Free festival on 3 and 4 October turns piazzas, courtyards and even trams into concert venues across the capital. The weekend event brings classical, jazz, pop, world music and contemporary performances to unexpected corners of the city, with more than 200 concerts scheduled across some 93 venues and 130 pianists taking part.
Free festival on 3 and 4 October turns piazzas, courtyards and even trams into concert venues across the capital.
The weekend event brings classical, jazz, pop, world music and contemporary performances to unexpected corners of the city, with more than 200 concerts scheduled across some 93 venues and 130 pianists...
Anyone with a piano and a willingness to open their door for a small home or building concert can register their instrument with the organisers ahead of the festival.
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Free festival on 3 and 4 October turns piazzas, courtyards and even trams into concert venues across the capital. The weekend event brings classical, jazz, pop, world music and contemporary performances to unexpected corners of the city, with more than 200 concerts scheduled across some 93 venues and 130 pianists taking part. Anyone with a piano and a willingness to open their door for a small home or building concert can register their instrument with the organisers ahead of the festival.
Rome is about to become one giant concert hall. True to its spirit of bringing music to everyone, the festival also spills into more unusual settings: hospitals, care homes, schools and even on tram, through dedicated strands such as Piano City Scuole, Piano City Kids and Piano City Bici, alongside a series of intimate "house concerts" hosted in private homes.
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