The Music of Emilia-Romagna has the reputation of being one of the richest in Europe; there are six music conservatories alone in the region, and the sheer number of other musical venues and activities is astounding. The region, as the name implies, combines the traditions of two different, contiguous areas—

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and

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—and it is perhaps this blend that contributes to the wealth of musical culture.

Musical venues and activities

* Bologna's Teatro Comunale is located in Piazza Verdi, in the historic centre of the city, near the International museum and library of music and the Giovanni Battista Martini Music Conservatory. The theatre has a permanent orchestra and the city sponsors an annual ''MusicaInsieme'' (Music Together) chamber music festival as well as a series of university concerts. Other venues in the city include the Manzoni Auditorium, the Mario Caglio Europauditorium, the premises of the Philharmonic Academy, the musical instrument collection of the Music Museum, the Chapel of

San Petronio The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius ...

, and the

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. * Cesena is the site of the

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and the Bruno Maderna music conservatory. Musical activities in the province include sunrise concerts during the summer and the ''Suoni del Tempo'' (Sounds of Time) Festival in the

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fortress. *

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

's Teatro Comunale was built in 1798. It is the centre of activity for the annual Ferrara Music Festival. The city has a permanent symphonic orchestra and the Association Ferrara Musica as well as the Gustav Mahler Academy, an organization that runs master classes for young musicians. * Forlì is the site of the new Teatro Diego Fabbri. *

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

, the city of

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, has a reputation as a centre of Italian pop music, the city of agents, recording studios, publishers, etc. The Teatro Comunale is from 1841. The city has an important musical manuscript collection in the Estense Library and sponsors an annual International Festival of Military Bands. * Parma's

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is historic, having been built in 1829, when the territory was still the

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. Recent additions to the musical infrastructure of the city include the Casa della Musica to house the musical archives of the city, the Niccolò Paganini Auditorium, and the Toscanini Orchestra, a permanent ensemble. There is an annual Verdi Festival and a joint festival with the neighbouring province of Reggio. Parma is also the site of one of the true marvels of Italian theatre, the Teatro Farnese from 1628, still an active musical venue. Finally, Parma is the birthplace of

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and the site of the

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. * Piacenza's Teatro Municipale was built in 1798. The town is the site of the Giuseppe Nicolini Conservatory and in Villanova sull'Arda stands the Giuseppe Verdi hospital, donated by the composer to his native province just three miles from the town of Busseto, his birthplace. * Ravenna hosts the

Ravenna Festival The Ravenna Festival is a summer festival of opera and classical music (as well as dance, jazz, ethnic, musical theater, ballett, sacred music, electronic music, drama, film, plus conventions and exhibitions) held in the city of Ravenna, Italy and t ...

annually in the region, plus a concert series of the Byzantine Academy, concerts on the premises of the Casa dell'arte, a Jazz Festival, and there is the permanent Ravenna Chamber Ensemble. The main theatre is the

Teatro Comunale Alighieri The ''Teatro Comunale Alighieri'' is an opera house located at 2 Via Mariani in Ravenna, Italy and designed by the Venetian architects, Tommaso Meduna and his brother, Giambattista who had designed the second '' La Fenice'' theatre after the fi ...

dating from 1852, but venues for the abundant music in Ravenna are spread throughout the city. *

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's Teatro Municipale has regular opera, concert, and ballet seasons, as well as being the site for two major festivals during the year: ''Reggio Emilia Dance'' and the REC Autumn Festival. * Rimini sponsors a late summer music festival, th
''Sagra Musicale Malatestiana''

References

*''Guide Cultura, i luoghi della music'' (2003) ed. Touring Club Italiano.

External links

International museum and library of music of BolognaFerrara conservatoryCesena conservatoryParma conservatoryCesena music conservatoryPiacenza music conservatoryModena Military Band FestivalRavenna FestivalConcerts today in Emilia RomagnaTeatro Comunale Alessandro Bonci official website

Official musical archive of the region Emilia-Romagna
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