Concerts at the San Colombano Museum | 2026/2027 Cultural Season

Museo San Colombano launches its 2026/2027 cultural season with a programme of concerts, advanced music training, educational activities and accessibility initiatives, as part of the Genus Bononiae project promoted by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna and Opera Laboratori.

At the heart of the new season is the collaboration between Fondazione Carisbo and the G.B. Martini Conservatory of Music in Bologna, which oversees the care and preservation of the museum’s valuable collection of historical musical instruments. Thanks to the regular presence of advanced students from the Conservatory, visitors may also have the opportunity to hear historical harpsichords, clavichords, organs, spinets and pianos being played live during regular museum opening hours.

The programme includes early and classical music concerts, masterclasses and educational activities, as well as guided visits and dedicated experiences for blind and visually impaired visitors. Accessibility tools available at the museum also include tactile materials and the “San Colombano” app, which makes it possible to listen to the instruments in the collection using bone-conduction headphones.

Programme:

• 11 October 2026, 6:00 pm – Ensemble “Il Giardino delle Delizie”, featuring countertenor Rafał Tomkiewicz, as part of the Sobieska International Music Festival.
• 22 October 2026, afternoon – Pastorale, performed by the Early Music Ensemble of the Bologna Conservatory, with works by Giovanni Battista Martini, Johann Joachim Quantz and Elias Brunnenmüller.
• 24 October 2026, 6:00 pm – Concert with Luca Colardo on cello and Sandra Conte on piano, in collaboration with Organi Antichi.
• 7 November 2026, 6:00 pm – Matteo Messori performs a programme dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach on harpsichord, organ and piano.
• 9 and 10 November 2026 – Masterclass Fantasia Britannica. The English School between the Restoration and the Baroque with Baroque violinist Helena Zemanova.
• 20 November 2026, 4:30 pm – Passioni terrene, ardori celesti. Dramma, affetti e devozione nel Seicento e nel Settecento italiano, with Maria Teresa Becci, Margherita Minardi and the Baroque Ensemble of the Bologna Conservatory.
• 25 November 2026 – Musiche al femminile – compositrici, dediche, salotti e racconti, with Susanna Piolanti and Karla Bocaz Munoz, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• January 2027 – Masterclass with French harpsichordist Christophe Rousset.

The programme will continue over the following months with further concerts, workshops, conferences and educational activities. A new collaboration with AngelicA – Centro di Ricerca Musicale will also begin in 2027.

Further events will be announced on the official Genus Bononiae website.