Settenovecento OFF — Wedding Day at Villa Lagarina

Settenovecento OFF in Villa Lagarina

Settenovecento OFF is the widespread festival that complements the main Settenovecento festival in Rovereto, taking chamber music out of traditional concert halls and into the courtyards, gardens, and sanctuaries of the Vallagarina villages, in the heart of Trentino-Alto Adige. The Municipality of Villa Lagarina, an elegant noble village overlooking the Adige River in the province of Trento, hosts one of the stops on this open-air musical circuit.

The concert in the courtyard of Palazzo Camelli

The venue is the Courtyard of Palazzo Camelli (also known as Casa Scrinzi), a historic 16th-century building in the center of Villa Lagarina that now houses the 'A. Libera' municipal library and the Jan Novàk music school. The large internal courtyard with its arched portico becomes a natural stage for an evening concert under the village sky, in a continuous dialogue between music and historic architecture.

Wedding Day: from Nordic atmospheres to tango

The Villa Lagarina stop is linked to the 'Wedding Day' program, a festive musical journey that leads from the Nordic atmospheres of Grieg and Britten to South American influences and tango rhythms. A brilliant and engaging repertoire, designed to create a dialogue between the great European classical tradition and the vitality of Latin American music, in front of the audience gathered in the courtyard.

A circuit spanning six villages

The Villa Lagarina stop is part of a route that touches six locations in the Vallagarina — Isera, Volano, Brentonico, Calliano, Villa Lagarina, and Trambileno — in the first half of September. Gardens, courtyards, and sanctuaries are transformed into open-air concert halls, offering young musicians from conservatories and guest ensembles a chance to perform in public, and the local area a high-quality cultural experience at affordable prices.

• Where: Courtyard of Palazzo Camelli, Villa Lagarina (TN)
• When: Mid-September, evening/afternoon
• Organizer: Associazione Filarmonica di Rovereto ETS
• Admission: Low-cost ticket