Monte San Savino Festival

The 2025 edition

The Monte San Savino Festival 2025 was held from July 20 to August 1, confirming the formula that combines advanced training with concerts open to the public. The festival opened on Sunday, July 20, at the open-air Teatro dei Giardini Pensili with "I Cinque Elementi" by violinist and composer Alessandro Quarta, accompanied by the Solisti Filarmonici Italiani and pianist Giuseppe Magagnino.

The program featured two events from the Ravel Itinerant Festival (July 23 and 29), the Cellofan concert featuring the famous Suite by Claude Bolling in the cloister of the Palazzo di Monte (July 26), an Opera Gala with Laura Cherici and Bruno Lazzaretti (July 31), and the closing event on August 1 with Sound of Trumpet & Piano, conducted by Andrea Lucchi.

Sunday, July 20

• I Cinque Elementi — Alessandro Quarta (violin) with the Solisti Filarmonici Italiani and Giuseppe Magagnino (piano), open-air Teatro dei Giardini Pensili.

Wednesday, July 23

• Ravel Itinerant Festival — String quartet, Chansons madécasses for voice, flute, cello, and piano, and Le tombeau de Couperin for ten saxophones.

Saturday, July 26

• Cellofan — Suite by Claude Bolling with Luca Provenzani (cello), Fabiana Barbini (piano), Amerigo Bernardi (double bass), and Alessandro Nocentini (drums), cloister of the Palazzo di Monte.

Tuesday, July 29

• Ravel Itinerant Festival — Mélodies for baritone and piano and Introduction et Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet.

Thursday, July 31

• Opera Gala — with singers Laura Cherici and Bruno Lazzaretti.

Friday, August 1

• Sound of Trumpet & Piano — festival trumpet ensemble conducted by Andrea Lucchi, with Sofia Adinolfi on piano.

The opening concert "I Cinque Elementi" by Alessandro Quarta and the Opera Gala with Laura Cherici and Bruno Lazzaretti were among the most acclaimed moments of the 2025 edition.