ASCONA MUSIC FESTIVAL * 7 JUNE - 27 SEPTEMBERย 2023
EVOCATIONS
The 14th edition of the ASCONA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023, entitled EVOCATIONS, presents a series of eight events which will all take place at the Evangelical Church of Ascona (Chiesa Evangelica di Ascona). The first four events will be held in June and are screenings of previously recorded concerts, the other four events will be held in September and are live concerts.
Part 1: from 7 to 25 June -ย Chiesa Evangelica - Asconaย
EVOCATIONS
CONCERTS OF THE ASCONA MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT HAVE MOVED PEOPLE AND WILL MOVE THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT
Music has the power to evoke already-experienced and new emotions, transforming them and making them present in our consciousness.
Across four unforgettable evenings, the first cycle of โEvocationsโ of the Festival brings together an exclusive series of previously-recorded concerts selected from the many important programmes carried out during the Festivalโs journey, to celebrate and relive experiences of exciting chamber concerts played by remarkable musicians who are true friends in and of Classical Music.
The video concerts are unpublished documents and will be presented for the first time in celebration of the 14th anniversary of the Ascona Music Festival. They represent many intense years dedicated to classical music and to those who love it both locally and internationally and who follow the Festivalโs artistic and cultural initiative with fondness and support.
A wide repertoire has been chosen, to experience firsthand the emotion felt by the public and to renew those feelings, thanks to the evocations of these musical acts which live outside of time, as happens in true artistic experiences.
Performances of Beethoven, Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms, Dvoลรกk, Smetana and Rachmaminoff will be presented with the highest levels of evocative interpretation, with the presence of the pianist Daniel Levy, artistic director of the Festival. Artists include cellist Stephan Rieckhoff, violinist Robert Zimansky, the Carmina Quartet (Zurich), soprano Cristina Mantese and clarinetist Dmitry Rasul Kareyev.
These exceptional programmes can be enjoyed in the beautiful and pure setting of the Chiesa Evangelica di Ascona, in front of Monte Veritร .
An extraordinary and touching audiovisual will also be shared along with the precious document "Venerating Veniceโ, with works by the painter Marga Baigorria (watercolours and artistic photographs), illustrated with musical pieces, which the artist presented in the Festival programme through the exhibition "Painting with Light - Transparencies", at the Gallery 'Il Cavalletto' in Locarno.
For the festivalโs international audience and for those who will not be able to be present, the videos will also be available online on-demand on the UK platform TicketCo.
Parte 2: from 13 to 27 September - Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
EVOCATIONS - MY PIANO
4 RECITALS BY THE PIANIST DANIEL LEVY
In direct connection with the international project MY PIANO, coordinated by the label Edelweiss Emission and the International Academy of Euphony, there will be a cycle of 4 Recitals by the pianist Daniel Levy.
The live concerts range from a recital dedicated to musical inspiration in "Inspired by Love", with music by Bach, Gluck, Schumann, Brahms, Elgar, Mahler and Wagner; to the selection of Lyric Pieces by Edvard Grieg, celebrating the 180th anniversary of his birth; to the recital with selected music by Frederyk Chopin. The cycle concludes with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth.
These โEvocationsโ employ the sound of the piano to celebrate and remember the great geniuses of Music that transmit Euphony for the joy and harmony of all, from heart to heart.
