Summer visitors, here they are! All the engagements for the Stresa Festival 2014. This year's festival has been given the name "Music on the Move." Events begin on July 24 with the Jazz Concerts and end on September 6 with the last of the "Music on the Move" concerts.
What's new this year?
Six Midsummer Jazz Concerts during the weekend of July 24 through July 27, an increase from four in previous years .
New this year, you can buy your tickets online, AND, download the ticket pdf onto your smartphone to show at the door. No more need to print a ticket.
Downloadable brochures of the concert schedule and artist information.
Concert 1000! Friday, August 22, 2014 marks the first concert of the 2014 season, but it also marks the 1000th concert ever of the Stresa Festival. To celebrate the event, Stresa Festival director Gianandrea Noseda will lead the orchestra and choir of the Teatro Regio di Torino in a special performance at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Stresa.
A new promotional video:
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Here is the full 2014 schedule:
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Thursday July 24 – 9.00 p.m.
It is an open-air concertPromenade La Palazzola – Stresa Bollani & de Holanda Stefano Bollani, piano Hamilton de Holanda, mandolin € 35 under 26 € 10 |
Friday July 25 – 9.00 p.m.
Promenade La Palazzola – Stresa Di Meola & Rubalcaba Al Di Meola, guitar Gonzalo Rubalcaba, piano € 35 under 26 € 10
It is an open-air concert
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Saturday July 26 – 6.30 p.m.
Promenade La Palazzola – Stresa We Three David Liebman, sax Steve Swallow, electric bass Adam Nussbaum, drums€ 25* under 26 € 10
It is an open-air concert
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Saturday July 26 – 9.00 p.m.
Promenade La Palazzola – Stresa Joshua Redman Quartet Joshua Redman, sax Aaron Goldberg, piano Reuben Rogers, doublebass Gregory Hutchinson, drums€ 30* under 26 € 10
It is an open-air concert
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Sunday July 27 – 6.30 p.m.
Promenade La Palazzola – Stresa Duo SoupStar Giovanni Guidi, piano Gianluca Petrella, trombone€ 25* under 26 € 10 It is an open-air concert |
Sunday July 27 – 9.00 p.m.
Promenade La Palazzola – Stresa John Scofield Überjam Band John Scofield, electric guitar Avi Bortnick, electric guitar Andy Hess, electric bass Terence Higgins, drums€ 30* under 26 € 10
It is an open-air concert
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Musical Meditations
| Tuesday August 19 – 8.30 p.m. BOAT LEAVES AT 8.00 P.M. Hermitage Santa Caterina del Sasso – Leggiuno Cello suites by J.S. Bach Johannes Moser, cello € 50 | Wednesday August 20 – 8.30 p.m. BOAT LEAVES AT 8.00 P.M. Hermitage Santa Caterina del Sasso – Leggiuno Cello suites by J.S. Bach Johannes Moser, cello € 50 |
Music on move
Friday August 22 – 8.00 pm.
 Congress Hall – Stresa1000! Rossini, Respighi Angela Meade, soprano John Osborn, tenor Fabio Capitanucci, baritone Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino Gianandrea Noseda, conductor € 40, € 25, € 15 |
Saturday August 23 – 9.00 p.m.
Church S. Ambrogio – Stresa Giovanna d'Arco Projection of the movie La passion de Jeanne d'Arc with live music Ensemble e Coro San Marco Roberto Spremulli, conductor € 20 | |
Sunday August 24 – 8.00 p.m.
Rocca Borromeo – Angera Páthos & Ethos Händel, Telemann, C.P.E. Bach, Fasch, de Mondonville, J.S. Bach Ensemble Aurora € 20 |
Monday August 25 – 8.00 p.m.
Church Madonna di Campagna – Verbania Tota Pulchra es Desprez, van Weerbecke, Isaac, Brumel, Compère Odhecaton Paolo Da Col, conductor € 20 | |
| Tuesday August 26 – 8.30 p.m. BOAT LEAVES AT 8.00 P.M. Tapestry Hall – Isola Bella Beethoven: the latest sonatas (I) Beethoven Igor Levit, piano € 50 |
Wednesday August 27 – 8.00 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa Mind the Gap, Lady Shakespeare!Text by Monica Luccisano Sonia Bergamasco, actress Gianluca Cascioli, piano Accademia Strumentale Italiana Cascioli, Dowland, Gibbons € 20, € 15 | |
Thursday August 28 – 8.30 p.m.
BOAT LEAVES AT 8.00 P.M.Tapestry Hall – Isola Bella Beethoven: the latest sonatas (II) Beethoven Paul Lewis, piano € 50 |
Friday August 29 – 8.00 p.m.
Castello Visconteo – Vogogna Sax for every season Grieg, Sibelius, Ravel, J.S. Bach, Piazzolla Signum Saxophone Quartet € 20
It is an open-air concert
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Saturday August 30 – 5.30 p.m.
Church SS. Crocifisso, Collegio Rosmini – Stresa Sonatas and Partitas by J.S. Bach FIRST HALF Suyoen Kim, violin € 20 | Saturday August 30 – 8.00 p.m. Church SS. Crocifisso, Collegio Rosmini – Stresa Sonatas and Partitas by J.S. Bach SECOND HALF Suyoen Kim, violin € 20 | |
Sunday August 31 – 8.00 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa Eschenbach, Barto Messiaen, Rihm, Tchaikovsky Tzimon Barto, piano Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Christoph Eschenbach, conductor € 40, € 25, € 15 |
Monday September 1 – 8.30 p.m.
BOAT LEAVES AT 8.00 P.M. Loggia del Cashmere – Isola Madre Weill, Brecht und Elio Novecento Works by K. Weill on text by B. Brecht Elio e i Fiati Associati € 50
It is an open-air concert
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Tuesday September 2 – 8.00 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa Noseda, Stresa Festival Orchestra Stravinsky, Beethoven Animation theatre by Stefano Monti and Monique Arnaud Stresa Festival Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, conductor € 40, € 25, € 15 | Thursday September 4 – 8.00 p.m. Villa Ponti – Arona Flute and harp J.S. Bach, Gaubert, Fauré, Debussy, Bartók, Rota, Sarasate Davide Formisano, flute Luisa Prandina, harp € 20 | |
| Friday September 5 – 8.00 p.m. Chiesa Vecchia – Belgirate Herr Bach J.S. Bach Les Basses Réunies Bruno Cocset, viola and conductor € 20 |
Saturday September 6 – 8.00 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa Jurowski, Mørk Dvořák, Brahms Truls Mørk, cello London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, conductor € 40, € 25, € 15 | |
THE CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES
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