Festival Debussy 2025

The Orchestra Sinfonica d’Este presents the second edition of the only Italian festival dedicated to Claude Debussy — a project curated by Nadir Garofalo, with the artistic direction of Stefano Malferrari.

Twelve events, from November 14 to 26, 2025, between Bologna and Ferrara, with stops in Ravenna and Taranto.

Concerts, lectures, classical music, jazz, and electronic sounds: a kaleidoscopic journey into the dream and mystery of one of the most extraordinary composers of all time.

Organized in collaboration with the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, the G.B. Martini Conservatory of Bologna, the Frescobaldi Conservatory of Ferrara, the Giuseppe Verdi State Conservatory of Ravenna, the Giovanni Paisiello State Conservatory of Taranto, the International Museum and Library of Music of Bologna, and the Jazzclub Ferrara.

With the patronage of the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Municipality of Bologna, the Municipality of Ferrara, and the Municipality of Taranto.
Supported by the Fondazione del Teatro Comunale di Ferrara.

Appointments in Bologna:

• 15 November, 10:30 – Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna
  Preview – Sensibilité
  Sensibilité
  The Miracle of Impressionism
  Curated by Nicola Hansalik Samale
  followed by
  Il Settimino dei Solisti Lucani
  
  
• 15 November, 17:30 – International Museum and Library of Music
  Preview – Belle Époque
  From the Von Meck Salon to the Cabarets of Paris
  Silvia Turchetti, Stefano Malferrari – piano four hands
  
  
• 20 November, 17:00 – Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna
  Fantasy of Preludes
  Festival Presentation
  followed by
  Fantasy of Preludes
  Across Times, Lands, and Genres
  Talk by Piero Mioli; musical interludes by Isabella Ricci
  
  
• 21 November, 16:00 – Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna
  Soirée Satie
  Debussy and Satie
  Contrasting Esotericisms
  Curated by Alessandro Nardin
  followed by
  Soirée Satie
  Alfonso De Filippis – voice; Stefano Malferrari – piano
  
  
• 22 November, 14:00 – Giovan Battista Martini Conservatory of Music
  Reading Debussy through Bibliography
  Sources, Myths, Catalogues
  Curated by Luciano Scarpaci
  Musical performances by students of the “Martini” Conservatory of Bologna; works by Debussy

• 22 November, 17:00 – Giovan Battista Martini Conservatory of Music
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  Flute, Guitar, and Live Electronics
  Curated by students from the Applied Music classes of the “Giovan Battista Martini” Conservatory of Bologna