President

Federico Stame

Superintendent and Artistic Director

Maddalena da Lisca

Board of Directors

Gian Guido Balandi, Giorgio Forni, Ilaro Ghiselli, Piero Gnudi, Paolo Mazzetti Gaito, Romano Montroni, Antonino Morello, Guido Ottolenghi, Giovanna Pesci Enriques, Lorenzo Sassoli de Bianchi,  Maria Luisa Vaccari, Romano Volta

Auditing board

Domenico De Leo, Gian Paolo Gandolfi, Matteo Tamburini

Patron Members

Andrea e Antonella Golinelli, Federico Minoli, Federico e Brunella Stame, Maria Luisa Vaccari e Andrea Susmel

Meritorious Members

Alessandro Andreoli, Gian Guido e Barbara Balandi, Carla Comellini, Domenico De Leo e Caterina Zanella, Federico e Giovanna Enriques, Ilaro Ghiselli, Lionardo Ginori Lisci, Pier Leandro Guernelli, Barbara Maccaferri, Dialta Malvezzi Campeggi Paresce, Paolo e Piero Mazzetti Gaito, Walther Mazzetti Gaito, Gian Bruno Mazzi e Valeria Fattori, Franco Neppi, Paola Pinotti, Benedetta Possati Vittori Venenti, Gian Luca Rusconi Rizzi, Matteo Tamburini, Elisa Zoppelli Vico

Supporting Members

Cesare Augusto Bassoli, Jadranka Bentini, Aldo Bernardoni, Ugo e Annamaria Berti Arnoaldi Veli, Giancarlo e Maria Teresa Berti, Federico Carpi, Vincenzo e Simonetta Castiglione, Flavio Chiussi, Sergio Coccheri, Maddalena Fiorio Gnugnoli, Giorgio e Marina Forni, Cecilia Matteucci Lavarini, Mauro Mazzucato, Margherita Morabito, Antonino Morello, Guido Ottolenghi, Paola Pavirani Golinelli, Nikolaos Perakis, Andrea Ricciotti, Ettore Rimondi, Lorenzo Sassoli de Bianchi, Luigi e Barbara Stame, Maria Angela Villani.

Friends

Alberto Bussolari, Stefano Cassarani, Alberto Oliva, Fabio e Maria Gabriella Rangoni

Our History

Founded in 1982, Associazione Bologna Festival has distinguished itself over time for the cultural rigour of its programmes, inviting great international concert artists and designing special concert series and seasons, often in exclusive. The festival is comprised of different concert series: “Great Performers”, dedicated to the great Classical and Romantic repertoire and to symphonic and choral masterpieces; “Talents”, a space open to promising young European concert artists; “The Ancient and the New”, that combines Early Music – always proposed in historically informed performances – to 20th Century and Contemporary Music. The 27-years-long Artistic Direction by Mario Messinis has extended the musical interests of the festival way beyond the more usual repertoire of the 18th and 19th Centuries, paying attention to both Early Music and to the most advanced trends in contemporary music, with specific projects. In December 2019, the Board of Directors appointed Maddalena da Lisca as Superintendent of Bologna Festival, with both administrative and artistic responsibilities. The President of the Association, Federico Stame, and the other Members of the Association are among the most prominent figures of the enterpreneurial, professional and cultural panorama in Bologna. The activities of the Association are aimed also at reaching a younger audience with two specific projects that involve about 12.000 young people every year: “Baby BoFe’”, that proposes classical music events for children; “Notes on the Book”, an educational project aimed at educating the listening skills of Middle and High School students.