Settenovecento

Name: Settenovecento
Start: 2025-09-19T05:30:11+02:00
End: 2025-09-21T05:30:11+02:00
Location: Rovereto

Northern Seas

Ninth edition of the Trentino Festival dedicated to classical music. A play of mirrors between the arts, between history and nature, between past and present.

The 2025 edition presents a series of “musical encounters” dedicated to the great seas of Northern Europe, taking the audience on a journey through the musical traditions and landscapes of Ireland, England, Scotland, Scandinavia, Northern Germany, the Baltic States, and St. Petersburg.

PREVIEW

Wednesday 17th of September

8.30 pm | Voci dal nord | Rovereto, Archivio Storico della Biblioteca. Con Viivi Tulkki, soprano; Mari Hautaniemi, mezzo-soprano; Elia Voltolini, piano. Information and tickets here.

Thursday 18th of September

5.30 pm | Donne del Nord. Le compositrici nel Festival | Rovereto, Biblioteca Civica. Biographical notes, readings, and brief audio excerpts from Helvi Lemmikki Leiviskä (Finlandia), Dina Appeldoorn (Olanda) and Imogen Holst (Inghilterra). Information and tickets here.

PROGRAMME

Friday 19th of September

5.30 pm | Camere da scoprire – Tra Norvegia e Bretagna | Rovereto, Cortile di Palazzo Alberti Poja. Alberto Nosè, piano. Information and tickets here.
8.30 pm | Il festival in prima serata – Invito al Palazzo d’Inverno. Una serata con l’opera italiana alla Corte di Caterina II | Rovereto, Teatro Zandonai. With Eleonora Contucci, soprano; Orchestra Filarmonica Settenovecento; Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor. Information and tickets here.

Saturday 20th of September

11 am | Camere da scoprire – Peer Gynt | Ala, Cortile di Palazzo Taddei. Con Alberto Nosè, piano, e Marta Lorenzato, reciting voice. Information and tickets here.
3.30 pm | Camere da scoprire – Ricordando Wolfgang | Rovereto, Chiostro dell’Arcivescovile. With Quartetto Goldberg. Information and tickets here.
5.30 pm | Camere da scoprire – Brughiere | Rovereto, Archivio Storico della Biblioteca. With Francesca Lo Verso, soprano, and Trio Lares. Information and tickets here.
8.30 pm | Il festival in prima serata – Šostakovič nel pallone | Rovereto, Teatro Zandonai. Performance of Stefano Valanzuolo, with Sebastiano Bronzato, actor, and Gomalan Brass Quintet. Information and tickets here.
10.30 pm | Il concerto della buonanotte – Open Singing – Nordic Edition | Rovereto, Cortile di Palazzo Alberti Poja. Serena Peroni, choir conductor. Information and tickets here.

Sunday 21st of September

11 am | Camere da scoprire – Giuditta. Oratorio in forma di concerto | Rovereto, Aula Magna Università – Palazzo Piomarta. Scuola di Arti Sceniche e Dipartimento di Musica Antica del Conservatorio “E.F. Dell’Abaco” of Verona. Information and tickets here.
3.30 pm | Camere da scoprire – Re-ligio. Nuovi legami | Rovereto, MITAG Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra. Quartetto Goldberg. Information and tickets here.
5.30 pm | Camere da scoprire – Beethoven Pop. Dalla voce al coro | Rovereto – S. Ilario, Maso Zandonai (access via the Romanesque chapel on SS12). With Francesca Lo Verso, soprano; Trio Lares; Coro S. Ilario; Federico Mozzi, conductor. Information and tickets here.
8.30 pm | Il festival in prima serata – Soffia vento da Nord | Rovereto, Teatro Zandonai. Orchestra Filarmonica Settenovecento; Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor. Information and tickets here.

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Reservations or online ticket purchases are required. Seats are not assigned, except for evening concerts at the Teatro Zandonai (the festival’s prime-time events).

How to book:

by email at info@settenovecento.it
by telephone on +39 379 2823609

From 25/08: Monday to Friday from 4pm to 7pm and Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
On concert days, from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 until the end of the last concert.

From 13 to 21/09 at the information point in Palazzo Alberti Poja – Corso Bettini 41, open every day from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 19:00.

PRICES

Settenovecento Preview (17, 18/09): Free admission
Settenovecento Festival (19, 20, 21/09):

“Camere da scoprire” category Single ticket €5.
Category “Il festival in prima serata” (Zandonai Theatre, with assigned seats: Fri 19 at 8.30 p.m. “Invito al Palazzo d’Inverno”, Sat 20 at 8.30 p.m. “Šostakovič nel pallone”, Sun 21 at 8.30 p.m. “Soffia vento da Nord”) Full price €10; Reduced price €5*.
Open Singing – Nordic Edition (Sat 20th at 10.30 p.m.): free participation.

*those who purchase tickets for 3 or more festival events | members, season ticket holders and mini-season ticket holders of the Rovereto Philharmonic Association | members and affiliates of the festival’s partner associations | season ticket holders for the Rovereto Municipal Theatre Season | employees and affiliates of partner organisations (e.g. University of Trento, MITAG, municipalities of Vallagarina) | residents and domiciled persons in the municipalities participating in the festival network (Rovereto, Ala, Brentonico, Calliano, Isera, Trambileno, Villa Lagarina, Volano) | students and teachers of the Conservatories of Trento, Bolzano, Verona and the Music Schools of Vallagarina | young people up to 30 years of age | seniors over 65.