Estate 2009 - I concerti nel parco

I Concerti nel Parco started its activity in Rome in 1991, in Villa Doria Pamphilj, on initiative of pianist Teresa Azzaro and other young Roman musicians, all coming from Santa Cecilia Academy of Music in Rome.
Its aim is bringing art music and its protagonists outside the usual concerts locations, attended, yesterday as today, by elite audience and experts.
Briefly, everything started from the idea to play and to listen to music just where people is usually going to meet each other to get fun and relax: we choose Villa Doria Pamphilj for a lucky coincidence of neighbourhood.

The '90s
Exciting years. At Villa Pamphilj, and then at Villa Abamelek and Villa Massimo too: tens of thousands of people, common people attracted by the music en plein air, in a beautiful park, in a cool summer evening.
From 1994 up to 2000 "I Concerti nel Parco" has been taking place in the beautiful Chiostro del Sacro Cuore in Trinità del Monti, opened to the public for the first time.
It offers series of daring summer seasons, merging classical concerts with different genres and languages performances. These proposals were almost unthinkable in the late 90s.

From 2001 up to now
After a brief season in the most evocative locations of EUR, our Festival is now back in its traditional site at Villa Doria Pamphilj. It keeps on developing and strengthening its own attitude to searching and experimenting in music, as well as in theatre, hosting regularly international artists, great performers, composers and authors.

Yet it realizes new peculiar performances in cooperation with institutional agencies, i.e. Santa Cecilia Music Academy, Musica per Roma, Parco della Musica Auditorium and Ostia Antica Roman Amphitheatre.

We pay particular attention to young artists. Our Festival actually promotes and highlights the huge Italian artistic potential: pianists, soloists, duo, camera and vocal ensemble, composers. Young and yet bright Italian authors and interpreters, often with few opportunities and occasions of being known and appreciated.

Soul and engine of our Association has always been Teresa Azzaro: pianist, piano teacher at Vibo Valentia Academy of Music, happenings organizer and mother of Francesca, little three year-old musical genius.