In the evocative artistic setting of Corsanico’s Pieve di S. Michele Arcangelo the Corsanico 2018 festival opens with the prestigious patronage of the Senate, of the Tuscany Region, Province of Lucca and Comune di Massarosa.

It’s the 37th year of the International Classical Music Festival organized by the Cultural Association “Friends of the Vincenzo Colonna Organ of Corsanico” with Graziano Barsotti as artistic director.

There are ten themed concerts, five in July and five in August, which will all include the historical organ now recognized throughout the world. The intrument is a masterpiece of Venetian organ art built in 1602 by Vincenzo Colonna.

The opening of the festival, on Friday 6 July, will feature Pisa’s Vincenzo Galilei choir (from the Scuola Normale Superiore) and the organist Pietro Consoloni, conducted by Gabriele Micheli, with “Psalms in music from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century”.

All concerts start at 9.15pm

Admission €. 10,00

Info: cell. 328 5391833 www.corsanicomusica.it, grazianobarsotti@libero.it