Having been put on hold last winter as Italy suffered through its second Covid-19 wave, the festival is now staging a surprising comeback with a special summer edition, which will attempt to satisfy a deep need for togetherness, the inevitable reaction to many months of social distancing and lockdowns. The summer festival’s performances will be held at the two abbeys of Chiaravalle and Morimondo, as well as the Santuario della Beata Vergine di Montevecchia, the Triennale gardens in Milan’s Parco Sempione, and the parks of Villa Arconati in Castellazzo di Bollate and of Villa Olmo in Como.
The Villa Arconati Festival comes back to Bollate, Milan’s very own little Versailles. Guided tours, excursions, theater and a lot (and we mean a lot) of music.
To this end, the first ever Climate Space Film & Music Festival will be held this year in Melpignano (LE) from an idea by Ludovico EInaudi and curated by Francesco Cara and Ponderosa Music & Art: short and feature-length movies, music and debates aimed at creating an active, conscious community, projected towards a better future.
Ora intravediamo finalmente una possibilità all’orizzonte di poter tornare a sognare nelle piazze italiane e per celebrare il ritorno alla vita, vi consigliamo i prossimi tour organizzati da Ponderosa Music & Art: Avion Travel, Pacifico, Redi Hasa, Francesco Bianconi, Arto Linsday, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Boosta
Meridiana: Mauro Durante’s Sense of Time
The album’s release was accompanied by a livestream performance on the Canzoniere’s social media, and by the creation of a website offering the full, 360-degrees Meridiana experience. A multi-disciplinary, immersive website which includes, alongside the record’s music and lyrics, a series of detailed studies on cultural and philosophical issues and current events.
Francesco Bianconi: No Time For Rhetoric
This is a particularly prolific moment for the artist, who in less than a year has released his first solo work “Forever”, launched a “Made-up Stories” format on YouTube and, on May 11th, published his third book: “Atlante delle case maledette” (“The Haunted House Atlas”, published by Rizzoli Lizard). Now, as a crowning achievement, he has released “Forever in Technicolor” (BMG), a double vinyl album – also available as a digital download – of his complete works, which includes several previously unreleased pieces and international collaborations. We have caught up with Francesco to try and understand the reasons behind his intense productivity.

