The “opening week” of the 75th Gian Battista Viotti Music Competition anticipates and prepares for the upcoming international event dedicated to opera singing that will kick off on October 11. In the days leading up to the start of the Competition, in addition to various initiatives such as conferences, exhibitions and educational projects, to represent the history and multidisciplinary nature of the Competition we will host some extraordinary concerts and musical performances.
Tue. 30 September 2025
Museo Borgogna | 9.00 p.m.
KONSTANTIN EMELIANOV pianoforte
First prize of the Viotti Piano Competition 2017
Johann Sebastian Bac h (1685 – 1750) | French Ouverture BWV 831
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) | Gaspard de la nuit
Maurice Ravel | Pavane pour une infante défunte
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) | 10 pieces from the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” Op. 75
Sun. 5 October 2025
Museo Borgogna | 4.00 p.m.
GEORGE GERSHWIN
SOUNDS AND CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN ROARING TWENTIES
A conversation in music with
Guido Michelone and Riccardo Mussato
The conversation in music, led by Guido Michelone (essayist, musicologist) and Riccardo Mussato (pianist and musicologist), offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the figure of George Gershwin. The conversation explores the historical-socio-cultural context in which the composer was a key figure, with insights into the union between classical, jazz, and pop music, and the connections with cinema and new technologies. The second part will be dedicated to the complete performance by Riccardo Mussato of George Gershwin’s Three Preludes for Piano.
Mon. 6 October 2025
Ridotto del Teatro Civico di Vercelli | 9.00 a.m. • 10.15 a.m.
IL CONCERTO DEI GATTI
A musical fable based on a tale by Gianni Rodari
Music by Sergio Sorrentino
Concerts reserved for Primary School students
Sergio Sorrentino, guitar and conductor
Gianluca Mercadante, narrator
Simone Morellini, trumpet
Lodovico Berto, vibraphone
Thu. 9 October 2025
Museo Borgogna | 9.00 p.m.
MARIAM ABOUZAHRA violin
First prize of the Violin Viotti Competition 2024
NORA EMODY piano
Joseph Robbone (1916 – 1985) | Sonata Romantica per violino e pianoforte
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) | Sonata in Sol minore BWV 1001
Niccolò Paganini (1782 – 1840) | God save the King
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) | Sonata N..2 in Re minore
Niccolò Paganini | I Palpiti