Piazza Maggiore - IndipendenzaFree entry
On Sunday, June 8, 2025, the Bologna Respighi Festival kicks off with the inaugural concert, which again this year will be held in the evocative setting of Piazza Maggiore.
This is a particularly symbolic event, as it coincides with the final evening of the Bologna Portici Festival, the initiative with which the Municipality of Bologna celebrates its Portici, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In the sign of the enhancement of young talents and new local musical realities, the concert will also be the occasion for the official debut of the new Luciano Pavarotti Foundation Orchestra, under the artistic direction of Matteo Parmeggiani. A project created to honor and pass on the great tenor's artistic and human legacy. In closing, a “surprise” is planned: a special tribute to Pavarotti performed by special guest Gianluca Terranova.
The musical program will open with Respighi's Ouverture Carnevalesca, followed by the symphonic poem Fountains of Rome. The rest of the evening will be a musical journey dedicated to dance, with some of the most celebrated pages of the choreographic repertoire: from Ravel's Bolero to de Falla's Fire Dance, via the Adagio from Chačaturjan's Spartacus, to the lively and engaging rhythms of Márquez's Danzón No. 2, between sensuality, melancholy and joyful lightness.
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Festival Respighi Bologna - 4th edition - presentation concert
Piazza Maggiore
40124 Bologna
Telephone: +39 051271932
Email: info@festivalrespighi.it
Site/minisite/other: http://festivalrespighi.it
Entrance
Free event
Interests
- Music & Exhibition
Timetables
The audience will be admitted starting at 8.15 pm.
The concert will begin at 9.30 pm.
