Story
Maggio della Musica - The Story
The duo Maggio della Musica and Maggio dei Monumenti was born in Naples in 1997.
One of the main features of the Associazione Maggio della Musica has been always
related to its locations: the Auditorium of Castel Sant’Elmo, the Reggia of Capodimonte,
Villa Pignatelli and the Teatrino di Corte of the Real Palace built by Ferdinando
Fuga in 1768.
The Historic connection with the Sovrintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale of Naples, consolidated
and reinforced during the years, includes important events such as two recitals,
Il liuto di Caravaggio and Amor Vincitore, during the Caravaggio art exhibition
at the Reggia of Capodimonte in 2004, other important recitals during the art exhibition
dedicated to Domenico Morelli and to The Great Tiziano in 2006 and a famous concert
to celebrate the 50th Capodimonte Museum’s Anniversary in 2007. In 2008 the Associazione
Maggio della Musica flies to Turkey, at Ankara Opera Theater, with four fabulous
recitals.
Moreover, many artists and camera ensembles have performed wonderful recitals during the years,
such as: Ivo Pogorelich, Grigory Sokolov, Viktoria Mullova, Uto Ughi, Salvatore
Accardo, Michele Campanella, Rudolf Buchbinder, Renaud Capucon, Philarmonische
Camerata Berlin, Philarmonia Vien, Prazak Quartet, Sinfonietta Koln, Devid Geringas,
Bruno Canino, Kyoko Yonemoto, Boris Belkin, Philippe Entremont, Daniil Trifonov,
Federico Mondelci, Stefano Bollani, Savinio Quartet.
In 2011 has got the honour to present his new Artistic Director: Michele Campanella. The famous
piano player sets a new style by melting and blending the classical repertory and
modern and contemporary creativity and by stimulating a real dialectic and a pure
contact between the audience and the artist.
The Associazione Maggio della Musica, supported by BNL - BNP Paribas, its main sponsor, has
been organizing since 2003 , a very special recital called “Musicalmente per Telethon”,
organized in order to fundrise best research to find cures for rare genetic diseases.
Luigia Baratti is the President of the Associazione Maggio della Musica, Michele
Campanella is the Artistic Director.
The Associazione Maggio della Musica is supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture and the
Campania Region.