Festival

International festival of music of Savona

The International Music Festival of Savona is born from the desire of the Ensemble Nuove Musiche Association. Its goal is to create a fixed appointment, capable of promoting concrete advantages for the Savona area alongside the prestige of the artistic proposals of national and international profile, with significant social and cultural repercussions.

 

A strong feature of the festival is its desire to propose a repertoire that is representative of Italian and other countries’ concert realities, with particular regard to the common European cultural matrix. We are convinced that a high level of music can involve a wider audience than just the specialist, if it is able to propose the classical repertoire in an innovative way. This would include directly involving the protagonists according to their artistic peculiarities and according to that cultural mix on which we intend to build the event.

 

Another specific feature of the festival is its international openness, which is a decisive element in the realization of the project. The Festival strives to enhance the artistic and monumental heritage of the city by events taking place in these historical locations and artistic buildings. To this end, we hope that it can represent an exciting attraction for many visitors, naturally increasing the already consolidated tourist flow towards Savona: City of the Popes.

 

The free admission to almost all of the events paired with the quality of the artists will help ensure widespread participation. This unique opportunity will allow anyone to approach the fascinating world of this music, too often considered a privileged prerogative of a small niche of population.

 

To encourage musical creativity, an annual composition contest will be held and it will have the best worldwide emerging compositional talents in Savona. The winning selections will be performed in a concert within the Festival and the award ceremony will be an integral part of the review.

 2025 Calendar

August 25th – Chiesa di S. Andrea 9.00 pm

 

In collaboration with Festival Internazionale Mandolinistico

With the participation of the AIAS Association

DUO AONZO – IZQUIERDO

Carlo AonzoMandolin

René Izquierdo Guitar

Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840):

Minuetto per l’Amandorlino M.S.106

Sonata per Rovene M.S.14

Serenata M.S.16

Sonata concertata M.S.2 – transcription for guitar and mandolin

Sonatas n. 1 e n. 5 from Centone di Sonate – transcription for guitar and mandolin

Dai Ghiribizzi for solo guitar M.S.43

Ghiribizzi n.: 11, 12, 15, 20

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

French Suite n. 6 BWV 817

September 5th – Chiesa di S. Filippo Neri 9.00 pm

 

Jubilee Organ Recital SeriesLaudate Dominum in chordis et organo

DUO COLARDO – CORTI

Alessio Corti – Organ

Luca Colardo – Cello

Marco Enrico Bossi: the Bachian roots and his contemporary German composers

Max Reger (1873-1916):

Aria Op.103a for cello and organ

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

Sonata for viola da gamba n.1 in G maj. BWV1027

I – Adagio

II – Allegro ma non troppo

III – Andante

IV – Allegro Moderato

Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925):

Romanza Op.89 for cello and organ

Thème et Variations Op.115 for solo organ

Bénédiction nuptiale Op.111 for cello and organ

Julius Klengel (1859-1933):

Suite Op.54 for cello and organ

I – Allegro patetico

II – Pastorale (Andantino)

III – Sarabande (Lento)

IV – Chaconne (Moderato)

September 12th – Oratorio dei SS. Giovanni Battista, Evangelista e Petronilla 9.00 pm

 

GIOVANNI ANGELERI Violin

MICHELE TRENTI Guitar

Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840):

Sei Duetti M.S.110

Sei Sonate  M.S.9

Sonata a violin solo M.S.83

Allegretto per chitarra sola in La magg. M.S.86

Sonata per chitarra sola in Mi magg. M.S.87

September 18th – Chiesa di S. Andrea 9.00 pm

 

SHIMPEI ARIKAWA – Piano

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1942): From Elegien BV249, Elegy n. 2 All’Italia!

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Sonata n. 31 in A flat maj. Op. 110

Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin (1872-1915): Sonata n. 5  in F sharp maj. Op. 53

Domenico Turi (1986): Miniature notturne

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953): Sonata n. 8 in B flat maj. Op. 84

September 23rd – Oratorio dei SS. Giovanni Battista, Evangelista e Petronilla 9.00 pm

 

Jubilee Organ Recital SeriesLaudate Dominum in chordis et organo

TON KOOPMAN – Organ

Anonymous Spanish composer of the 17th century

Batalha Famosa in C maj.

Pablo Bruna (1611-1679):

Tiento sobre la letanía de la Virgen in G min.

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643):

Toccata alla Levatione in D min.

Bergamasca in G maj.

