MiTo Settembre Musica 2018: Highlights and Lowlights from Turin
The 2018 MiTo Settembre Musica festival took place in Turin, showcasing a diverse range of musical styles. Noteworthy performances included medieval compositions by the Ensemble di Musica Medievale and Handel's "Esther" directed by Robert King at Chiesa di San Filippo Neri. Nils Mönkemeyer and pianist William Youn offered a rendition of Brahms at Tempio Valdese, while Giampaolo Pretto led the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino in the Italian premiere of Guillaume Connesson's "Feux d'artifice." The festival wrapped up with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra presenting Golijov's "Azul" and Brahms's Fourth Symphony, alongside a rendition of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony by Filarmonica della Scala.
Key facts
- Ensemble di Musica Medievale della Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado performed medieval dances.
- Handel's Esther performed by Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia del Santo Spirito at Chiesa di San Filippo Neri.
- MiTo Open Singing at OGR was poorly received.
- Nils Mönkemeyer and William Youn performed Brahms at Tempio Valdese.
- Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino with Chloë Hanslip performed Connesson, Mozart, Duparc, Schubert.
- Aart Bergwerff performed organ works at Duomo di Torino.
- Filarmonica della Scala with Seong-Jin Cho and Myung-Whun Chung performed Beethoven's Seventh.
- Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI with Enrico Dindo performed Golijov's Azul and Brahms's Fourth.
Entities
Artists
- Federica Maria Giallombardo
- Robert King
- Pietro Mussino
- Nils Mönkemeyer
- William Youn
- Stefano Catucci
- Carlo Pavese
- Giampaolo Pretto
- Chloë Hanslip
- Guillaume Connesson
- Aart Bergwerff
- Seong-Jin Cho
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Stanislav Kochanovsky
- Enrico Dindo
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Gary Graden
- Joseph Joachim
- Guido Maria Guida
Institutions
- MiTo Settembre Musica
- Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado
- Accademia del Santo Spirito
- OGR
- Coro Giovanile Italiano
- Tempio Valdese
- Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino
- Filarmonica della Scala
- Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
- Artribune
- Duomo di Torino
- Chiesa di San Filippo Neri
Locations
- Turin
- Italy
- Milan
- Chiesa di San Filippo Neri
- OGR
- Tempio Valdese
- Duomo di Torino