FREE CONCERT

PUBLIC NOTICE

For security measures, all those attending the concert may be subject to checks by the police before entering Piazza Duomo. It will be forbidden to bring glass objects and it is advisable not to bring backpacks. We invite the public to arrive well in advance of the start of the concert and to take their seats in the square. The Duomo Metro station will be closed from 15:00.

Sunday 11 June 2017 at 9.30 p. m. Filarmonica della Scala returns once again to Piazza Duomo with the Concerto per Milano, the fifth edition of the annual free symphonic event that transforms the heart of the city into a large "Open Air" concert hall. Conductor of the orchestra is Riccardo Chailly, guest soloist of this edition is Nikolaj Znaider, one of the most acclaimed violin virtuosos, who will perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto , one of the most popular pieces of the violin repertoire and one of the most loved by concert audiences. The second part of the programme is a tribute to Italian music: Chailly conducts Otto e mezzo and Amarcord by Nino Rota, pages that were the soundtrack to Fellini's two film masterpieces, together with Pini di RomadiOttorino Respighi. 

The concert is broadcast live by Rai Cultura on Rai 5 in HD and on the web portal RaiPlay; live also on Radio3, on the Arte channel in French-speaking countries and in Japan on Classica Japan of the Tohokushinsha network.