The Ventimiglia 2024 International Music Festival was launched on August 28 at the “San Francesco” Cultural Center in Via Garibaldi 37A, Ventimiglia Alta with a concert by Andrea Verrando (harpsichord, Ventimiglia). In the evening scheduled outside the Cala del Forte amphitheater, a sold out event for the Danish pianist Elisabeth Nielsen. Music by Ottorino Respighi, Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt and as an encore a wonderful Tango Jalousie by the Danish musician Jacob Gade paired with the musician Chrisitne Bernsted.
Elisabeth is the initiator of the festival which she herself created in collaboration with the Italian pianist Gianluca Luisi and the cultural associations “Nielsen Saloner” (DK) and “Marco Polo Music” (IT) with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Danish foundation “Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen”. The festival still plans a concert by maestro Francesco Mazzonetto (piano, Turin) for August 30th and Eliabeth Nielsen (piano, Denmark) and Chrisitne Bernsted (violin, Denmark) for Saturday August 31st. The festival will always end in the San Francesco Cultural Center on the evening of September 1st with a performance by maestro Radu Ratoi (accordion, Moldova). Further information: Elisabeth Nielsen, Artistic Director, +39 349 665 5717, nielsen.saloner@gmail. com Lars Mortensen, President, Nielsen Saloner, https://www.facebook.com/nielsensaloner, +45 21 41 00 08, nielsen.saloner@gmail.com
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