The 2025 Christmas Concert is entitled ‘Nightmare before Christmas’, which sums up the theme chosen for the 260th anniversary celebrations of the Pisa Philharmonic Society.
The event will take place on Saturday 13 December 2025 at 9 p.m. at the Teatro Verdi (Via Palestro, 40).
The programme includes music by Gaetano Donizetti, Mike Curtis, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, Danny Elfman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Williams and Goblin.
Orchestra of the Pisa Philharmonic Music School, conductor Francesco Saviozzi. Clarinet quartet: Marcello Leoni, Simona Ascani, Walter Schiavi, Giulia Pochini.
Choir of the Filarmonica Pisana, choir director Giovanni Del Vecchio
Wind Orchestra of the Società Filarmonica Pisana. Soprano Ilaria Casai, violin soloist Alessio Mannelli and cello soloist Leonardo Maffei. Conductor Paolo Carosi, presented by Chiara Prosperini.
Free admission with reservation on Eventbrite. Reservations will be open from Monday 1 December at 6pm via this link: https://nightmare-before-xmas-filapisa.eventbrite.it.
In the theatre foyer, visitors will have the opportunity to purchase chocolate hearts and support the Telethon Foundation's research into rare genetic diseases.
The event is sponsored by the Municipality of Pisa, ANBIMA Pisa and ACT Cori della Toscana in collaboration with Fondazione Pisa.
