confartigianato Pisa, Mercatopoli, Pro Loco Coltano, Marconi LABS Coltano, Menicagli piano, l'Ussero Caffè, MusicArte, Arno.it and Dolight.
The programme is as follows:
Friday 28 February - 9 p.m. at Palazzo Blu (Lungarno Gambacorti 9, Pisa)
Claude and Milo Ferrazzini Hauri, cello
Followed by a toast with tasting.
Friday 4 April - 9 p.m. at the Piaggio Museum (Viale Piaggio 7, Pontedera)
Orchestra Città di Grosseto, Raffaele Livio Ponti, Conductor, Estelle Chen, violin
Followed by sweet tasting by the Zanobini pastry.
Sunday 13 April 13 - 6 p.m. at Villa Alta (Via Abetone 110, San Giuliano Terme)
Ivana Zecca, clarinet and Jorge Andrés Bosso, cello
Before the aperitif concert with branded products offered by Unicoop Firenze.
Thursday 24 April - 9 p.m. at Piene San Casciano (Cascina)
Forte Trio
Maxat Jussupov, violin
Murat Narbekov, cello
Timur Urmancheyev, piano
Concert realized in collaboration with Qazaqconcert and Astana Filarmonia.
Sunday 27 April
- 3 p.m. at Sala Granduca of the Hotel Bagni di Pisa (San Giuliano Terme)
Concert lesson. The works of Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin
Presentate e interpretate da Valerio Premuroso.
- 4 p.m. at Sala Granduca of the Hotel Bagni di Pisa (San Giuliano Terme)
Le Fisarmoniche del Puccini. Ensemble di fisarmoniche del Conservatorio Giacomo Puccini di La Spezia
Anna Di Pasquale, Francesco Salvini, Lisa Guastini, Michele Boriassi, Alessio Bejan, Isadora Olivi, Massimo Tripolesi, Denis Dary, Lorenzo Giusti
M° Concertatore Endrio Luti
- 5.30 p.m. at Sala Granduca of the Hotel Bagni di Pisa (San Giuliano Terme)
Fabrizio Mocata, pianoforte
- 9 p.m. at Sala Granduca of the Hotel Bagni di Pisa (San Giuliano Terme)
Maria Gualandris, voce narrante
Valerio Premuroso, pianoforte
Sunday 4 May
- 10 a.m. at Villa Medicea of Coltano
Concert lesson. Matinée in Music
- 11 a.m. at Villa Medicea of Coltano
Matinée in Musica. Recital of the winner of the XXX Rospigliosi Piano Competition
- 4 p.m. at Villa Medicea of Coltano
Juan Carlos Arancibia Navarro, guitar
Felicitas Stephan, cello
In the aperitif offered by Proloco di Coltano.
- 6 p.m. at Villa Medicea of Coltano
Anna Lisa Bellini, piano
Before the concert (5 p.m.) aperitif offered by Proloco di Coltano.
Friday 9 May - 9 p.m. at the Graphic Museum
Tommaso Benciolini, flute and Lorenzo Bernardi, guitar
During the concert from 8 p.m. will be possible to make a guided tour of the exhibition set up by the Graphic Museum.
Followed by a toast by the Zanobini pastry.
Thursday 15 May - 9 p.m. at Villa di Corliano (San Giuliano Terme)
Sergey Antonov, cello and Carl Pontén, piano
Followed by a salty buffet offered by 'Osteria all'Ussero da Antonio'.
Friday 23 May - 9 p.m. at Villa Rita (Uliveto Terme)
Aurelio and Paolo Pollice, piano a quattro mani
Then we’ll have refreshments.
Sunday 25 May - 9 p.m. at Villa Roncioni (Pugnano)
Hadimova Quartet
Patrizio Rocchino, violin
Carlo Coppola, violin
Paolo Di Lorenzo, purple
Dario Orabona, cello
To follow toast with the artists.
For more information on reservations, tickets and subscriptions: associationefanny@gmail.com | tel. +39 347 6371189 or +39 347 8509620.
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