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621):

Ballo del Granduca in G maj. SwWV 319

Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr in F maj

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707):

Fuga in C maj. BuxWV 174

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern in G maj. BuxWV 223

Passacaglia in D min. BuxWV 161

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

Pastorale in F maj. BWV 590

September 27th – Chiesa di S. Domenico 9.00 pm

 

CONCERT IN MEMORY OF ESQ. BENIAMINO RETTURA

With the support of ICIT – Istituto di Cultura Italo Tedesco di Savona

In collaboration with Accademia degli Sfaccendati – Ariccia

MUSICIANS OF SÄCHSISCHE STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN

Lukas Stepp – Violin

Federico Kasik – Violin

Holger GrohsViola

Sebastian Fritsch – Cello

Teresa Beldi – Cello

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

String Trio n. 5 in C min. Op. 9 n. 3

I – Allegro con spirito

II – Adagio con espressione

III – Scherzo

IV – Presto

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):

String Quintet in C maj. Op. 163 D. 956

I – Allegro ma non troppo

II – Adagio

III – Presto  e Trio

IV – Allegretto

September 28th – Oratorio di Nostra Signora Assunta, Varazze 6.30 pm

 

DUO CRUDELI – ORLANDO

Marcella Crudeli/ Loris Orlando – Piano four hands

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):

Slavonic Dances, First Series, Op. 46

Furiant – Presto

Dumka – Allegretto scherzando. Allegro vivo

Polka – Poco allegro

Sousedská – Allegretto scherzando

Skocná – Allegro vivace

Sousedská – Allegretto scherzando

Skocná – Allegro assai

Furiant – Presto

Slavonic Dances, Second Series, Op. 72

Odzemek – Molto vivace

Dumka – Allegretto grazioso

Skocná – Allegro

Dumka – Allegretto grazioso

Spacírka – Poco adagio-vivace

Polonaise – Moderato, quasi menuetto

Kolo – Allegro vivace

Sousedská – Grazioso e lento, ma non troppo, quasi tempo di Valse

October 4th – Chiesa di S. Andrea 9.00 pm

 

In collaboration with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Alta Formazione

DUO SABATINI – RUGANI

Daniele Sabatini – Violin

Simone Rugani – Piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):

Sonata for violin and piano n. 2 in G maj. Op. 77

I – Allegretto

II – Blues. Moderato

III – Perpetuum mobile. Allegro

Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918):

La plus que lente

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937):

Mythes Op. 30 – Three poems for piano and violin

Zródlo Aretuzy (The Fountain of Arethusa) – Poco allegro

Narcyz (Narcisuus) – Molto sostenuto

Driady i Pan (Dryads and Pan) – Poco animato

Maurice Ravel:

Tzigane Op. 76

October 17th – Chiesa di S. Andrea 9.00 pm

 

MATTEO BORSARELLI – Piano

Silvio Bartoli (1989): Giallo n. 2 from Color Suite

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):

Estampes

Pagodes

La soirée dans Grenade

Jardins sous la pluie

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849): Fantasia in F min. Op. 49

Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

October 26th – Oratorio di S. Giuseppe, Varazze 5.00 pm

 

Jubilee Organ Recital SeriesLaudate Dominum in chordis et organo

DUO BARAN – ZUNINO

Volodymyr Baran – Violin

Tiziana Zunino – Organ

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):

Violin concerto  in A min. Op. 3 n. 6  RV356 from Estro armonico

I – Allegro

II – Largo

III – Presto

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

Aria (Thema) fromVariazioni Goldberg Variations for solo violin (Arr. Volodymyr Baran)

Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770):

Sonata for violino and continuo in G min. Op. 1 n. 10 “Didone abbandonata”

I – Affettuoso

II – Presto

III – Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach:

Chaconne from Partita n. 2 in D min. for solo violin BWV 1004

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759):

Sonata for violin and continuo in D maj. Op. 1 n. 13 HWV 371

I – Affettuoso

II – Allegro

III – Larghetto

IV – Allegro

October 31st – Chiesa di S. Andrea 9.00 pm

 

In collaboration with ProQuartet – Paris

MAGENTA QUARTET                                           VAREN QUARTET

Ida Derbesse – Violino                                         Jean-Baptiste Iachemet – Violino
Elena Watson-Perry – Violino                           Elliott Pages – Violino
Claire Pass-Lanneau – Viola                               David Heusler – Viola
Fiona Robson – Violoncello                               Adele Quartier de Andrade – Violoncello

 

Rosy Wertheim (1888-1949): String Quartet

Dmitri Dmitrievič Šostakóvič (1906-1975):

Two pieces for String Octet Op. 11

I – Prelude. Adagio

II – Scherzo. Allegro molto

Alexandre Jamar (1995): Berceuses pour Keyserlingk

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):

String Octet Op. 20  in E flat maj. MWV R20

I – Allegro moderato ma con fuoco

II – Andante

III – Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo

IV – Presto

November 8th – Chiesa di S.Domenico 9.00 pm

 

