Collaborations & Media Partners

The festival was founded in 2005 in the village of Ponzano di Fermo, in the Marche region, on the initiative of its President and Artistic Director, Marche-born pianist Marco Sollini. Conceived to bring classical music to historic venues of artistic significance, it soon expanded throughout the region and gained national recognition.

In 2012, the festival was granted the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic in recognition of its cultural significance. Since 2019, it has also expanded into other Italian regions, creating a touring programme that rediscover places rich in history, beauty and poetry across the country.

Particularly significant is its media partnership with Rai Radio 3, which has broadcast live recordings from the festival for many years, reaching national and international audiences through the Euroradio network. Past collaborations with Vatican Radio, Sky Classica and the Dutch television channel Brava Klassiek have also brought numerous festival concerts to wider audiences.

Musicians who have performed at the festival include I Solisti Veneti, Sonig Tchakerian, Enrico Dindo, Enrico Bronzi, Leslie Howard, Maurizio Baglini, Maxence Larrieu, Elena Zaniboni, Francesco Manara, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz and Bruno Canino, among others.

The initiative combines masterclasses with internationally renowned musicians and a competition, supporting the artistic development of young chamber music ensembles.

Da Vinci Publishing collaborates with the Filippo Nicosia Award through a debut recording for the winning ensemble, connecting performance and training with a recording distributed internationally.

highSCORE Festival is today’s leading Italian Contemporary Music Festival offering unique programs with masterclasses specifically shaped for composers, one of the «ten summer festivals to get the contemporary music blood pumping» (Composition: Today). Founded in 2010 and set every summer in historical Pavia (Northern Italy), highSCORE Festival is an invaluable venue for emerging composers wanting to produce and promote their work, inspire audiences with their music, secure future commissions and job opportunities and join other musicians to create a vibrant artistic community. Musicians work closely with a renowned faculty, talented visiting artists and special guests from around the world for two intense weeks of masterclasses, lectures, workshops and concerts. The Festival offers composers a choice between three programs of study – an intense Full Composition Program (in-person or online) and a Light Composition Program (online only).highSCORE Festival, under the young and creative artistic direction of Giovanni Albini and the executive production of Paolo Fosso, is produced by Merry-Go-Sound.

Sergio Bertani, Italian photographer based in Turin and Milan, specialised in theatre and music. He collaborates with various record labels and magazines. Official partner of Da Vinci since 2020. Currently he's the official photographer of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra.