Friends of Music - Concert Season

A new musical season of the Amici della Musica di Verona, nothing short of spectacular, takes place in the prestigious setting of the Sala Maffeiana at the Teatro Filarmonico.
 
The 116th edition of the concert season will feature welcome returns and internationally renowned guests on stage, for an edition that gives great space to young, high-quality performers and will not disappoint expectations.

An edition made up of concerts that follow the association's over-a-century-long tradition, keeping in mind some fundamental qualitative characteristics concerning the essence of the music being presented for listening.

Program:

October 6, 7, and 8, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. - special event in the crypt of the Basilica of San Zeno

MUSICA CUM LAUDE

With the best graduates of the Conservatorio di Verona

October 20, 2026, at 8:30 p.m.

THE SOLOISTS OF ZAGREB GIOVANNI GNOCCHI, cello

Music by I. Malec, M. Weinberg, G. Rossini, and F. Schubert

October 29, 2026, at 8:30 p.m.

TRIO BOHEMO

Music by J. Haydn, M. Ravel, B. Martinu, and P. Schoenfield

Winner of the Amici della Musica di Verona Prize 2025


November 5, 2026, at 8:30 p.m.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA L'APPASSIONATA

Music by A. Copland, L. Bernstein, G. Gershwin, S. Barber, and A. Schoenberg


November 18, 2026, at 8:30 p.m.

YIFAN Wu, piano

Music by R. Schumann and F. Mompou

Winner of the 1st Prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, ed. 2025

December 4, 2026, at 8:30 p.m.

JANOS BALAZS, piano

Concert for pianist and audience

December 17, 2026, at 8:30 p.m.

"LISTEN, DON'T THINK” TRIBUTE TO GIORGIO CAMBISSA

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE VIVIANA

FRANCESCO FONTOLAN, Concert Master and bassoon
MADDALENA GIACOPUZZI, piano
ELISA SPREMULLI AND LORENZO TARQUINI, violins
LORENZO BONINSEGNA, viola
ARIANNA DI MARTINO, cello
ANGELICA GASPARETTI, double bass
MIRIAM COSTA, flute
TOMMASO GASPARONI, oboe
MARIELLA FRANCIA, clarinet
PAOLO ARMATO, horn

Music by: G. Cambissa

Wednesday, January 25, 2027, at 8:30 p.m.

MASSIMILIANO FERRATI, piano & THE WINDS OF VENICE

Music by W. A. Mozart, F. Danzi, L. Van Beethoven

Tuesday, February 16, 2027, at 8:30 p.m.

ANDREA CICALESE, violin and MASSIMO SPADA, piano

Music by E. Grieg, F. Schubert, and C. Franck

Thursday, March 4, 2027, at 8:30 p.m.

PIER FILIPPO BARBANO, flute; FRANCESCA RODOMONTI, oboe; and VALERIO LISCI, harp

Music by J.S. Bach, G. Bizet, J. W. Kalliwpda, C.P.E. Bach, H. Reniè, and J. Ibert

Thursday, March 11, 2027, at 8:30 p.m.

STRING QUARTET OPUS13

Music by F.J. Haydn, B. Britten, and L. van Beethoven

Tuesday, April 6, 2027, at 8:30 p.m.

OLAF JOHN LANERI, piano

Music by F. Chopin