Livorno Music Festival & Summer Academy

The 15th edition of the Livorno Music Festival & Summer Academy was held from August 15 to September 7, 2025, confirming the festival as one of the major events of the Tuscan musical summer. Under the artistic direction of Vittorio Ceccanti, the program featured 26 concerts in 14 evocative locations in Livorno and the province.

Among the city venues were the Fortezza Vecchia (with the Cisterna Stage, the Cannoniera, and the Ferretti Hall), the Teatro Goldoni, the Church of San Ferdinando, the Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean, the Bottini dell'Olio Library, the Central Market, and the Grand Hotel Palazzo. The festival also reached Suvereto (Cloister of San Francesco), Pontedera (Piaggio Museum), and, for the first time, the islands of Elba and Capraia.

The festival saw the participation of over 200 artists and more than 350 young musicians welcomed into the 29 courses of the Summer Academy, taught by 36 teachers. Tickets were affordably priced, with discounts, packages, and numerous free events.