Piano City Milano 2022, from 20 to 22 May the whole city resonates

From 20 to 22 May 2022 come back City plan, 'the soundtrack of Milan', the highly anticipated widespread piano festival that makes the whole city resound, from the center to the suburbs, from the places dedicated to music to the most surprising and unusual spaces, crossing all musical genres with events from dawn at sunset.

L'eleventh edition of Piano City Milan proposes 216 concerts distributed throughout the city, with over 300 artists involved who will perform in 100 different places, to experience and share great emotions with the public through the notes of the pianos.

City Plan Milan 2022 is promoted and implemented by Pianocity Milan Association and from the municipality of Milan, on a project curated by Ponderosa Music & Art and Accapiù, and avails itself of the artistic direction of Ricciarda Belgiojoso is Titti Santini.

Piano City Milano, one of the best-known festivals in Italy, is a unique event of its kind, which involves institutions, associations, partners and citizens to tell and enhance the city, inviting the general public to discover unique, new contexts from new perspectives. and old neighborhoods, representative places and others undergoing redevelopment, exceptionally open spaces for the occasion. The concerts are designed specifically for each of the places, ranging from different musical genres, from classical to pop, from jazz to electronic.

“Piano City Milano is the festival that accompanies a lively and dynamic city with music from all over the world” - he underlines Ricciarda Belgiojoso, artistic co-director of the festival - “Pianos take place in every neighborhood, from the gardens of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna to beyond the urban boundaries, in the new places in Milan and in others in transformation that are exceptionally open for preview. We offer unprecedented perspectives on the territory and on music, starting with the inaugural concert of the great Abdullah Ibrahim. Following many other prominent Italian and international names with music created for the occasion, spectacular events with six pianos and eight hands. A big thank you to the partners who make possible a unique event, which enchants the city to the sound of the piano. "

Sara Abdullah Ibrahim, living legend of jazz, to officially kick off Piano City Milano 2022, with the concert ofinauguration Friday May, 20th (9 pm) to park of the Gallery of Modern Art. The 87-year-old artist of South African origin, whom Nelson Mandela called 'our Mozart', has been active since the 1970s and has been one of the protagonists of the world music scene ever since.

The festival continues on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May with a myriad of events: in addition to historic locations such as the GAM Gardens, Volvo Studio Milano, the Rotonda della Besana (headquarters of MUBA - Milan Children's Museum), Triennale Milano Theater, the La Scala Theater Museum, the Snai San Siro Hippodrome, new important spaces are added such as the Bocconi Campus park, the ADI Design Museum, the Boris Pasternak Promenade at the Feltrinelli Foundation, Piazza Olivetti in the Symbiosis business district and the garden in via Ludovico di Breme in the Certosa District. Other novelties for the festival are the Ridotto dei Palchi Arturo Toscanini of the Teatro alla Scala and the Sala Verdi of the Milan Conservatory. Particular attention is paid to the suburbs, with concerts in the MM courtyards, in the fields of Vaiano Valle, in the Adriano district, in farmhouses that become cultural centers and at Casa Enzo Jannacci, the largest public reception facility in Europe. And still lots of music in the parks of Villa Finzi, Chiesa Rossa, Parco delle Cave and Parco Lambro.

The complete program of the events of Piano City Milano 2022 is online on the official website of the review www.pianocitymilano.it.

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(Above, an event at the Rotonda della Besana; below, at the Central Station - photo Federica Cicuttini)