Music and Ballet in the National Museums of Pisa

Four cultural venues will serve as the stage for the second edition of the “Music and Dance in Pisa’s National Museums” festival. The Palazzo Reale Museum, the San Matteo Museum, the Museum of Ancient Ships and the Certosa Monumentale di Calci will host 18 performances, including concerts and dance shows, all scheduled during opening hours with the aim of immersing visitors in a fully immersive experience. From the chamber musicians of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino to the musical tribute to Pinocchio featuring the Tuscan comedian Paolo Hendel, from the augmented reality dance performance ‘Into the Echo’ to the tribute to St Francis by the choir of the Papal Basilica of Assisi.

Saturday 13 June at 10am at the Museo di San Matteo: ‘La voce della Musica’ with the duo Paolo Carlini on bassoon and Fabrizio Datteri on piano

Wednesday 24 June at 10.30am at the Museo di Palazzo Reale: ‘Colori e racconti d’Europa’ with the Wind Quintet of the Orchestra Toscana Classica

Friday 26 June at 4 pm at the Church of the Certosa di Calci: ‘Francesco è vivo’, featuring the choir of the Papal Basilica of Assisi and the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina “Francesco è Vivo”

Friday 3 July at 5 pm at the Museum of San Matteo: ‘Elogio degli Uccelli’, a dance performance inspired by Giacomo Leopardi’s work of the same name

Wednesday 29 July at 10.30 am at the Church of the Certosa di Calci: ‘Omaggio a Mozart’, featuring Toscana Classica soloists Del Vecchio on clarinet and conductor Barsali

Wednesday 29 July at 10.30 am at the Church of the Certosa di Calci: ‘Homage to Mozart’, featuring Toscana Classica soloists Del Vecchio on clarinet and conductor Barsali

Sunday 6 September at 5.00 pm at the Museum of Ancient Ships: ‘Stories of the Sea, Misery and Beasts’, a dance performance loosely based on Stefano d’Arrigo’s Horcynus Orca

Thursday 10 September at 5.00 pm at the Museum of San Matteo: ‘Into the Echo’, a site-specific dance performance with augmented reality

Friday 11 September at 10.30 am at the Church of the Certosa di Calci: ‘Utopia Nascosta di Francesco’, a play about the Saint of Assisi

Sunday 13 September at 10.30 am at the Museum of San Matteo: ‘Armonie tra luce e sogno’ with Elisabetta Stanghellini on the harp

Saturday 19 September at 3.00 pm at the San Matteo Museum: the chamber musicians of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in ‘Goldberg Variations’

Saturday 26 September at 10.30 am at the Palazzo Reale Museum: ‘The Four Seasons’ with the Ferracci and De Nitto duo on violin and accordion

Tuesday 29 September at 10.30 am at the San Matteo Museum: ‘The Soul of the Violin, the Voice of the Fret’, with Bruno Canino on piano and Alessio Bidoli on violin

Friday 2 October at 5 pm at the San Matteo Museum: ‘When the Skies Speak’, with Francesco Nicolosi on piano and Arnaldo Colasanti narrating

Saturday 3 October at 11.00 am at the Palazzo Reale Museum: ‘Le Donne di Puccini’, a dance performance inspired by the life of the famous composer

Wednesday 7 October at 10.30 am at the Certosa di Calci: the ‘Duo Saccone’, featuring soprano Valentina Saccone and Chiara Saccone on piano

Saturday 10 October at 10.30 am at the Palazzo Reale Museum: ‘Pinocchio. Masks, Dreams and Metamorphoses’, with Paolo Hendel and soloists from the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina

Saturday 17 October at 10.30 am at the Palazzo Reale Museum: concert with the Orchestra of the Centro di Produzione Musicale della Toscana

Thursday 22 October at 5 pm at the Church of the Certosa di Calci: ‘Stabat Mater’, a poetic encounter between sacred music and contemporary dance