From April 23rd to 27th we are waiting for you at the Lucca Classica Music Festival!

Music will invade every corner of the city, from morning until late at night. The squares, historic buildings, churches, theatres and all the spaces that can accommodate sounds, culture and beauty will become the beating heart of this extraordinary edition.

Side Notes, by Nicola Piovani

“Side Notes” is a sort of autobiographical story, commissioned to Nicola Piovani by the Cannes Film Festival in 2003 (with the title “Leçon Concert”). It is a show in which Piovani shares with the audience experiences, memories and emotions from over forty years of career. In the wake of memories and anecdotes, the Maestro retraces some of the great encounters that have marked his career, from Federico Fellini, fondly remembered for his little obsessions and his mastery as a director, from the Tavianis to Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni, with episodes narrated with lightness and sincerity. Life experiences between music, cinema, theater that Piovani recounts accompanying them with the notes of his piano, together with the saxophone and the double bass. Telling in music helps to understand the meaning of Piovani’s story, who underlined «I don’t remember a single moment in my life in which there was no music». MORE INFO

Marina Cesari, sax

Marco Lodo, ​​double bass

Vittorino Naso, percussion

Nicola Piovani, piano

A production of Fondazione Musica per Roma