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International Chamber Music Festival
Classiche Forme, International Chamber Music Festival founded and directed by Beatrice Rana and produced by Associazione Musicale Opera Prima, reached its 8th edition.
Classiche Forme stood out since its first edition as such a prestigious event that it received the Medal from the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, testifying the high value of Festival for the musical culture of the region and for the promotion and nurture of young talents. It also received the prestigious EFFE Label, Europe’s quality stamp for remarkable arts festivals, from the European Festivals Association, supported by the European Commission and Parliament.
Among the artists of the past editions there are such important names as Renaud Capuçon, Alessandro Carbonare, Silvia Careddu, Enrico Fagone, Pablo Ferrández, Sara Ferrández, Benedetto Lupo, Solenne Païdassi, Daniel Palmizio, Liya Petrova, Vittorio Prato, Aylen Pritchin, Ludovica Rana, Anne-Luisa Kramb, Ella Van Pouck, Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad, Simone Rubino, Gabriella Sborgi, Giovanni Sollima, Massimo Spada, Elena Urioste, Grégoire Vecchioni, Quartetto Modigliani, Georgy Kovalev, Mario Brunello, Giovanni Sollima, Rosa Feola, Stephen Waarts, Marmen String Quartet, Emmanuel Pahud, Tim Crawford, Tim Posner, Timothy Ridout (also present together as The Teyber Trio), Kevin Spagnolo.
“I have always imagined Classiche Forme as a residency for musicians, where a group of friends, whom I share the stage with during my concerts around the world, can meet and live the same atmosphere, in a place outside of time, as a historical farm in Salento can be. My musical activity leads me to meet different people who are in this environment, establishing good friendships: combining them in original ways can create something which arises curiosity more than traditional concert series. This is the true ambition of ClassicheFORME, and if we look at the outcome of the past editions, we are probably on the right path” says Beatrice.
Classiche Forme, with its underpinning idea of cultural promotion, pays great attention to contemporary music, commissioning specific works for the themes of the Festival: composer Francesco Antonioni was invited in 2017, Marcello Panni in 2018, Silvia Colasanti in 2019, Giovanni Sollima in 2020, Carlo Boccadoro in 2021, Fabio Massimo Capogrosso in 2022 and Domenico Turi in 2023.
All the concerts are recorded and broadcasted on RadioRAI3.
