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Excellence is passed on on stage: a dialogue between generations at the Auditorium Arvedi in the name of Brahms and Shostakovich

There is a precise moment when study transforms into art, and that moment does not always occur within the walls of a classroom, but under the stage lights. This evening, the Auditorium Arvedi witnessed one of those rare alchemies that make the Stauffer...

di Angela Alessi
17 Apr 2026

Carlo Goldoni: A Golden Author for the History of Opera in Cremona. The Nazzari Theatre as the Realm of Opera Buffa

We arrived in Cremona around six in the evening. Word had already spread that we would be passing through, and the riverbanks were full of people waiting for us. We disembarked. We were welcomed with great enthusiasm and immediately escorted to a beautiful...

di Roberto Fiorentini
10 Apr 2026

At the Ponchielli, an exceptional duo: Hong and Yang captivate with Mozart, Brahms, and a “Spring” of rare freshness

The Ponchielli Theatre’s concert series continues: this evening, an exceptional duo—the second since the beginning of the season, following the thrilling performance by the Trussov brothers a few weeks ago—led the audience on a highly...

di Filippo Generali
28 Mar 2026

Arvo Pärt: a Grand Pause. Thoughts on the work of a great figure in the contemporary musical scene

Now resoundscreation.Both north and southrain turns land to sea.The truth is tailor cut.Imperceptibly steadythe M-hand is nearing midnight. A glimpse of daylight tingesMateo’s portico.Silence is not filled.Thumbs freely turn.Close at...

di Jack Freckelton Sturla
23 Feb 2026

The Teatro Ponchielli is enchanted by the sweet and profound song of Capuçon’s cello

A concert by the cellist Gautier Capuçon is always an event. A moment of spontaneous happiness. An immersion into sound worlds of great fascination and imagination. This is not only because of his technique—whose near-perfected mastery hardly...

di Roberto Fiorentini
18 Feb 2026
Politeama

This morning Stauffer acquired the Politeama Verdi in Cremona with a bid of €55,000: it will become a showcase for violin making and a concert hall

In a surprise move, the Stauffer Foundation purchased the Politeama Verdi at this morning’s ongoing auction. Stauffer’s intention is to turn it into a major hub for high-level violin making, with classrooms, exhibition spaces, and a concert hall....

di Redazione
12 Feb 2026

“Stradivari 68”, the black-and-white film by Talamazzini that introduced people to the great Cremonese tradition of violin making

Twenty years ago, on September 27, 2006, Sandro Talamazzini passed away, “the greatest figure in Cremona television”, as he has rightly been described. There is a black-and-white film which, even today, could serve as a splendid calling card for...

di Redazione
09 Feb 2026

Silence, Voice, Dance: Three Ways of Confronting the End with the OSN for the Opening of the Ponchielli Season

In an Italy that suddenly finds itself poorer after the recent passing of musicologist and critic Angelo Foletto — one of the noblest and most authoritative voices ever to narrate the multifaceted paths of sound — we attended this evening the...

di Angela Alessi
01 Feb 2026

The Best Artists of the Third Reich for the First Film on Antonio Stradivari

It was November 1936 when, in anticipation of the Stradivarian bicentennial celebrations to be held the following year, the committee that had been specifically formed, among other initiatives, proposed the idea of making a film about Antonio Stradivari,...

di Fabrizio Loffi
30 Dec 2025

A Sea of Talents, with Yuki Serino and the Mediterranean Women's Orchestra

This is what Charles Burney wrote about his journey to Venice in August 1770:“The city is famous for its conservatories, or music schools, of which it has four: the Ospedale della Pietà, the Ospidaletto of San Giovanni e Paolo, the Mendicanti,...

di Angela Alessi
04 Dec 2025
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