May 2025 concerts with Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

Family Concert
4 May
The Dynamis Piano Quartet stages a Family Concert with music by Fauré and Piazzolla. Aimed at a broad audience, Family Concerts are designed for young people, students and families who wish to establish a lighthearted yet engaging relationship with the experience of musical listening. The concerts, lasting a maximum of one hour and without an intermission, are preceded by an introduction to the programme and offer a wide variety of repertoires and ensembles. Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica. 11.00.

Daniele Gatti / Brahms / Bruckner
15-17 May
Daniele Gatti conducts the orchestra and choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in a performance of two choral works by Brahms - The Song of the Fates and The Song of Destiny - and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9. Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica. 15 May 19.30. 16 May 20.30. 17 May 18.00.

George Benjamin: Written on Skin
22-24 May
George Benjamin conducts the orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in a production of his three-part opera Written on Skin, directed by Ben Davis with text by Martin Crimp. Hailed by international critics as one of the most important works of the 21st century, Benjamin’s opera draws inspiration from the 13th-century Provençal legend of the troubadour Guillaume de Cabestanh, retold by Boccaccio in the Decameron. Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica. 22 May 19.30. 23 May 20.30. 24 May 18.00.

Daniele Gatti / Wagner / Strauss
29-31 May
Daniele Gatti conducts the orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, exploring the German Romantic repertoire with excerpts from Wagner’s Twilight of the Gods and the symphonic poem A Hero’s Life by Richard Strauss. Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica. 29 May 19.30. 30 May 20.30. 31 May 18.00.

All concerts take place in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin 30. For details of tickets and performance times see S. Cecilia website.

Image: Daniele Gatti, photo Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.