EMF Jazz Week

Jazz in the heart of Lanciano

EMF Jazz Week is the section dedicated to jazz within the Estate Musicale Frentana, the historic festival promoted in Lanciano, in the province of Chieti, by the Associazione Amici della Musica Fedele Fenaroli. Every summer, the event transforms the historic center and the spaces of the Parco delle Arti Musicali into an open-air laboratory where jazz meets a wider audience through evening concerts, educational projects, and musical outreach initiatives.

A festival within the Estate Musicale Frentana

EMF Jazz Week is not an isolated event, but a chapter of one of the longest-running musical seasons in Abruzzo: the Estate Musicale Frentana, now in its fifty-fifth edition, offers over forty events including symphonic concerts, chamber music, original productions, masterclasses, and of course jazz, spread across the summer and winter seasons. Within this program, the jazz week occupies a distinct space, with artistic direction entrusted to leading musicians from the national scene.

Concerts in squares and cloisters

The charm of the festival lies in its choice of venues: concerts take place in the squares of Lanciano's center, such as Corso Trento e Trieste and Piazza Pace, and in the intimate Cloister of the Parco delle Arti Musicali, the home of the organizing association. Events in the squares are generally free of charge, in collaboration with the Municipality of Lanciano, while concerts at the cloister and the Teatro Fenaroli are part of the Estate Musicale Frentana's ticketing and subscription system.

Education and social music

Alongside the concerts, EMF Jazz Week dedicates ample space to the educational and inclusive dimension. The Social Music Laboratory brings together professional musicians and amateurs to focus on improvisation and playing together, with the goal of fostering interaction through music. This is complemented by masterclasses and training projects that make the festival a reference point for enthusiasts and young instrumentalists in the Abruzzo region.

Lanciano, city of music

Located in the heart of the province of Chieti, Lanciano has been a lively center of the Frentano hinterland for centuries, famous for its historical heritage and a musical tradition that the Estate Musicale Frentana has managed to preserve and revitalize. Today, EMF Jazz Week represents one of the most immediate ways to discover this vocation, offering residents and visitors high-quality evenings in atmospheric settings, characterized by a jazz that is open, curious, and rooted in the community.