MusicAteneo 2026

MusicAteneo is a festival that every year, in spring, presents a series of concerts by university musical groups, both Italian and international.

The 2026 edition of the festival, now in its thirty-fourth year, offers seven concerts, from April 20 to June 25, 2026, and as always will feature, alongside the ensembles of the Collegium Musicum, other university musical groups: the guest performers of the 2026 edition are the University of Parma Symphony Orchestra, the Stockholm University Choir, and the Durham University Orchestra (U.K.).

FESTIVAL PROGRAM:

• Monday April 20 – Aula Magna of S. Lucia (via Castiglione, 36)
  Collegium Musicum Orchestra
  Tommaso Paronuzzi, violin
  Alissia Venier, conductor
  Music by Bruch, Bizet

• Tuesday April 28 – Aula Magna of S. Lucia (via Castiglione, 36)
  Stockholm University Choir and Collegium Musicum Choir
  Alexander Damsgaard, Nicola Carli, conductors
  Music by Pearsall, Sullivan, Johanson, Lindberg, Trotta 

• Saturday May 9 – Church of S. Giovanni in Monte (Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte)
  University of Parma Symphony Orchestra
  Edoardo Zotti, saxophone 
  Stefano Zinetti, conductor
  Music by Gounod, Grieg, Gon

• Thursday May 28 – Apse Hall of S. Lucia (via de’ Chiari, 25A)
  Collegium Musicum Chamber Choir
  Nicola Carli, conductor
  Music by Azzaiolo, Marenzio, Monteverdi

• Saturday June 6 – Apse Hall of S. Lucia (via de’ Chiari, 25A)
  Collegium Musicum University Philharmonic Ensemble
  Nicola Carli, conductor
  Music by Vaughan Williams, Texidor, Allmend

• Tuesday June 16 – Cathedral of S. Pietro (via dell’Indipendenza, 7)
  Collegium Musicum Orchestra and Choir
  Enrico Lombardi, conductor
  Music by Beethoven, Schubert

• Thursday June 25 – Church of S. Giovanni in Monte (Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte)
  Durham University Orchestra (U.K.) 
  Anthony Sutch, Timothy Tsang, conductors
  Music by Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Holst

Concerts begin at 9:00 PM