IX EDITION.
Lerici
Music
Festival
July 24-Aug. 4, 2025
Music, Image, Movement
Maestro Gianluca Marcianò, Artistic Director
THE BILLBOARD OF THE IX EDITION
An evening in Hollywood: the magic of music in cinema
Melinda Hughes, soprano
John Ieuan Jones, baritone
LMF Quartet
July 24 – 8:30 p.m.
Villa Marigola, Lerici
A Star is Born - Young Talent
Dalia Medovnikov, soprano
Ustinya Malinina, mezzo-soprano
Gianluca Marcianò, piano
July 25 – 8:30 p.m.
Villa Marigola, Lerici
The Prancing Baron
Francesco Bolo Rossini, narrator
Azusa Onishi, violin
Catherine Bruni, cello
Duo of the Perugia Chamber Orchestra
July 25 – 8:30 p.m.
Rotonda Vassallo, Lerici
They shall have music
Andrea Cicalese, violin
Alexey Zhilin, cello
Michael Cousteau, conductor
Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra
July 26 – 9 p.m.
Firmafede Fortress, Sarzana
Endless Escape
Francesco Bolo Rossini, narrator
Duo of the Perugia Chamber Orchestra
Azusa Onishi, violin
Catherine Bruni, cello
July 26 – 8:30 p.m.
Rotonda Vassallo, Lerici
The King's Speech
Amanda Forsyth, violoncello
Pinchas Zukerman, violin/conductor
Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra
July 27 – 9 p.m.
Firmafede Fortress, Sarzana
Amadeus
Cremona Quartet
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Amanda Forsyth, cello
July 28 – 8:30 p.m.
Villa Marigola, Lerici
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Stradella and Purcell Lights of a Timeless Night
Ensemble Mare Nostrum
Vache Baroque Singers
Andrea De Carlo, conductor
July 29 – 8-30p.m.
Church of St. Francis, Lerici
Concert at dawn
Andrea Cicalese, violin
Antonio Del Castillo, accordion
July 30 – 5 a.m.
La Marinella, Santerenzo
Death and the Maiden
Elly Suh, violin
Sumina Studer, violin
EivindRingstat, viola
Adrian Brendel, cello
July 30 – 8:30 p.m.
Villa Marigola, Lerici
Rota & Rachmaninov
Miriam Prandi, cello
Simon Trpceski, piano
Gianluca Marcianò, director
Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra
July 31 – 9 p.m.
Firmafede Fortress, Sarzana
THE NIGHT OF
Performance finale di Next Gen Concert:
Performance Reloaded
as part of the “Per Chi Crea” program
Villa Marigola, Lerici
Buster Keaton Sherlock Jr.
Film screening with live music
Paul Lay, piano
Aug. 01 – 8:30 p.m.
Villa Marigola, Lerici
Candide
Francesco Bolo Rossini, narrator
Reeds quartet of the Perugia Chamber Orchestra
Simone Frondini, oboe
Matilde Siculi, oboe
Debora Contini, clarinet
Luca Franceschelli, bassoon
August 01 – 8:30 p.m.
Rotonda Vassallo, Lerici
G. Bizet - La Tragedie de Carmen
Carmen Giannattasio, Carmen
Leonardo Caimi, Don José
Enrico Di Geronimo, Escamillo
Melinda Hughes, Micaela
Dmitry Krimov, stage director
Peter Voznesensky, video design
Eugenijus Sabaliauskas, Lighting design
David Sakvarelidze, executive director
Inna Krymova, producer
Lerici Music Festival Orchestra
Gianluca Marcianò, director
Aug. 02 – 9 p.m.
Firmafede Fortress, Sarzana
Cantar per Scherzo - bittersweet Lasso
Orlando of Lasso
PassiSparsi
Martha Rook, Cora Mariani, Neri Landi, Lorenzo Tosi
August 02 – 8:30 p.m.
Rotonda Vassallo, Lerici
Opera for Peace
Dinner concert
Forooz Razavi, soprano
Marta Pluda, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Rappoport, mezzo-soprano
Leonardo Sanchez, tenor
Ihor Mostovoi, baritone
Alexander Boldachev, harp
Gianluca Marcianò, piano
Aug. 03 – 7 p.m.
Villa Marigola, Lerici
Les Chemins de l'amour
Carmen Giannattasio, soprano
Gianluca Marcianò, piano
Aug. 04 – 8:30 p.m.
Villa Marigola, Lerici
Afterhour party
Alexander Boldachev, harp
Alexander Misko, electric guitar
04/8
Grand Finale
Musical, my life
Hyperion Ensemble
Aug. 04 – 8:30 p.m.
Rotonda Vassallo, Lerici
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LERICI
Festival venues
Discover the enchanting places of art, nature and music: Villa Marigola, Rotonda Vassallo, Church of San Francesco in Lerici, Ex-Opificio Vaccari in Santo Stefano Magra, Firmafede Fortress in Sarzana, Church of San Pietro in Portovenere
