Festival di Natale del Centro di Musica Antica Ghislieri

The Christmas of early music

The Festival di Natale del Centro di Musica Antica Ghislieri is the event that, every December, enlivens the Christmas period in Pavia, the capital of its province in Lombardy. Born in 2015, it has become a fixture of the city's cultural calendar, an expression of GhislieriMusica, an entity linked to the Ghislieri College that has brought Pavia to the center of the European early music scene.

A festival spread across the territory

The festival's philosophy is based on two principles: supporting young emerging artists and ensuring widespread access to music. For this reason, the events are not concentrated in one place but are distributed between Pavia (with venues such as the Castello Visconteo and the Salone San Pio), Vigevano, and the Certosa di Pavia, reaching out with small concerts to care facilities in the area, to bring music even to those who cannot travel.

Emerging European ensembles

The protagonists are often Italian and European emerging ensembles, supported through the European project EEEmerging+, of which GhislieriMusica is a partner. Young groups specializing in Baroque repertoire and early music find a prestigious stage here, in a dialogue between tradition and new generations of performers.

The Gregorian mass at the Certosa

Among the most evocative moments is the Gregorian mass celebrated at the Certosa di Pavia, a masterpiece of Lombard architecture, with the Schola Gregoriana Ghislieri. A spiritual and musical experience that embodies the spirit of the festival: uniting the great music of the past, the symbolic places of the territory, and the sense of community typical of Christmas.