Chigiana International Festival
Derive is the title of the 11th edition of the Chigiana International Festival & Summer Academy . Over 100 events in the most suggestive places of Siena and the Sienese lands.
From July 9th to September 2nd , the Chigiana International Festival & Summer Academy (https://www.chigiana.org/derive/) under the artistic direction of Nicola Sani , will bring to life over 100 events – divided into 7 thematic paths – Special Events, Legends, Today, Opera, Off the wall, Factor, Lounge – with over 800 musical performers involved and 6 resident ensembles, who will also offer the opportunity to listen to numerous world premieres , some of which commissioned by the Chigiana Academy. The protagonists will be performers and artists from all over the world alongside the young talents of the 94th Chigiana Summer Academy with 33 advanced training courses , the highest number ever . An educational offering of extraordinary breadth and quality.
With the 2025 edition, the Festival confirms its high international standing, distinguishing itself among the great summer creative festivals for its sustainable and integrated festival formula , capable of combining in a unique way in Italy high-level training , the launch of the careers of future protagonists of international concert music, great concerts with exceptional performers and the production of works and musical events intended for the general public.
The title of the 2025 edition, Derive , is taken from two of the most famous compositions by Pierre Boulez , to whom this year’s centenary of his birth is dedicated a broad focus . With its original graphic image, Derive accompanies the listener in the free exploration of new routes and itineraries in sound in time and space, across the centuries and cultures , from East to West, from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century. “A term – underlines the artistic director of the festival Nicola Sani – that is well suited to a festival that invites you to range between the most diverse forms and languages of music , indicating the possible drifts , even in musical paths, through time, space and the different cultures of our planet”.
Among the great protagonists of this edition Salomé Haller, Lilya Zilberstein, Tabea Zimmermann, Salvatore Accardo, James Conlon, Salvatore Sciarrino, Philippe Manoury, Ilya Gringolts, Alessandro Carbonare, Michel Tabachnik, Luciano Acocella, David Krakauer, Kathleen Tagg, Gianluca Codeghini, Anton Genzerberg, Francesco Corti, Sara Mingardo, Bruno Giuranna, Andrea Molino, Matteo D’Amico, Sandro Cappelletto, Florentine Klepper, Clive Greensmith, David Geringas, Ian Fountain, Giuseppe Ettorre, Patrick Gallois, Fabrice Pierre, Christian Schmitt, Ivo Nilsson, Kai Röhrig, William Grant Naboré, Alvise Vidolin, Nicola Bernardini, Marcello Panni, Tonino Battista, Antonio Caggiano, Lorenzo Donati, Giovanni Puddu, Livia Rado, Ettore Pagano, MDI Ensemble, Gareth Davis, Ensemble Odhecaton, Stefan David Hummel, Vittorio Ghielmi, Luca Pianca, Alfredo Bernardini, the great Puerto Rican saxophonist Miguel Zenón in concert with the Sincronie Quartet for Chigiana meets Siena Jazz, Ellen Arkbro, special guest, with the Nightclouds project in Italian premiere for Current shapes . And many others.