Alessandro Cicognini International Festival
- Live music
Auditorium Sirena
Organised by MuTeArt
The festival named after Alessandro Cicognini, an Abruzzo-born composer of music for Italian cinema, takes place at the Auditorium Sirena in Francavilla al Mare from 18 October to 22 December 2026. The festival is conceived and directed by Davide Cavuti and brings together symphonic concerts, piano recitals, film scores and performances with a narrator. Highlights of the programme include: on 13 November the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese with violinist Ettore Pellegrino; on 28 November Le voci di Marcinnelle with Michele Placido, Pino Ammendola and Tiziana Di Tonno; on 6 December pianists Alessandro Ammara and Roberto Prosseda; on 14 December an evening on film soundtracks with Franco Micalizzi. The programme closes on 21 and 22 December with two events combining dance and guitar dedicated to Buenos Aires. The festival is organised by MuTeArt with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Abruzzo Region and the Municipality of Francavilla al Mare.
Programme: 18 October, 6.30 pm, When the Dawn Will Come, Ensemble Baccano, Alessandro Stella piano 13 November, 9 pm, Il violino di Mozart, Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Ettore Pellegrino 20 November, 9 pm, Cicognini e la danza, Fiorella Camerlengo, Francesco Ciancetta, Claudio Canzano 21 November, 9 pm, Pentagrammi di-versi, Artbeat&Fire in concerto 28 November, 5.30 pm, Le voci di Marcinnelle, with Michele Placido, Pino Ammendola, Tiziana Di Tonno, Riccardo Iezzi 3 December, 9 pm, Le corrispondenze, Alfredo Bruno narrator, Laura Sebastiani piano 4 December, 9 pm, Cicognini e la musica classica, Paolo Aloisi violin, Giusi Fatica piano 5 December, 9 pm, Recital, Eleonora Contini piano 6 December, 9 pm, La guerra, il sogno, l'abisso, Alessandro Ammara and Roberto Prosseda piano 8 December, 5.30 pm, Recital italiano, Luciano Bellini piano 9 December, 9 pm, Note di classica, Andrea Caruso and Chiara Nobilio piano 14 December, 5 pm, I grandi compositori di colonne sonore, special guest Franco Micalizzi with Davide Cavuti, in collaboration with Premio Internazionale Cicognini and Alphavox 20 December, 5.30 pm, Alessandro Cicognini e il Cenacolo Michettiano, Orchestra I Musici del Sirena, conductor Ernani Catena 21 December, 9 pm, Mi Buenos Aires querido, Roxana Ethel Batista, Fabio Sorce, Martin Diaz Gonzalez 22 December, 9 pm, Sueños, Federica Mennilli, Fabrizio Stella Tickets for the 18 October concert: €10 full price, €7.50 for concessions
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