C. Monteverdi Conservatory – Program January/September 2026

The Claudio Monteverdi Conservatory in Bolzano presents its 2026 edition of "Monteverdi in Concert", a concert series open to all – from long-time lovers of classical music to those approaching it for the first time. The season's theme is Sturm und Drang and its legacy in Romanticism, twentieth-century music, and contemporary electronic sound, captured in the motto "Echo of the Past, Voices of the Present".



Concerts take place in the Sala Michelangeli at the Conservatory, Piazza Domenicani 19, Bolzano. Some events are held in the Josefsaal, as noted in the programme. Admission is free.



Season programme:

24 January – Humanism, Ethical Tension and Conflict. Luigi Dallapiccola, fifty years after his death

21 February – "La Bohème". Tales of Bohème

16 April – Felix Mendelssohn and the Voice of the Instruments

17 April (Josefsaal, 6:00 PM) – The Restlessness of the Sensitive Style. The brothers Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

6 May – Percussion Evolution. From rhythmic-timbral research to the purity of gesture

19 May – Monteverdi Trumpets. Contemporary trumpets

25 May – Aspects of Sturm und Drang in Music. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert

28 May – Sensorial Storms. Dance, sound, images

16 September (Josefsaal) – In lieblicher Bläue. A homage to Dowland, Britten, Henze