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The great classical music season in Bologna

Updated on 16 February 2022 From Bologna Welcome

A great season of classical music events has just dawned in Bologna with a host of concerts and performances in the city's most prestigious theatres and stages to keep us company until the onset of summer and beyond.

Bologna was declared a UNESCO Creative City of Music in 2006, a recognition that rewards present vitality and a centuries-old tradition of prestige, with classical music as the bridge between these two temporal dimensions, allowing the great names of the past to be revived on today's stages.


This year's musical programme is set to start in theatres with the large-scale festivals that will thrill locals and tourists alike.

The 43st edition of Bologna Festival concert programme has just been presented and will reach its climax with the Grandi Interpreti, featuring internationally renowned soloists, orchestras and conductors with dedicated performances ranging from the great classical-romantic repertoire to symphonic-choral masterpieces and the 20th century.

On the other hand, a series of concerts by Musica Insieme continue at the Auditorium Teatro Manzoni, with a variety of programmes taken from the repertoire and the "instrumentarium" of great music, combining extraordinary talents at their debut in Bologna with the great masters of the international scene. This year' s concerts are generally held on Mondays.

The Accademia Filarmonica's season is also soon underway: from March onwards, the traditional chamber music reviews "Il Sabato all'Accademia" and "Il Quartetto in Sala Mozart" will be held at its headquarters in Via Guerrazzi, along with concerts at the Teatro Auditorium Manzoni performed by the Mozart Orchestra.


The Teatro Comunale for a few years relocated to the Comunale Nouveau at the Exhibition Hall - Bolognafiere in Piazza della Costituzione 4 for restoration activities, is now ready to host the entire opera and dance programme in the new venue. 

The Comunale's symphonic season, on the other hand, will take place mainly at the Teatro Auditorium Manzoni, with a parterre of conductors of international standing, as usual. 

Lastly, take a chance to meet the Orchestra Senza Spine, a group of young musicians ranging from film music to opera and aiming to bring classical music closer to all kinds of audiences in a fresh, dynamic and captivating way while offering fun, enthusiasm and even more passion.


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Despite this not being a real musical season, throughout 2024 the Philharmonic Orchestra of Teatro Comunale will be performing chamber concerts in the evocative setting of Palazzo Caprara Montpensier.

Completing the Bologna scene is the Conoscere la Musica association, which from February to December will accompany music lovers to the Sala Prof. Marco Biagi and, in summer, to the Villas and Castles of the Metropolitan City.

An extensive variety of other performances by Emilia Romagna Festival can also be enjoyed outside the city, in Imola at the Ebe Stignani Theatre and all over Romagna. 

Also in Imola, the season of the Fondazione Accademia Internazionale di Imola "Incontri col Maestro" is ready to resound in the halls of Palazzo Monsignani and in the summer venue of the Sforza Castle. 


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