SYMPHONIC SEASON Thursday, May 17th, 8:30 PM Friday, May 18th, 8 PM Sunday, May 20th, 4 PM   Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo             Zhang Xian, conductor   Maestro Zhang Xian, Music Director of laVerdi, returns to direct the Verdi Orchestra in a couple Beethoven-Mahler which plunges us deep into the great world of Germanic music. The program includes the Triple Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra by Beethoven and Das Lied von der Erde by Mahler.   read more>> buy now>> RECOMMENDED BY THE BOOKSHOP   This week is available the latest edition on compact disk of a rare vinyl where test themselves in the performance of the Beethoven Triple Lev Oborin on piano, David Oistrakh on violin and cello Svlatoslav Knushevitsky. We report the original proposal of the China Central Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Han Zongjie with a trio of soloists purely Latin.

CONCERT IN MEMORY OF FALCONE E BORSELLINO Wednesday, May 23th, 8.30 PM   In collaboration with Regione Lombardia Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo   For the exceptional event, laVerdi has commissioned a new work to Maestro Matteo D'Amico, Tragos, a secular oratorio for narrator, chorus and orchestra on texts from Aeschylus'Oresteia which will be premiered. The program is completed with some very significant pages of Beethoven: the second movement of Symphony no. 3 Eroica, "Oh, welche Lust" from Fidelio, and finally the third movement of Symphony no. 9.   read more>> buy now>> EUROPE DAY Wednesday, May 9th   Great success for the Concerto with the performance of Beethoven's Ninth conducted by Ruben Jais in the presence of Enrique Baron Crespo, former President of the European Parliament and Guido Podestà, President of the Province of Milan.   See the photos>>

CULTURAL INITIATIVES Thursday, May 17th, 6.30 PM   Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo, foyer   VI conference of Mahler-Bruckner Cycle   Prof. Carlo Serra presents the esecution of Das Lied von der Erde.   read more >> PERFORMANCE Monday, May 21th, 6.30 PM Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo, foyer   Nazzareno Guglielmi presents "Frequencies", an exhibition of paintings. With a text by Rita Elder.   Free entrance read more >> CULTURAL INITIATIVES Tuesday, May 24th, 6.30 PM   Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo, foyer     In collaboration with casa Usher, Memorial Italia and Association Italy Russia Marcello Flores and Fausto Malcovati present the book Vsevolod E. Mejerchol’d. L’ultimo atto. Interventi, processo e fucilazione by Fausto Malcovati, published by casa Usher.