TWENTY-YEAR CELEBRATION 2005-2025 / JOY

Twenty years of research, of dialogue, of Music together. Twenty years of a journey shared by musicians, young people, children, the public, administrations, the community and the territory. Twenty years of evolution, listening and exchange.

Music, like society, cannot live without listening and dialogue. Gathering and thinking together on a path that turns into tangible, everyday experience has always been one of the foundations of Festival Musica sull’Acqua. Learning how to create beauty through the language of sounds. 

Händel accompanies us with his amber-coloured and equally luminous tints. Robert Schumann’s boundless love speaks with passionate tenderness. Ravel, with the delicacy of his pastel colours, gives form to the essence of the heart through the genius of the mind. Luciano Berio, with his ability to multiply voices, guides us into the territories of creation and research through audacious chromaticism.

We want to live this anniversary as a leap towards a new, more conscious future. The Joy of the journey that has been accomplished becomes inspiration for what is to come. The encounter between generations continues to create a common space, a place capable of transformation, that offers possibilities for personal and collective growth. Giving young people an experience based on listening, sharing and togetherness is our way of thinking about the future. Today, they face new stages of awareness and confrontation, strengthened by the paths they have taken, the talents they have cultivated, and the relationships forged through music.

This edition also welcomes a new choral experience: the community comes together in a single act, in a message of peace, joy and hope. A village choir that embraces everyone, from the youngest to the oldest, and those who come to Colico to experience its living beauty, which thrives in relationships.

We are also celebrating another key anniversary: forty years of Scuola Sperimentale di Musica ‘R. Goitre’, founded by my parents. Forty years of pedagogical and educational commitment to accompany children and young people in the discovery of their talents. 

Twenty years ago, to celebrate the school’s twentieth birthday, Festival Musica sull’Acqua was born. A gesture of offering, conceived to provide young people in the area with a unique and extraordinary opportunity. It is from there that everything took shape.

Welcome to Festival Musica sull’Acqua!

Francesco Senese
Artistic Director

“We are human beings and we cannot live without music, because we cannot live without emotions”

I believe this quote captures everything that Festival Musica sull’Acqua has stood for since 2005.

For twenty years, the Festival has been reaching the audience’s heart through music, through music it is able to lay bare the feelings aroused by listening to a concert, giving voice to what cannot be said in words.

To celebrate such an important anniversary, Joy has been chosen as the leitmotif of the rich programme that awaits us: an emotion that is inherently linked to music to create unique and special connections.

With Joy we participate, and we celebrate this ability of music to bring happiness and create unforgettable moments.

Festival Musica sull’Acqua reminds us that, through music notes and sounds, we can rediscover the beauty of life and share authentic emotions with others.

Happy Birthday Festival!

Monica Gilardi 
Major of Colico