The Sounds of the Dolomites, the high altitude Festival in Trentino

Come back from 23 August to 24 September one of the most original Italian music festivals, Sounds of the Dolomites. Set on top of the most beautiful mountains in Trentino, the high altitude music festival offers a series of open-air events immersed in nature, in the most fascinating scenarios and among memorable views, in absolute respect for the environment.

A truly unmissable event for all mountain lovers, The Sounds of the Dolomites comes to 26. edition with a month of appointments between hollows and meadows, clearings, peaks where music dialogues with the surrounding landscape. The concerts take place in the most evocative natural stages, places reached on foot by the public and by the musicians who then, removed the instruments from their backpacks, perform in varied musical programs that touch different genres, often mixed with each other.

There are sixteen concerts in the mountains unfolded by the billboard of Il Suono delle Dolomiti 2021, scheduled at an unusual time, noon, with the sun at its zenith, except for one that will take place at dawn (6.30 am). The usual is also expected three day trek on the most spectacular Dolomites, the Pale di San Martino, in the company of artists.

Entirely free, the concerts mainly include classical music (often dialoguing with other genres), jazz and the best of Italian songwriting. The 2021 edition offers great masters such as Gidon Kremer with the Kremerata Baltica at the opening of the festival, Antje Wheitaas on the violin, the eclectic violist Danilo Rossi, Mario Brunello - artistic director - with his inseparable cello, and again the renowned ensemble The Italian Virtuosos, on Lyskamm Quartet of international fame, the young man Quartet van Kuijk. There is no lack of jazz with Paolo Fresu is Danilo Rea, and the Italian song with Daniele Silvestri is Niccolò Fabi which will close the review. Also on the bill Riot Brass Band, on Gardel Trio, Gianluca Petrella - Riccardo Onori Duo, an event with Stefano Massini, on Alpine Choir Sasso Rosso, The actors Neri Marcorè is Fabrizio Gifuni.

Special events are dedicated to Beethoven (250 years + 1 from birth) with the Dawn Concert, ad Piazzolla (100 years from birth) and to the songwriter Gianmaria Testa.

The Brenta Dolomites, Paganella, Catinaccio and Pale di San Martino are the backdrop to the performances for a journey into the Trentino nature with the colors and atmospheres of the upcoming autumn.

The program in detail

Opening of The Sounds of the Dolomites 2021 on 23 August with an extraordinary musician, one of the best known on the international scene: Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica, for the occasion joined by the bandonist Arne Glorvigen. Scheduled 'Hommage à Astor Piazzolla - Journey into the new tango'to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Argentine master, with whom Kremer had built a deep partnership. (Location Malga Canvere, Viezzena Group - Bocche / Malga Canvere in Val di Fiemme)

The 25 August there will be an appointment entirely dedicated to violin with the charismatic Antje Weithaas, musician much appreciated for technique and interpretation, who has shared the stage with orchestras from all over the world from the German Bamberger Symphoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin to the American Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and the European BBC Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, National Symphony Estonian and Poznan Philharmonic, to name a few. Ai Prati Col, in the shadow of the Pale di San Martino will propose music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ysaÿe.

The August 27, change of scene with the Gardel Trio, inspired by the melancholy and magical notes of the sound universe of the greatest tango singer ever, Carlos Gardel. The accordionist Lionel Suarez brought together the cellist in the Trio Gardel Vincent Segal and the percussionist Minino Garay. (Val di Fassa. Buffaure area).

The August 30th, a project that unites music and story with Stefano Massini, Florentine actor, writer, essayist. They share the stage with him Erik Fink, researcher and musician who has always been committed to exploring new interpretations of the Jewish cultural tradition e Stefano Corsi, great virtuoso of the Celtic harp and harmonica. (Pian della Nana, Malga Tassulla, Brenta Dolomites / Pian della Nana (in the Brenta Dolomites)

The September 1st it's time to 'A sonic adventure', with Paolo Fresu and its trio formed by Dino Rubino (piano and flugelhorn) e Marco Bardoscia (contrabass). Paolo Fresu like other greats of international music, such as Uri Caine or Dave Douglas, has been able to transform jazz into an authentic journey through the most unusual and fascinating sound scenarios. (Location Camp Centener, Brenta Dolomites)

The September 3 in the splendid scenery of the Bombasel lakes, there will be the Riot Jazz Brass Band with a rousing sound and overwhelming rhythms. Coming from Manchester's magmatic and multicultural scene, the Riot Brass Band. It is made up of nine components for three trumpets, three trombones, percussion, sousaphone, led by MC Chunky, with a program that draws and mixes various genres from Jazz to Balkan and more.

