On June 11, at 7 p.m., the Accademia Orchestra will be conducted by Sándor Károlyi for a concert in Florence's Piazza della Signoria as part of the New Generation Festival. The La Scala group will accompany the Soloists of the Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Mascarade Opera.
Headquartered at Palazzo Corsini al Prato in Florence, the New Generation Foundation is a nonprofit foundation divided into two main areas: the New Generation Festival and the Mascarade Opera Program, which offers exceptional educational and professional opportunities to emerging opera artists.
On June 22, however, the same orchestra will be at the Teatro alla Scala conducted by Massimo Zanetti for the final of the “Antonio Mormone” International Prize, which has dedicated its second edition to the violin.
Under the honorary presidency of Evgenii Kissin, the three finalists of the competition - Anna Im (South Korea), Hawijch Elders (Netherlands) and Elli Choi (United States) - will perform Sibelius' Concerto in D minor op.72, Paganini's Concerto in D major op.6 and Brahms' Concerto in D major op.77.
The winner, in addition to the cash prize, will get a recording of an album for Universal, three years of artistic secretariat coordinated by the Fondazione La Società dei Concerti in Milan-whose foundation dates back to Mormon-and several engagements in Italy and abroad.
The month will then close with the long-awaited Institutional Concert, during which the Orchestra accompanies the Singing Academy Soloists concluding the two-year specialization course, on June 29 at Teatro alla Scala as part of an invitation-only evening that symbolically closes the Scala training year.
But for the musicians, the commitments do not end: the summer will also be full of initiatives, as rehearsals begin for the Academy Project scheduled for September, an event that opens the second year of specialization.
