Chigiana International Festival – Symphonic Grand Gala at San Galgano Abbey

The 2025 edition of the Chigiana International Festival, dedicated to the theme "Drifts", confirmed San Galgano Abbey as one of the festival's iconic stages. On July 27, 2025, the renowned violist Tabea Zimmermann enchanted the audience within the open-air naves of the abbey, accompanied by the talented cellist Ettore Pagano and the Siena Cathedral Choir "Guido Chigi Saracini", conducted by Lorenzo Donati.

The same abbey setting had already hosted, on July 20, the Ensemble Odhecaton directed by Paolo da Col for Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the composer's birth. Two evenings that reaffirmed the festival's commitment to bringing great music to the most beautiful locations in the Sienese territory, with over 100 events and more than 30 world premieres throughout the edition.