Savona Music Center: 2026 Season

SAVONESE MUSIC POLE'S MUSIC SEASON

The 2026 season marks a historic turning point for Savona's cultural life.
For the first time, the city's three musical organizations supported by the Ministry of Culture – the Teatro dell'Opera Giocosa , Teatro di Tradizione, the Savona Symphony Orchestra , which includes the Voxonus Festival musical research and production project and the Musical Academy for the educational component, and the Ensemble Nuove Musiche – present themselves to the public through a single program, giving life to the Polo Musicale Savonese.

2026 Season Calendar:

June 2026

June 5 | 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Benjamin Britten's Noah's Ark (School Preview)
Location: Opera Giocosa - Chiabrera Theatre
Details: Conductor: Massimiliano Piccioli; Director: Jacopo Marchisio; Savona Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra and Choir: Giordano Bruno High School of Albenga, Guidobono Middle School of Savona, Varazze-Celle Comprehensive School, Loano-Boissano Comprehensive School, Albisola Marina Art Academy, Teresiana Academy of Savona

June 6 | 6:00 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Noah's Ark by Benjamin Britten (Performance for audiences and families)
Location: Chiabrera Theatre
Details: New Setup

June 9 | 9:00 PM - Symphony Orchestra
Event: Concert of the Accademia Go! project
Location: Savona Symphony Orchestra -

June 19 | 9:15 PM - Savona Symphony Orchestra
Event: Mozart and the Bach of Milan
Location: Oratory of the Risen Christ
Artists: Voxonus Quartet and Stefano Bagliano (flute)

June 23 | 9:15 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi (Preview for grandparents and grandchildren)
Location: Priamar Fortress
Details: Conductor: Giovanni Di Stefano; Director: Renato Bonajuto; Savona Symphony Orchestra
Production: Teatro dell'Opera Giocosa Chorus; New production in co-production with the Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese and the Province of Lecce (Teatro Politeama Greco, Lecce)

June 25 and 27 | 9:15 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
Location: Priamar Fortress

July 2026

July 4 | 9:15 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Italian Swing Night
Location: - Priamar Fortress
Details: Music by various composers, edited by Marco Borella; Conductor: Danilo Marchello; Vocals: Elena Ventura and Linda Emma Rose; Tigullio Big Band Jazz Orchestra

AUGUST 2026

August 8 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Duo Brilliance
Location: - Church of St. Andrew
Music: E. Bozza, R. Molinelli, R.R. Bennett, A. Scott, R. Ricker, G. Gershwin

August 22 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Trio Astatine
Location: Church of St. Andrew
Music: F.J. Haydn, J. Suk, R. Schumann
Details: In collaboration with ProQuartet - Paris

August 29 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Heart Piano Trio
Location: - Church of St. Andrew
Music: A. Casella, R. Schumann, A. Arutiunian
Details: With the support of ICIT (Italian-German Cultural Institute of Savona) and the Austrian Cultural Forum of Milan; In collaboration with mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

SEPTEMBER 2026

September 4 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Concert Lesson by Riccardo Musato
Location: Church of St. Andrew
Music: O. Respighi and A. Dvořák

September 5 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: London Philharmonic Orchestra Instrumentalists
Location: - Church of St. Andrew
Music: O. Respighi and A. Dvořák

September 12 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Piano Recital by Marco Ottaviani
Location: Church of St. Andrew
Music: L. van Beethoven, F. Liszt, R. Schumann

September 19 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Duo Agosti - Sammicheli
Location: Church of St. Andrew
Music: A. Mariani, G. Martucci, A. Gavazzeni, J. Brahms
Details: In collaboration with the National Academy of Santa Cecilia Higher Education

September 26 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Instrumentalists of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Location: Church of San Domenico
Music: O. Respighi, G. Ligeti, J. Françaix
Details: With the support of ICIT (Italian-German Cultural Institute of Savona); In collaboration with the Accademia degli Sfaccendati of Ariccia

OCTOBER 2026

October 3 | 9:00 PM - Voxonus Orchestra
Event: Storms, Spirits and Fun
Location: Savona Symphony Orchestra - Chiabrera Theater
Details: Director: Filippo Maria Bressan

