The 2026 concert season promoted by the Associazione Musicale Lucchese once again offers a wealth of variety and, as always, promises some pleasant surprises, with unusual programs, young talents, and welcome returns.
There are ten concerts, which will be held at 5:30 pm on Saturdays at the Suffragio Auditorium, from January to March and then again in October and November.
All events are linked to the "Musica ragazzi" season, involving students from local schools who are given the opportunity to meet the protagonists in moments specifically designed to introduce younger audiences to great music.
Saturday, February 21st marks the anniversary of Luigi Boccherini's birth (born in Lucca in February 1743) with a concert that every year brings together internationally renowned cellists and the orchestra of the city's Conservatory . Internationally renowned cellists Prandi and Zhilin, accompanied by the Conservatory Orchestra, will be the soloists and conductors. The program includes Boccherini's Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-flat major, G 482 (with Zhilin as soloist). This will be followed by Zhilin's transcription for orchestra and solo cello of Franz Schubert's Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione" D 821 , with Prandi as soloist. Finally, Prandi and Zhilin will perform together on stage for the captivating Violoncelles, vibrez!, a composition by another great cellist, Giovanni Sollima.
The Lucchese Musical Association has always paid attention to talented young musicians and on :
Saturday 7 March it will host the Trio Concept , with works by Casella, Ravel and Mendelssohn. BOOK TICKETS
Saturday 21 March , recorder virtuoso Lucie Horsch will perform with French lutenist Thomas Dunford : a duo acclaimed in European halls such as the Philharmonie Essen, Brucknerhaus Linz, Auditori Girona, with upcoming performances at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Wigmore Hall. BOOK TICKETS
Saturday 10 October , the Italian Saxophone Quartet makes its debut for the Associazione Musicale Lucchese with an itinerary that spans over a century: from Singelée and Bozza to Françaix, Galliano, Piovani and Morricone.
Pianist Roberto Cominati returns BOOK TICKETS
Saturday, October 24 , winning first prize at the Busoni Competition. The program features Debussy, De Falla, Turina, Albéniz, and Granados. BOOK TICKETS
Saturday, November 7th , the Guadagnini Quartet will perform the complete Shostakovich quartets. Thanks to the collaboration with the Gaetano Giani-Luporini Study Center, they will also perform the modern premiere of Gaetano Luporini's Quartet in G minor . BOOK TICKETS
-- The season closes on Saturday 21 November with violinist Marco Rizzi and pianist Simone Soldati , protagonists of the project “Elective Affinities” which combines Mozart’s Sonatas for violin and piano with György Kurtág’s “aphorisms” for solo violin, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. BOOK TICKETS