Tramantici - Festival della Fisarmonica

Tramantici, the accordion returns home

In Mondolfo, a refined hilltop village in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino, in the Marche region, the accordion is no ordinary instrument: it is memory, identity, and pride. This is precisely why Tramantici - Festival della Fisarmonica was born, a summer event that every August brings the instrument back to the places where it was built and made known throughout the world. Promoted by the Municipality of Mondolfo with the patronage of the Marche Region, the festival reached its fourth edition in 2026.

A village that built accordions for over a century

Few people know it, but Mondolfo was one of the Italian capitals of accordion construction. Since the late 19th century, workshops and factories were born in the village, exporting fine instruments worldwide: among the historic names are Giovanni Sora (1867-1963), Silvestrini Aldo & Figli (1910-1974), and Romolo Galassi (1931-1952). Tramantici was created precisely to reconnect this thread, restoring to the community the awareness of an artisanal and musical tradition that has marked its history.

Concerts between the cloister and the sea

The festival is distinguished by its evocative settings. The main evenings are held in the Cloister of Sant'Agostino, in the historic centre of Mondolfo, while the closing is always entrusted to a dawn concert on the Marotta Pier, the seaside hamlet of the municipality: music accompanying the sunrise over the Adriatic, in an intimate and almost ritualistic atmosphere. All events are free admission.

Artistic Direction

Since the first edition in 2023, the artistic direction has been entrusted to Roberto Lucanero, an accordionist and ethnomusicologist, who was also the artistic director of the International Accordion Prize of Castelfidardo. His influence gives the festival a scope that ranges from Marche folk music to jazz, from world music to singer-songwriter music, with guests capable of showcasing all the facets of an instrument often wrongly considered merely folkloristic.

An event for the whole community

More than just a series of concerts, Tramantici has become a moment of identity for Mondolfo and Marotta. The free admission to events, the care taken with the locations, and the quality of the invited artists make it one of the most recognisable summer cultural offerings in the area, capable of attracting accordion enthusiasts from all over Italy and enhancing one of the most beautiful villages in the Marche hinterland.