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Omaggio a Cremona 2024

Date: 30/05/2024

The two events, titled “Omaggio a Cremona”, mark the return of the historic concert series founded in 1986 at the initiative of Salvatore Accardo and Andrea Mosconi. For nearly forty years, these gatherings have created an ideal bridge between different generations of musicians; the Masters, stepping down from the podium, join the Students to make music together in front of the Cremonese audience. The concerts of the series have taken place in various locations throughout the city – from the Teatro Ponchielli to Palazzo Cittanova, from the Teatro Filodrammatici to the Church of San Marcellino. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the 2024 edition of “Homage to Cremona” was held for the first time at the Museo del Violino.

On May 28, Maestros Bruno Giuranna and Franco Petracchi prepared their students and led the performance of the lively and brilliant String Sonata No. 1 by Gioachino Rossini and the Piano Quintet by Dmitry Shostakovich.

On May 30, Maestros Salvatore Accardo and Antonio Meneses performed alongside their students two masterpieces of Viennese Classicism and French Romanticism: the Piano Quartet No. 2 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Quintet by César Franck.

After a year of lessons, having the opportunity to share the stage with their teachers is a unique experience for young musicians. For us as well, playing with them is a source of energy and creativity. We have carried on this way for many years, and we continue to do so with great joy and emotion.
Salvatore Accardo
This year, the Stauffer Foundation offers our city the opportunity to hear the Masters and their Students perform in an iconic venue for string instruments, the Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium at the Museo del Violino. Our fellow citizens will have the chance to listen to deeply moving pieces, performed by Maestros Salvatore Accardo, Bruno Giuranna, Antonio Meneses, and Franco Petracchi, together with their talented Students. We will be able to appreciate the result of a long and demanding journey of advanced training, which the Stauffer Foundation has been offering free of charge since 1985 to young string musicians with great skill and enthusiasm. This has been made possible thanks to the generosity of its founder, Walter Stauffer, and the forward-thinking vision of Andrea Mosconi.
Alessandro Tantardini
President Fondazione Stauffer