The summer of the Valle dei Laghi comes alive with music, encounters, and cultural cross-pollination through a festival that will accompany audiences from June to August with free concerts in some of the most scenic locations in the area. Historic squares, parks, and natural landscapes will become exceptional stages for Italian and international artists, offering a sonic journey across the Mediterranean, the Alps, Southern Italy, and the Scottish Highlands.
Eugenio Palumbo and Lorenzo Bernardi
All’italiana, virtuosity along the Italian peninsula
Friday, June 19, 9:00 PM
Piazzetta delle Regole, Calavino
A journey through the great Italian musical tradition through the dialogue between mandolin and guitar. From Paganini to Calace, from Verdi to Morricone, the project traces a captivating path highlighting two instruments that symbolize Italian culture, blending elegance, virtuosity, and lyricism.
Eugenio Palumbo | mandolin
Lorenzo Bernardi | guitar
Thu Le
A great guitarist from the Far East
Sunday, June 28, 9:00 PM
Parco Due Laghi, Padergnone
Among the most refined voices of contemporary guitar, Thu Le weaves tradition and modern sensitivity into an intense and poetic sound. A special concert that will also feature her daughter, the young and talented Stella Rudiferia, in a moving dialogue between generations.
Thu Le | guitar
Stella Rudiferia | guitar
Hiram Salsano and Marcello De Carolis
The power of Southern Italian songs towards new horizons
Friday, July 17, 9:00 PM
Piazza San Valentino, Vezzano
Two young artists passionately representing the musical heritage of Southern Italy. An intense voice that soothes the soul and immerses the listener in the landscapes of folk tradition, supported by the brilliance of the ten strings of the chitarra battente, a bridge between roots and future.
Hiram Salsano | voice, loop station, frame drums, marranzano
Marcello De Carolis | chitarra battente, loop station
Nando Brusco
The voice and rhythm of the storyteller
Tuesday, July 21, 9:00 PM
Piazza di Torchio, Terlago
A concert for voice and drum, where storytelling and rhythm guide the listener through an enchanted journey into oral memory, blending myth and reality, poetry and popular wisdom, humanity and spirituality.
Nando Brusco | voice and drum
Abies Alba
Alpine traditions between archival sources and new compositions
Friday, July 24, 9:00 PM
Parco delle Feste, Stravino
Preview of the new album “Aurora”, the fifth by the Trentino-based group that for nearly thirty years has drawn from folk and traditional materials to recount the musical life of the Alpine valleys, reinterpreting memory with new sounds and arrangements.
Nicola Odorizzi | diatonic accordion, voice
Franco Susini | flute, bagpipes
Valerio De Paola | guitar
Mauro Odorizzi | violin, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, voice
Ester Wegher | violin and viola
Ellen MacDonald & Daimh
Gaelic songs and folk music from the Scottish Highlands
Sunday, August 2, 9:00 PM
Piazza San Valentino, Vezzano
One of the most acclaimed Gaelic voices in the Scottish folk scene, also an actress in film and television, meets the energetic traditional band Daimh (pronounced “da-eve”). A powerful blend of haunting melodies and pure energy.
Ellen MacDonald | voice
Angus Mackenzie | Highland pipes & whistle
Murdo Cameron | mandola, mandolin, diatonic accordion
Gabe McVarish | violin
Ross Martin | guitar
Abdo Buda Marconi Trio
World music between the Mediterranean and the Middle East
Sunday, August 9, 9:00 PM
Parco Casa Sociale, Lago di Cavedine
An intricate weaving of strings, sounds, identities, and dreams by three traveling musicians. An intense musical dialogue drawing from Kurdish songs, the rhythms of the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Near East.
Ashti Abdo | saz, voice, percussion, duduk
Manuel Buda | classical guitar, prepared guitar, voice
Fabio Marconi | fretless guitar, 7-string violão, voice
All events are free of charge and no reservation is required. In case of bad weather, events will take place in the foyer of the Valle dei Laghi theatre.
For information: ArteLaghi +39 370 1245353
