The award celebrates innovation and musical rediscovery at the Valle d’Itria Festival 2025 was an extraordinary year for the Valle d’Itria Festival in Martina Franca, marked by major achievements and culturally significant moments. Among the most notable news is the prestigious recognition awarded to Silvia Colasanti, composer and Artistic Director of the Valle d’Itria Festival,...
The New Year’s Concert 2026 in Martina Franca welcomes the arrival of the new year with an evening of great music On Thursday, January 1st 2026, at 6.00 pm, the Fondazione Paolo Grassi, in collaboration with the Municipality of Martina Franca and with the support of BCC di Locorotondo, presents its traditional New Year’s appointment...
The Festival della Valle d’Itria has launched the selection process for two professional profiles who will contribute to the upcoming editions of the Festival. The Fondazione Paolo Grassi has in fact published two calls for expressions of interest for professional appointments covering the 2026–2028 three-year period, aimed at key roles in the organisation and realisation...
A new visual story: behind the scenes and on stage The Fondazione Paolo Grassi and the Festival della Valle d’Itria are pleased to announce a new chapter in storytelling through a media partnership with Sky Classica, created for the 51st edition of the Festival. Starting July 25, every Tuesday and Friday at 8:15 PM on Sky...
As part of its long-standing tradition, the Festival della Valle d’Itria once again celebrates two outstanding figures from the world of music and culture with the D’Arcangelo Award and the Bacco dei Borboni Award. The “Lorenzo and Pasquale D’Arcangelo” Journalism Award will be presented to Eva Pleus, a Viennese-born music critic based in Milan. A contributor to...
The Festival della Valle d’Itria presents two special off-program events dedicated to books that offer passionate and original insights into the world of opera. Two public meetings with leading authors in the Italian musical and cultural scene. Il loggionista impenitenteby Alberto MattioliSunday, 17 July, 5:30 PM A tribute to opera, written with wit, intelligence and...
The photographic exhibition Eyewitness: War and Peace, featuring the work of renowned war photojournalist Manoocher Deghati, will open on Friday, June 27 at 7:30 PM in Piazza Roma, Martina Franca. The exhibition is one of the special events of the 2025 Festival della Valle d’Itria. The display route will stretch from Piazza Roma to Piazza...
The Festival della Valle d’Itria is proud to announce its participation in the national campaign “R1PUD1A”, promoted by EMERGENCY, an initiative that reaffirms the principle enshrined in Article 11 of the Italian Constitution: “Italy rejects war as an instrument of offense against the freedom of other peoples and as a means of settling international disputes.”...
A new responsibility to strengthen the role of Italian festivals across Europe We are pleased to share that Michele Punzi, President of the Fondazione Paolo Grassi, has been appointed to the Board of Italiafestival, the association that brings together some of the most important Italian festivals in the fields of music, theatre, literature, and performing...
The Festival della Valle d’Itria Earns ECOEVENTS Environmental Certification We are pleased to announce that the Festival della Valle d’Itria has obtained the ECOEVENTS environmental certification, an official partner of Legambiente. This achievement is a testament to the Festival’s concrete commitment to environmental protection and the promotion of sustainable best practices. It is a recognition...
