he Association Ferrara Musica (Honorary President Claudio Abbado) was founded in 1989 by the City of Ferrara and the Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara, in collaboration also with the Provice Emilia Romangna, the principal object being the establishment of a residence for an important European orchestra.
Since 1994, Ferrara Musica has extended its activities and is now organizing an annual concert season which, besides the regular presence of the orchestra in residence (since 1998 the Mahler Chamber Orchestra), is offering concerts of symphony orchestras and chamber groups as well as conductors and soloists of international renown.
In the 2002/2003 concert season Ferrara Musica participates in the initiative dedicated to Lucrezia Borgia with a concert of the famous ensemble "Hesperion XXI" conducted by Jordi Savall. Maestro Savall has chosen a programme of vocal and instrumental works exemplary for this significant era in the cultural history not only of Italy but of the whole of Europe. We quote his comment as follows:<< The moment when the Borgias - an aristocratic family of Catalan-Aragonese descent - captured the papal see and the ensuing power, represents the culmination of Iberian penetration of Renaissance Italy.
This concert offers a passionate, stimulating demonstration (by means of a repertoire which we owe to a great extent to the famous 15th century anthology "Il Canzoniere di Montecassino") giving the best possible image of the cultural, political and even linguistic complexitiy of this contribution and influence.>>

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