October 4 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Duo Noferini - D'Antonio
Location: Oratory of Saints John the Baptist, the Evangelist, and Petronilla
Music: N. Paganini, G. Rossini

October 11 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: The Soloists of La Scala with Germana Porcu and Francesco Mazzonetto
Location: Church of St. Andrew
Music: J. Brahms and G. Mahler

October 17 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Baroque Ensemble, L'Astrée - The School of Nations
Location: Oratory of the Risen Christ

October 22 | 5:30 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Piave and La Traviata Conference
Edited by Giuseppe Montemagno and Emanuela Ersilia Abbadessa

October 23rd at 8:00 PM, October 24th at 6:00 PM, October 25th at 3:30 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata
Location: Chiabrera Theatre
Show Details: Conductor: Cesare Della Sciacca; Director: Renata Scotto, adapted by Renato Bonajuto; Production by the Teatro dell'Opera Giocosa; Savona Symphony Orchestra and Teatro dell'Opera Giocosa Chorus

October 24 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Duo Debus - Telari - Oratory of Saints John the Baptist, the Evangelist, and Petronilla
Duo Music: J. Dowland, A. Holborne, J.S. Bach, J. Brahms, C.P. da Palestrina, F. Schubert, B. Bartók
Duo Details: In collaboration with the Academy of the Idle of Ariccia

October 31 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Duo Renda - Trucco (Fabio Renda - guitar, Beniamino Trucco - guitar)
Location: Oratory of Saints John the Baptist, the Evangelist, and Petronilla
Music: G. Rossini / M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, C. Carfagna, G. Gaslini, M. Bevilacqua, N. Paganini, A. Solbiati, P. Petit, A. Piazzolla

November 2026

November 6 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Laurent Jochum - organ
Music by: C. Franck, J.S. Bach, CM Widor

November 7 | 6:00 PM - Opera Giocosa:
The Saviors of Midnight by Daniele Furlati
Location: Chiabrera Theatre
Details: Conductor: Stefano Seghedoni; Director: Gianfranco Cabiddu; Production by the Teatro Comunale di Modena; Savona Symphony Orchestra; Co-production with the Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni Foundation of Modena

November 14 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Invisible Paths
Location: - Savona Symphony Orchestra | Church of St. Andrew
Artists: Voxsonus Modern Quartet
Event 2 (9:00 PM): Laurent Jochum (organ) - Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

November 21 | 5:00 PM - Savona Symphony Orchestra
Event: The Elegance of the Serenissima
Location: Red Room of the Town Hall
Artists: Voxonus Ensemble and Accademia del Ricercare

November 21 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Musicians of the RAI National Orchestra with Andrea Bacchetti
Location: Church of St. Andrew
Music: N. Piovani, A. Dvořák

November 27 | 6:00 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Renata Scotto Literary Award (Winners' Awards Ceremony)
Location: Feltrinelli Bookshop Hall
Details: edited by Emanuela Ersilia Abbadessa

November 28 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Apollon Quartet - Prague
Location: Church of St. Andrew
Music: A. Salieri, B. Smetana, A. Dvořák

December 2026

December 12 | 9:00 PM - New Music Ensemble
Event: Santa Lucia Concert
Location: Oratory of Saints John the Baptist, the Evangelist, and Petronilla
Artists: Brass Group of the "Il Contrappunto" Association of Empoli
Music: G. Gabrieli, A. Bonelli, H. Purcell, F. Schubert, G. Verdi, R. Strauss, FX Gruber

December 13 | 9:00 PM - Opera Giocosa
Event: Christmas Concert - Te Deum
Location: Chiabrera Theatre
Details: Music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier; Conductor: Cesare Della Sciacca; Chorus: Maurizio Fiaschi; Voxonus Ensemble
Choirs: Valleggia Polyphonic Choir, Albisola Superiore City Polyphonic Choir, Bruckner Choir of Savona, Giuseppe Manzino Lyric Polyphonic Choir of Savona, Deo Gloria Choir of the Diocesan Institute of Sacred Music of Albenga-Imperia

December 30 | 9:00 PM - Savona Symphony Orchestra
Event: End of Year Concert
Location: Chiabrera Theatre
Details: Savona Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Giovanni Di Stefano