The September 6, the special event The dawn of the Dolomites, a concert at 6.30, this year under the banner of Beethoven. Witnessing the sunrise on the natural balcony of Col Margherita in Val di Fassa with an enchanting view of numerous Dolomite groups, words and music will form a universal hymn to nature and Beethoven's musical genius.

They will harness the tools the Lyskamm Quartet next to Sara Marzadori on the violin and Paolo Bonomini on the cello, for a rare contemporary version of the Symphony n. 6 “Pastorale” for string sextet. Narrating voice Fabrizio Gifuni, on the text of Sandro Cappelletto which tells of an unusual and private Beethoven, seen through the eyes of his nephew Karl (The only way to love him is to stay away from him - Col Margherita, Passo San Pellegrino, Gruppo Lusia - Bocche).

L' September 8 back to Italian music with Daniele Silvestri, in Bait Del Germano on the Paganella. Silvestri's songs move in different worlds always combining melody, lightness, civil commitment, awarded by numerous awards such as the Tenco Award or the David di Donatello.

The September 10 one of the most important and well-known exponents of Italian classical music, Danilo Rossi - first viola of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan - meets the New Gipsy Project for a journey into “popular” music through the reinterpretations of great composers such as Dvořák, Brahms is Bartók and overwhelming Eastern European music. (Malga Movlina, Brenta Dolomites).

The September 13 it is the turn of the Duo formed by Gianluca Petrella is Riccardo Onori, with a dialogue between past and present for trombone and guitar (Malga Villesinella Alta, Brenta Dolomites).

The September 15 space for the classic with the young Van Kuijk Quartet founded in 2012 in Paris. Composed of Nicolas Van Kuijk (violin), Sylvain Favre-Bulle (violin), Emmanuel François (purple) e Anthony Kondo (cello), the Quartet has won prestigious international competitions and has performed throughout Europe. In the splendid scenery of the Roda de Vael in Val di Fassa, presents music by Edvard Grieg and Felix Mendelssohn.

The September 17 Danilo Rea proposes melodies and improvisations on the music of Luis Bacalov, with Tango becoming the starting point for a world made up of improvisations, sound adventures and contaminations. Danilo Rea at the piano will be joined by the violinist Marcello Sirignano, of the saxophonist Pietro Tonolo and the double bass player John Thomas. (Location Sant'Antonio di Mavignola, Malga Brenta Bassa, Brenta Dolomites).

From the 18 to 20 September, the expected Trekking with the artists for a small group of people, the audience will share walks, stops, shelters and musical moments with Mario Brunello, Gabriele Mirabassi, Domenico Mariorenzi and the actor Neri Marcorè, in a path that revolves around the figure of the Piedmontese singer-songwriter Gianmaria Testa. Three days of walking and music that perfectly summarizes that mix of unique natural landscapes, silences, sound explorations, conquest and sharing that are the Sounds of the Dolomites. An experience for a limited number of people who will be able to climb along paths, touch peaks, share the evenings in the refuge, listen to the Trentino Alpine Guides and witness the confrontation and creative phase of the four musicians around the figure of Testa.

In conclusion, always dedicated to Gianmaria Testa, the event 'Inside the pocket of any morning', scheduled for September 20 at Villa Welsperg, the ancient noble residence immersed in a timeless landscape in the Pale di San Martino group. The project is also an original meeting between the four artists. On the one hand, the well-known actor, Neri Marcorè together with the guitarist Domenico Mariorenzi who have long been confronted with the songs of great songwriters and with Testa's repertoire and on the other the cellist Mario Brunello and the clarinetist Gabriele Mirabassi who collaborated and shared creative moments with the artist born in Cuneo.

The September 22, with "Echoes of the mountains'Alpine folk song dialogues with classical music: the Sasso Rosso Choir, director Adriano Dalpez, for fifty years interpreter of the Trentino and Alpine popular repertoire, he meets i Virtuosi Italians, a classical ensemble that has trod the stages of the most important Italian theaters, including the Teatro alla Scala, the Teatro alla Fenice, the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. With the alphorn of Carlo Torlontano, La Porta locality, Cornacci Monte Agnello Group).

The closing of The Sounds of the Dolomites 2021 on September 24 is entrusted to Niccolò Fabi, singer-songwriter who grew up in the lively musical environment of Rome in the early nineties. 25 years after his first hit single "Dica" has conquered a place of its own both in the eyes of music critics and in the hearts of the public with rhythmic melodies and intelligent lyrics, with a live style full of humanity much appreciated by fans The scenario of the concert in Val Duròn in the Fassa Dolomites (near the Micheluzzi Refuge) offers a perfect setting for his concert ' The poetry of the songs between Tradition and Betrayals'.