I Grandi Quartetti Italiani — Malibran Festival

A Malibran Festival concert in Ripatransone

The concert "I Grandi Quartetti Italiani" is one of the most anticipated events of the Malibran Festival, the music series promoted by the International Music Academy Maria Malibran based in Altidona. Although it is a festival spread across the provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Fermo, the Malibran Festival chooses each year to bring some of its most refined concerts to Ripatransone, a splendid hilltop village in the Marche region known as the "Little Athens of the Piceno".

The setting is the Luigi Mercantini Theatre, an 19th-century gem overlooking Piazza XX Settembre, one of the most charming Italian-style theatres in the region. Its intimate acoustics and elegance make it the ideal venue for chamber music.

The Italian quartet repertoire

The concert offers a fascinating journey through some of the most significant expressions of the Italian string quartet. The programme interweaves works by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, and Marco Enrico Bossi, composers who masterfully adapted the national operatic and symphonic tradition to the more intimate and dialogic form of the quartet.

• The chamber reinterpretation of Verdi's and Puccini's melodic language
• The learned and refined writing of Marco Enrico Bossi
• The balance between virtuosity and lyricism typical of the Italian school

The Concerti Oro series

The Ripatransone event is part of the Concerti Oro cycle of the Malibran Festival, dedicated to promoting young performers and new generations of musicians. The artistic direction entrusts each concert to emerging, high-profile ensembles capable of combining interpretative freshness with solid technical preparation.

Ripatransone and its musical tradition

Including a classical music concert in Ripatransone's calendar renews the cultural vocation of this town in the Piceno area, which has always been attentive to music and theatre. The village, perched between the Adriatic Sea and the Sibillini Mountains, offers visitors a complete experience: a walk through medieval alleys, panoramic views of the valley, and an evening of great music in its historic theatre.