59th Festival of Nations

59th Festival of Nations | International Chamber Music Festival
 
A tribute to Germany and German-speaking countries
 
The presentation of the 59th edition of the Festival delle Nazioni will take place on Friday 8 May at 10.30 am in the Salone d’Onore of Palazzo Donini in Perugia. This year, the festival will pay tribute to Germany and German-speaking countries with a wide-ranging programme running from 27 August to 11 September
 
The main hub of the event will be Città di Castello, involving the whole of Upper Umbria and the municipalities of Anghiari, Sansepolcro, Monterchi, Pietralunga, Citerna, San Giustino, Montone, Monte Santa Maria Tiberina, Umbertide and Lisciano Niccone, in a widespread cultural network that brings together music, art and heritage
 

SHOWS IN THE VALTIBERINA TOSCANA:

 
Friday 28 August, 9.00 pm – Mascagni Auditorium, Anghiari > Enoch Arden – melologue for voice and piano, Op. 38; music by Richard Strauss, text by Alfred Tennyson; Caterina Casini, narrator; Marco Scolastra, piano – Co-produced by the Festival delle Nazioni and the Associazione Culturale Laboratori Permanenti
 
Wednesday 2 September, 9.00 pm – Piazza Torre di Berta > Elio in *La Rivalutazione della Tristezza* – written and performed by Elio; piano and musical direction by Alberto Tafuri; tenor saxophone and flute by Sophia Tomelleri; bass by Giulio Molteni; drums by Martino Malacrid; produced by International Music and Arts
 
Tuesday 8 September, 9.00 pm – Sansepolcro > An Evening at Sanssouci – between Frederick the Great of Prussia and the Bach family: ‘Das Musikalische Opfer’; Ramin Bahrami, piano | Massimo Mercelli, flute; Gabriele Pieranunzi, violin (3rd Prize, Paganini Competition 1990); Luca Ranieri, viola | Cecilia Berioli, cello
 
Thursday 10 September, 6.30 pm – Monterchi > Lodovico Parravicini – First Prize, 2026 “Premio Franco Gulli” International Biennial Violin Competition; Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Niccolò Paganini Capriccio No. 14 in E flat major, Op. 1; Niccolò Paganini Capriccio No. 23 in E flat major, Op. 1; Henryk Wieniawski “Cadenza” from L’École moderne, Op. 10; Georg Philipp Telemann Fantasia No. 9 for solo violin, TWV 40:22; Niccolò Paganini/Nathan Milstein ‘Paganiniana’; Eugène Ysaÿe Violin Sonata No. 6, Op. 27
 

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