The organ festival of Camaiore, organised by the Council Culture Department in collaboration with The Music Association “Marco Santucci”, is a musical event of great international importance. The organ in the Church of Badia , which was inaugurated in 1995, is at the centre of the festival. The instrument was especially designed having baroque music, and in particular that of Bach, in mind, and is one of the very few of its kind in Italy.
The concerts which are of a very high standard, are not the only important cultural events promoted during the festival. The performances are usually accompanied by introductory meetings, and many conferences on musicology have been organised surrounding the festival. In addition to deepening themes surrounding baroque organ music, the festival organisers are also very aware of the present. Different Italian composers have purposely written pieces for the organ of Badia which will be put on a CD dedicated to contemporary and experimental music for the organ. In addition, the festival is considered to be a very important formative experience. In 2001, a master-class for organists was introduced. One of its many aims is that of selecting a student who will then participate as a performer in the following festival.
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MANUEL TOMADIN (Udine).
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18 July STEFAN KAGL (Herford) Concert marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Albert Schweitzer
22 July MARIO CIFERRI (Porto San Giorgio)
28 July
To mark the anniversary of J.S. Bach (28/07/1750), the composer who inspired the organ of Badia, an evening dedicated to the 20 years if the organ festival.
18.00 Various papers: presentation of the Proceedings of the study day of 20 July 2010 (with the texts of the papers by Christoph Wolff, Felix Friedrich, Fabrizio Guidotti, Tommaso Ferrini);
20 years of the Organ Festival; in memory of Don Angelo Bevilacqua (Mauro Mazzoni);
“New music” from Lucca and Camaiore contained in “Arrosti” whose management has been recently given to the Musical Association “Marco Santucci” (Fabrizio Guidotti)
19.45 Dinner at the Pizzeria “Le tre Botti” (near the Church of Badia): tickets 15 Euro; bookings 347 9692694
21.15 Concert ENRICO BARSANTI (Lucca)
04 August MANUEL TOMADIN (Udine)
10 August IGNACE MICHIELS (Bruges)
17 August MARTIN BERNREUTHER (Eichstatt)
22 August PRZEMYSLAW KAPITULA (Varsavia)
27 August JOHANNES SKUDLIK (Landsberg)
by car: from Lucca A11/12 motorway exit Viareggio-Camaiore, then follow the signs to Camaiore
public transport: bus lines from Lucca.
info: info@camaioreorganfestival.it
Municipality of Camaiore, Associazione Musicale “Marco Santucci”, in collaboration with Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca
The first festival took place in 1996. In the years following, the organs of the churches of Suffragio and Collegiata were made available for festival concerts in addition to the one in Badia.
The complete works of Bach were performed during the first three festivals. The particularly noteworthy performances of certain musicians can be recalled such as that of H. Metzger in the Art of Fugue by Bach, M. Radulescu who performed the third part of Bach’s Klavierubung-Orgelmess, B. Gfrerer who presented the Mozart’s integral and Giulia Biagetti who dedicated a programme to Haendel’s concerts for organ and orchestra . The art directors of the festival are Don Angelo Bevilacqua, Lorenzo Ghelmi and Giulia Biagetti, who, in addition to being a great performer (she is the organist in the Cathedral of Lucca and of the cathedral choir), is also the president of the Music Association “Marco Santucci”.
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ticket d’ingresso per ogni concerto 5 euro. Farà eccezione la serata del 28 Luglio, che avrà il costo di Euro 20,00 per cena e concerto.