Anima Mea Festival (Andria leg)

The 17th edition in Andria

The seventeenth edition of the Anima Mea Festival took place from October 14 to December 11, 2025, with a program spread across various cities in Puglia. In Andria, at the Church of Sant'Anna on Via Flavio Giugno, the festival presented two concerts, for the second consecutive year in this venue, in collaboration with the local section of Italia Nostra.

The first event, on Friday, October 24, featured the Compagnia Astrolabi from Catalonia with the program "Gioia! Scherzi e vino di Francia," a journey through Baroque passions and French joie de vivre. The second concert, on Saturday, November 1, was performed by the Ensemble '400 from Genoa with "La Cité des dames: Christine de Pizan and the 15th-century cultural revolution." The 2025 festival, directed by maestro Gioacchino De Padova, involved dozens of artists from numerous European and American regions.

Friday, October 24, 2025 — 8:30 PM

• Compagnia Astrolabi (Catalonia) — "Gioia! Scherzi e vino di Francia"
• Church of Sant'Anna, Andria
• A Baroque program featuring Descartes, Boismortier, Provenzale, and Bassani, dedicated to passions and French joie de vivre

Saturday, November 1, 2025 — 8:30 PM

• Ensemble '400 (Genoa) — "La Cité des dames: Christine de Pizan and the 15th-century cultural revolution"
• Church of Sant'Anna, Andria
• A tribute to Christine de Pizan, an ante litteram feminist, exploring 15th-century music and culture