I Pomeriggi Musicali by Beethoven, Schubert, Ħad 07 Apr 2024, Minn (2024/2024), Surmast Direttur Riccardo Bisatti, Teatro Giuditta Pasta, Saronno, Italy

27 November 1945, 5.30 pm: the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali makes its debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan. Immediately after the war, in the midst of reconstruction, the theater impresario Remigio Paone and the music critic Ferdinando Ballo launch the new formation with a project of extraordinary relevance: giving the city a chamber orchestra with a solid classical repertoire and a specific vocation for contemporaneity. The success was immediate and the Orchestra contributed significantly to the popular dissemination in Italy of the music of the greats of the twentieth century censored during the fascist dictatorship. Today I Pomeriggi Musicali has a vast repertoire that includes masterpieces of Baroque, Classicism and early Romanticism together with much of modern and contemporary music. Famous performers and young debutants find space in the Seasons of the Milanese Orchestra. The National Association of Music Critics awarded the 2020 Abbiati prize to Pomeriggi Musicali for the reopening concert (15 June 2020) after the first lockdown, directed by Stefano Montanari. I Pomeriggi Musicali is a Foundation established by the Lombardy Region, the Municipality of Milan, the Province of Milan, and private entities.