MUSICIANS OF ČESKÁ FILHARMONIE

Štěpánka AndělováOboe

Vladislav BorovkaOboe

Jan BrabecClarinet

Lukáš DittrichClarinet

Ondřej RoskovecBassoon

Tomáš FrantišBassoon

Ondřej ŠindelářContrabassoon

Kateřina JavůrkováHorn

Mikuláš KoskaHorn

Marie Kosová – Horn

Jan Keller – Cello

Petr Ries – Double bass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):

Le Nozze di Figaro Ouverture

Ave Verum corpus – Transcription for wind ensemble by Martin Hybler

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953):

Romeo and Julia – Excerpts from the ballet, arranged for wind octet

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):

Serenade for 10 Wind Instruments, Violoncello, Double Bass in D min. Op. 44

I – Moderato quasi marcia

II – Minuetto: Tempo di minuetto – Trio

III – Andante con moto

IV – Finale. Allegro molto

November 15th – Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, Vado Ligure 9.00 pm

 

Jubilee Organ Recital SeriesLaudate Dominum in chordis et organo

FABRIZIO FANCELLO – Organ

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707):

Praeludium BuxWV 139

Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738):

Magnificat primi modi

Plein jeu, Duo, Trio, Basse de Trompète,

Flûtes, Dialogue

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

 Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654

Fuga super Magnificat BWV 733

Giovanni Battista Polleri (1855-1923):

Fantasia in F maj.

Prelude and Fugue on the theme FEDE A BACH

Domenico Bellando (1868-1922):

Offertorio in G

Elevazione

Giacomo Pedemonte (1894-1963):

Marcia religiosa

November 22nd – Chiesa di S. Andrea 9.00 pm

 

ORCHESTRA MUSICA MANENS

Conductor: ANDREA DAMIANO COTTI

W. A. Mozart: a chiaroscuro portrait

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):

Exultate Jubilate Mottetto K165

I –  Exultate, Jubilate – Allegro

II –  Fulget amica dies – recitativo

III –  Tu virginum corona – Andante

IV –  Alleluia – Allegro

Soprano: MARTA CELLINI

Andante for flute and orchestra in C maj. K315/285e

Flute: ELISA DOMINI

Piano concert in D min. K466

I –  Allegro

II –  Romanza

III –  Rondò. Allegro assai

Piano: ANDREA BOCCALETTI

November 29th – Chiesa di S.Andrea 9.00 pm

 

With the support of ICIT – Istituto di Cultura Italo Tedesco di Savona and Forum Austriaco di Cultura di Milano

In collaboration with mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst – Wien

MOTUS QUARTET

Tim de Vries – Violin
Karla Križ – Violin
Erin Carter – Viola
Domonkos Hartmann – Cello

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827):

String quartet n. 1 in F maj. Op. 18 n. 1

I – Allegro con brio

II – Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato

III – Scherzo. Allegro molto

IV – Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):

String Quartet in E min. Op. 44 n. 2

I – Allegro assai appassionato

II – Scherzo. Allegro di molto

III – Andante

IV – Presto agitato

December 6th – Chiesa di S. Andrea 9.00 pm

 

I SOLISTI DELLA SCALA with  FRANCESCO LIBETTA

Fabrizio Meloni – Clarinet

Sandro Laffranchini – Cello       

Francesco Libetta – Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Trio for piano, clarinet and cello Op. 11 n. 4 in B flat maj.

I – Allegro con brio

II – Adagio

III – Allegretto con variazioni

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Trio for piano, clarinet and cello Op. 114 in A min.

I – Allegro

II – Adagio

III – Andantino grazioso – Trio

IV – Allegro

December 12th – Oratorio dei SS. Giovanni Battista, Evangelista e Petronilla 9.00 pm

S. LUCIA CONCERT

Benefit concert for the Bianucci Association

Jubilee Organ Recital SeriesLaudate Dominum in chordis et organo

ENRICO ZANOVELLO – Organ

Pablo Bruna (1611-1679):

Tiento de 2° tono sobre la letania de la Virgen

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

Suite in G min. (Ouverture, air italien, Bourrèe, Menuet I e II)

Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726):

Folias

Giovanni Battista Draghi (16?-1702?):

A Grownd     

Giovanni Battista  Cervellini (1735-1801):

Sonata II in F maj.

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795):

Theme and Variations on “Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman”   

Giuseppe Cervellini ( 1745-1824):

Sonata VI Allegro appassionato                                      

Sonata VIII Allegro delicato

Girolamo Barbieri (1808-1871):

Sonata II Andante

Giuseppe Gherardeschi (1759-1815):

Rondò in G maj.

Luigi Gherardeschi (1791-1871):

Overtura per Organo

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