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ASCONA MUSIC FESTIVAL
7 June - 27 September 2023

The 14th edition of the ASCONA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023, entitled EVOCATIONS, presents a series of eight events which will all take place at the Evangelical Church of Ascona (Chiesa Evangelica di Ascona). The first four events will be held in June and are screenings of previously recorded concerts, the other four events will be held in September and are live concerts.

Part 1: from 7 to 25 June – Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona

EVOCATIONS
CONCERTS OF THE ASCONA MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT HAVE MOVED PEOPLE AND WILL MOVE THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT


Music has the power to evoke already-experienced and new emotions, transforming them and making them present in our consciousness.
Across four unforgettable evenings, the first cycle of “Evocations” of the Festival brings together an exclusive series of previously-recorded selected from the many important programmes carried out during the Festival’s journey, to celebrate and relive experiences of exciting chamber concerts played by remarkable musicians who are true friends in and of Classical Music.

The video concerts are unpublished documents and will be presented for the first time in celebration of the 14th anniversary of the Ascona Music Festival. They represent many intense years dedicated to classical music and to those who love it both locally and internationally and who follow the Festival’s artistic and cultural initiative with fondness and support.

A wide repertoire has been chosen, to experience firsthand the emotion felt by the public and to renew those feelings, thanks to the evocations of these musical acts which live outside of time, as happens in true artistic experiences.
Performances of Beethoven, Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms, Dvo?ák, Smetana and Rachmaminoff will be presented with the highest levels of evocative interpretation, with the presence of the pianist Daniel Levy, artistic director of the Festival. Artists include cellist Stephan Rieckhoff, violinist Robert Zimansky, the Carmina Quartet (Zurich), soprano Cristina Mantese and clarinetist Dmitri Rasul Kareyev.

These exceptional programmes can be enjoyed in the beautiful and pure setting of the Chiesa Evangelica di Ascona, in front of Monte Verità.

An extraordinary and touching audiovisual will also be shared along with the precious document "Venerating Venice”, with works by the painter Marga Baigorria (watercolours and artistic photographs), illustrated with musical pieces, which the artist presented in the Festival programme through the exhibition "Painting with Light - Transparencies", at the Gallery 'Il Cavalletto' in Locarno.

For the festival’s international audience and for those who will not be able to be present, the videos will also be available online on-demand on the UK platform TicketCo.


Part 2: from 13 to 27 September - Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona

EVOCATIONS – MY PIANO
4 RECITALS BY THE PIANIST DANIEL LEVY


In direct connection with the international project MY PIANO, coordinated by the label Edelweiss Emission and the International Academy of Euphony, there will be a cycle of 4 Recitals by the pianist Daniel Levy.

The live concerts range from a recital dedicated to musical inspiration in "Inspired by Love", with music by Bach, Gluck, Schumann, Brahms, Elgar, Mahler and Wagner; to the selection of Lyric Pieces by Edvard Grieg, celebrating the 180th anniversary of his birth; to the recital with selected music by Frederyk Chopin. The cycle concludes with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth.

These “Evocations” employ the sound of the piano to celebrate and remember the great geniuses of Music that transmit Euphony for the joy and harmony of all, from heart to heart.


"Music comes straight from the heart and talks only to the heart: it is Love!
Rachmaninoff

“Music is the heart of life. She speaks love; without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.”
Liszt

PROGRAMME

First part

EVOCATIONS
CONCERTS OF THE ASCONA MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT HAVE MOVED PEOPLE AND WILL MOVE THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT

DANIEL LEVY (PIANO) & FRIENDS

EVOCATION 1
Wednesday 7 June – 8:30 pm
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
Video Concert
CRISTINA MANTESE – soprano
DANIEL LEVY – piano
Music for piano and Lieder by Robert and Clara Schumann

EVOCATION 2
Wednesday 14 June - 8:30 pm
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
Video Concert
CARMINA QUARTET
ROBERT ZIMANSKY - violin
DMITRI RASUL-KAREYEV - clarinet
DANIEL LEVY - piano
Music by Bach, Brahms and Dvo?ák

EVOCATION 3
Wednesday 21 June - 8:30 pm
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
Video Concert
ROBERT ZIMANSKY- violin
STEPHAN RIECKHOFF - cello
DANIEL LEVY, piano
Music by Smetana and Rachmaninoff for solo piano, trio and cello

EVOCATION 4
Sunday 25 June - 8:30 pm
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
Video Concert
DANIEL LEVY – Piano works by Beethoven
MARGA BAIGORRIA - Audiovisual "Venerating Venice" by the artist Marga Baigorria

Part 2
EVOCATIONS – MY PIANO
4 RECITALS BY THE PIANIST DANIEL LEVY

Recital 1
Wednesday 13 September - 8.30 pm
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
INSPIRED BY LOVE
DANIEL LEVY - piano
Works by Bach, Gluck, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Elgar, Mahler and Wagner

Recital 2
Wednesday 20 September - 8.30 pm
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
DANIEL LEVY - piano
Lyrical pieces by Edvard Grieg

Recital 3
Sunday 24 September - 8.30 pm
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
DANIEL LEVY - piano
Mazurkas, Polacche and Nocturnes by Frederyk Chopin

Recital 4
Wednesday 27 September - 8:30 pm
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
DANIEL LEVY - piano
Works by Sergei Rachmaninoff


TICKETS

Tickets are on sale now!

Tickets
Advance ticket sales are available online from Biglietteria.ch

Dimensione Musica Locarno
Via V. Vela 8 - 6600 Locarno
Tel. +41 91 751 35 38 - Presale from 09 to 18 Monday-Saturday

Hotel New Elvezia Ascona
Piazza Giuseppe Motta 15 - 6612 Ascona
Tel. +41)91 791 15 14 - Presale from 09 to 12 every day

Evening Box Office at:
Chiesa Evangelica - Ascona
from 19.30 to 20.30 (Concert evenings only)

PRICES:
Ticket prices:
The seats are not numbered.
Single ticket (video concerts): CHF 30.00
Single ticket (recitals): CHF 65.00

Discounts:
AVS (Video Concerts): CHF 25.00
AVS (Recital): CHF 47.00
Children under 10 years: FREE ENTRANCE

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